Learning about Language教案1

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Warming up and Reading Teaching Aims To help students learn about body language. To help students develop their reading ability. Teaching Procedures I. Warming up

Warming up by showing some pictures. Some signs to show the body lanuage Warming up by defining — What is body language? The gestures, poses, movements, and expressions that a person uses to communicate.

●The outward signs of a person which indicates their inner thoughts or attitude. For example, a bowed head indicates submission, a hand over the mouth indicates the person doesn't want to talk or feels their words aren't worth listening to. Scratching indicates nervousness. A person passing another on the street might bow their head as a subconscious sign of submission. Conscious or unconscious bodily movements and gestures that communicate to others a person's attitudes and feelings. This may also include dress, facial features, skin colour or other personal means of communication without words.

communication via the movements or attitudes of the body

Body language is a broad term for several forms of communication using body movements or gestures, instead of, or as a complement to, sounds, verbal language, or other forms of communication. In turn, it is one category of paralanguage, which describes all forms of human communication that are not language.

II. Pre-reading 1. What do you think is the purpose of lanuage? Discuss your opinion with your partner.

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2. How can you communicate with someone if you cannot speak? Give an example. 3.Look at the title and the picture of the passage on the next page. Predict what you think the topic will be. Then skim the passage and check to see if your prediction was right.

1III. Reading Reading aloud to the recording Now please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text COMMUNICATION: NO PROBLEM?. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. I will play the tape twice and you shall read aloud twice, too.

Reading and underlining Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework. Collocations from COMMUNICATION: NO PROBLEM? send… to do sth., meet … at the airport, meet with…, at a hotel, represent the Chinese government, look around, in a curious way, be followed by…, introduce…to…, kiss… on the cheek, step back, appear surprised, take a few steps away from…, coming in, at the same time, reach one’s hand out to …, touch sb’s hand, greet each other, communicate with spoken language, express one’s feelings, use unspoken language, keep physical distance, stand close to…, approach… closely, shake hands, move close to…, move back a bit, nod at …, stand close to…, behave the same way, avoid difficulty

Read to identify the topic sentence of each paragraph Next you are to skim the text to identify the topic sentence of each paragraph. Reading and transferring information Read the text again to complete the table. Where is he/ she from? What does he/ she do when he/ she meet someone at the airport for the first time? - 2 -

Name Tony Garcia Description

Man from Colombia

Body language

Kiss on the cheek To whom everyone Julia Smith Woman from Britain No touching Everyone

Akira Nagata Man from Japan Bowing Shaking hands Shaking hands nodding everyone everyone To men and women George Cook

Man from Canada

Ahmed Aziz

Man from Jordan Darlene Coulon Woman from France Shake hands and kiss twice on each cheek People she knows

The ~ing form 作定语

现在分词可以单独作定语，也可以构成合成词作定语，但在更多的情况下是分词短语作定语，包括限定性和非限定性（用逗号与其他部分分开），在意义上相当于一个定语从句。现在分词作定语通常带有主动意义和未完成意义。例如：

The man following was obviously in a hurry。（现在分词单独作定语）

They acted just like a conquering army。（现在分词单独作定语）

Do you know the man standing over there by the motor car?（分词短语作限定性定语。）

Last night, we caught a thief stealing John's bike.（分词短语作限定性定语）

The name Nebraske comes from the Indian word “ebrathka”. meaning flat water.（分词短语作非限定性定语）

The ~ing form 作状语

现在分词作状语表示主语在进行一动作的同时所进行的另一动作，它对谓语动词起修饰或陪衬的作用。这时要注意现在分词与其逻辑主语在时态和意义上的统一。例如：

Rushing out of the room, he has knocked down by a car.（作时间状语）

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=When he rushed out of the room, he was knocked down by a car. Working harder, you will pass the entrance exam.（作条件状语）

=If you work harder, you will pass the entrance exam. She sat at a window and read a book.（作伴随状语）

=She sat at a window and read a book. Having won the championship, he was awarded a million dollars.（作原因状语）

=Because he had won the championship, he was awarded a million dollars. Even if taking a taxi, I will still be late for the meeting.（作让步状语）

=Even if I take a taxi, I will still be late for the meeting. The road is under construction, thus causing the delay.（作结果状语）

=The road is under construction, and thus caused the delay. 注意，当现在分词作让步状语时，一般放在句首，常常由although, though, even if ,unless等连词引入；作结果状语时，一般放在句末，前面可so, thus, hence。

VI. Summary

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