Reading(1)：Cultural differences教学设计内容推荐

Teaching contents

M6, Unit3 Reading Teacher: Song Min (CaodianSenior High School)

Date: 6th, June,2018 Teaching aims (1) To enable students list five examples of cultural differences.

(2) To enable students tell the cultural differences mentioned in the dialogue. (3) To enable students communicate with foreigners properly in some situations. (4) To train students’ cross-cultural awareness, make them understand and accept it.

Teaching importance:

To help students find out cultural differences and understand it. Teaching difficulty: To help students communicate with foreigners properly in life. Step1：Pre-reading

1.

Lead in. Introduce the topic by introducing the teacher’s own experience. Step II While-reading

(一). Fast reading: Please list some cultural differences in the text. (Scanning) 1) __________________

2) ___________________ 3) __________________

4) ___________________

5) ______________ (二). Careful reading: Example 1: opening presents (line5-15) In the west, when is the time to open a present? Why? _______________________________________________________________ Topic 2: wedding ceremonies Example 2What made Peter surprised at the wedding reception in Korea and Brunei?

1. In Korea (19-22)

Roosters: To _______ bad spirits ______; Hens: To ______ good luck for the marriage; The hen laid an egg: Considered to be very lucky. 2. Wedding in Brunei (Line23-32) Task1. The bridegroom and the bride should sit in __________ areas ---the men with _______, and the women with the ______. People probably wouldn’t get much sleep if you _____ near ______ a wedding reception was being held, because they play _____ to celebrate the wedding for hours afterwards, sometimes even ________ the night.

Task2. What is prohibited at wedding reception in Brunei? (Line23-32)

food (

);

soft drink(

);

coffee (

); alcohol (

); tea(

); Example3&4: Pointing gesture and taking off shoes (line35-38) Fill in blanks with proper words: 1. People in most countries point with their first finger. However, in Brunei it may cause ________. They use _________. 2. In Brunei, you have to ____ ______shoes before _________ someone's house, which many foreigners have trouble getting accustomed to.

Example5: Bonfire Night (line 46-52) 1.

Fill in the form.

Date

Events Typical food Popularity 1.

2. 3.

4. In Britain

YES/NO In America

YES/NO 2. Read Line 54-59.

Find out Ma Li’s opinion on cultural differences.

_____________________________________________________ 3. Read Line 54-59. What does Ma Li mean by ‘appropriate behavior’?

A. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. B. Rome was not built in a day.

C. All roads lead to Rome. 4. Which of the following words can indicate your attitudes towards cultural differences?

A. respect

B. tolerate

C. look down upon

D. appreciate

E. hate

F. understand

G. refuse Step III Post-reading

Activity 1 When you receive a present from a friend in the UK, you are expected to ________. A．Refuse it right away

B.Put it aside and open it later C．Open it immediately Activity 2 Multiple choices: How should a Brunei point in Baoying County? Activity 3 What customs do Chinese cities and Brunei have in common?

Activity 4 Group work:

1) One of your friends are going to attend a wedding in Korea, please introduce something about the wedding ceremonies in Korea. (Rooster…drive…away; hen…ensure …lay an egg…congratulate…consider..) 2) If you are going to attend a wedding in Brunei, what will you do to avoid the embarrassment? (sit, alcohol, drums) Paragraph writing: Write a short paragraph,and refer tothe following table.

评估要素

书写

段落的主题句与结论句

简单句的语法规则（语法错误）

长短句的变化

过度词的使用

总分

Step IV Homework

分值

2

2

2

2

2

10

Please collect more information about cultural differences after class and give a report next class.

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