Reading(1)：Cultural differences说课稿【一等奖】

Unit 3 Module 6 Understand Each Other Reading: Culture Differences 童蓓娜

长沙市雅礼中学

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To improve the students’ integrating skills by 1.

reading and skimming for the basic information of the text 2.

drawing mind maps to understand the relationship among paragraphs 3.

writing

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individual work, pair work and group work 2.

tasks-based class activities 3.

student-centered method The students will

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have a better understanding of different cultures and people from different background;

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develop their ability of cooperation; 3.

respect the tradition and customs and cultures 教学实施

Step1: lead-in:

Share the teacher’s own experience about a “green hat”,which means “having a cheating husband/wife” in Chinese culture but doesn’t have such an implication in western culture. Lead in the topic of “cultural differences”.

Step 2: Reading (1)

Read for information 1.Who are the three people ?

Where are they from?

2. What are the 5 topics mentioned? (key words)

3. How do the speakers help Mali with the homework?

A. By giving examples. B. By giving definitions. C. By offering statistics(数据).

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Draw mind maps of the text

Use the first of the 5 topics, “open the present ”as an example, ask students to read the passage again and draw mind maps of each topic. Ask 4 students to draw their mind maps on the blackboard. And then check the answer with all.

Step 3: Discussion (Pair work:) (1). What are the benefits of learning cultural differences? to get a better understanding ... to help strengthen relationship with... to avoid unnecessry mistakes and embarrassment to communicate freely and effectively to be a polite person to broaden the horizons

... (2)How should we treat the cultural differences? understand respect tolerate apperciate

As a saying goes, “when in Rome do as the Romans do.”

Step 4: Writing:

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Your friend Li Hua is going to visit Brunei

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a wedding reception there. But he knows very little about the customs in Brunei . Could you write to him and give him some suggestions?

suggested sentence patterns:

when you attend…, it is important for you to …

If I were you, I would....

do remember that…

you’d better do…

it is polite to…instead of…

what you need to do at first

is (to) do…

Suggested version: Dear Li Hua, When you visit your friend in Brunei, before

entering his house, what you need do at first is take off your shoes .Then do remember to point with your thumb instead of the first finger, otherwise you may cause offence. If you are lucky to attend a wedding reception in Brunei, it is important for you to know where you should sit, men

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with the bridegroom, women with the bride, and that drinking alcohol is altogether prohibited. Last but not least, you’d better prepare to have a sleepless night because they play loud drums throughout the night. Yours,...

Step 5: Discussion 2 (group work) Is there any cultural difference between China and Brunei? What are they? Wedding reception Pointing ... religion Shaking hands They way to show respect

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Step 6 Writing 2:

假如你是李华，在去文莱拜访朋友并且参加婚礼后，切身感受到了文莱文化与中国文化的不同，你想把这些对不同文化的感受分享给大家，请举例说明文莱文化与中国文化的不同之处，并对前往文莱的人如何处理这些差异给出建议。(120 WORDS) 1.

Write an outline

Para 1 Beginning part

Para 2 examples

Para 3 advice

Words and phrases for help while on the contrary be accustomed to

be supposed to be (not) permitted to additionally what's more ...

Step 6: Homework

Finish the writing and polish it. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

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This homework will be checked and discussed in the next period.

In Brunei, there are various habits and customs like the way to shake hands ,use hands ,show respect and point to someone, as well as their belief which are different from other countries. People in Brunei are often unwilling to do shake hands with people, while In China, we often greet our friends by

shaking

hands. Additionally, We Chinese

are accustomed to pointing with our first finger, which may cause offence in Brunei ,where people are supposed to use their thumb to point. The wedding receptions between China

and Brunei are also different, Guests attending the wedding reception in Brunei are not permitted to drink alcohol, on the contrary, we Chinese usually consume plenty of alcohol to celebrate the wedding and express our happiness.

With many cultural differences between Brunei and China ,you should learn to respect and understand each other. What is also important is that you’d better remember the saying “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”, only when you do like this

can you avoid some misunderstanding in Brunei .

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