Using LanguageⅡ课堂实录【2】

Unit 4 Body language

Using language

Teaching aims教学目标

a. Enable the students to know more about body language. b. Enable the students to understand better body language.

Ability goals 能力目标

Help the students master the new words and expressions.

Learning ability goals学能目标

How to use the new words and expressions

Teaching important points教学重点

How body language shows the same or different feelings among people from different cultures. How we can "show our feelings" with the body language learned in this unit or gained in our social life. Teaching difficult points 教学难点

How to tell that the same body language shows different feelings in different cultures. Teaching methods教学方法

Fast reading: dealing with the "true" or "false" questions. Discussion: the importance of body language. Teaching aids 教具准备

A recorder, a projector and a computer.

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I Revision

Check the answers to "Learning about Language" 1, 2, and 3 on Page 28 by asking the students reading the items one after another in chain work.

Step II Pre-reading

T: Now please look through the screen. And then discuss these questions on the screen with your partner. 1. Is body language useful?

Body language shows all kinds of feelings, wishes and attitudes and is sometimes more important than spoken language.

2. But do you know how to show our feelings with body language properly? Now let’s come to the text----showing our feelings Step III Prediction

Ask the students to read the title and guess what the text will talk about. Step V Listening

Listen and decide which of these statements are true or false. Tick the correct box. If the statement is false, explain why it is wrong. （True or False）

1. Body language is never as important as spoken language (F)

2. If you are angry at a person, you might turn your back to him or her. (T)

3. You can threaten a person by refusing to speak. (F)

4. You should not greet your new boss by giving her or him a hug (T)

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Body language is the same all over the world. (F) 6．

Most people can understand each other if they try. (T)

Step VI Scanning

The students will read the text and find out the topic sentence in each paragraph. Then finish Ex. 1, page 30.After reading once, ask the students to summarize the main idea of this passage. (Pay attention to the first paragraph) Step VII Detailed-reading

1. T: You have really done a good job! Now let's take a look at the following table, try to find, in the passage, some of the body language which shows similar feelings or ideas and some which shows different feelings or ideas. Fill in the form action

Frown and turn back to sb Close your hand and shake it at someone Nodding the head

Look away or yawn

Hold your arms across your chest

Looking at and turn toward

Roll your eyes and turn your head away. meaning

anger Threatening sb. agreement Be not interested in Protect yourself Be interested in sb. Do not believe or not like something 2. Read the text again and finish Ex. 2, on page 31. Step VIII Language points

Step 7 Homework

1. Read aloud all the reading texts in this unit. 2. Get ready to retell the two reading passages learnt in this period.