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Unit 4 Body Language

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A sample lesson plan for reading (COMMUNICATION: NO PROBLEM?) Aims To help students develop their reading ability. To help students learn about body language. Procedures I. Warming up

Warming up by acting Look at the list of interpretation on the right side of the chart. Perform the action or the nonverbal behaviour on the left side. Examples Of Body Language NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR------INTERPRETATION Brisk, erect walk------Confidence Standing with hands on hips------Readiness, aggression Sitting with legs crossed, foot kicking slightly------Boredom Sitting, legs apart------Open, relaxed Arms crossed on chest -------Defensiveness Walking with hands in pockets, shoulders hunched------Dejection Hand to cheek------Evaluation, thinking Touching, slightly rubbing nose------Rejection, doubt, lying

Rubbing the eye------Doubt, disbelief Hands clasped behind back------Anger, frustration, apprehension Locked ankles------Apprehension Head resting in hand, eyes downcast------Boredom Rubbing hands------Anticipation Sitting with hands clasped behind head, legs crossed ------Confidence, superiority Open palm------Sincerity, openness, innocence Pinching bridge of nose, eyes closed------Negative evaluation Tapping or drumming fingers------Impatience Steepling fingers------Authoritative Patting/fondling hair------Lack of self-confidence; insecurity Tilted head------Interest Stroking chin------Trying to make a decision Looking down, face turned away------Disbelief Biting nails------Insecurity, nervousness Pulling or tugging at ear------Indecision

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.

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communication via the movements or attitudes of the body

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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. Looking and saying Look at the man in the picture below. What does he say to you by his body language? Basically, how the ...... do I know? Or, I don’t know anything! The shoulders are hunched and the hands are open signifying a big question mark. 2. Talking and sharing Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! According to experts, our non-verbal language communicates about 50% of what we really mean (voice tonality contributes 38%) while words themselves contribute a mere 7%. Our bodies send out messages constantly and often we don't recognize that we're communicating a lot more than we realize.

Our understanding and use of non-verbal cues in facial expression are familiar to us nearly from birth III. Reading 1. 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. 2. 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 3. Reading to identify the topic sentence of each paragraph Next you are to skim the text to identify the topic sentence of each paragraph. 4. 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? Name Country Action Meaning Mr Garcia Julia Smith Ahmed Aziz

Madame Coulon 5. Reading and understanding difficult sentences As you have read the text times, you can surely tell which sentences are difficult to understand. Now put your questions concerning the difficult points to me the teacher.

6. Reading and translating Now it’s time to translate the text into Chinese, sentence by sentence. Who will be the first to do it? IV. Closing down Closing down by doing exercises To end the lesson you are to do the comprehending exercises No. 1 and 2 on page 26 and 27. Closing down by checking Check some of the following basic non-verbal cues and you'll recognize that you already speak and translate much of the language.