Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教案2

Unit 4

The Second Period Reading (I)---- 灵璧中学

徐志华

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language目标语言

a. 词汇和短语

major, local, represent, curious, Columbia, introduce, approach, touch, cheek, stranger, spoken, express, action, Jordan, nod, general, avoid, comedy b. 重点句子

Yesterday, another student and I , representing our university’s student association, went to the Capital International Airport to meet this year’ international students. …I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around curiously. She stepped back appearing surprised and put up her hands, as if in defence. 2. Ability goals能力目标

a. Enable the students to realize the importance of body language. b. Enable the students to understand the text. c. Enable the students to retell the text in their own words. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help the students learn how to explain the common idea—“different cultures, different body languages” with the target language in this unit.

Teaching important points 教学重点

How does body language differ among people from different cultures? Teaching difficult points 教学难点

The understanding of the poorly-written reading text, especially the relationship awkwardly built up between “you” and the other people in the text, who are met by the awkward arrangement of the compilers of the textbook. Teaching methods 教学方法

Skimming method, task-based method, role-play method. Teaching aids 教具准备

A recorder, a projector and a computer. Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式

StepⅠ

lead-in Free talk about the topic: the Importance of Body Language. While the student on duty gives the presentation, the teacher can simultaneously approve his or her performance by using the body language learned or familiar to the students such as nodding the head, stretching out the hand with thumb up, shrugging the shoulders, etc. Step 1 :Skim the passage and match the main idea of each part with lines. Para1

Different people have different body language

Para2

Summary of body language.

Para3

Meet the visitors at the airport. Para4

People from different countries express greetings in different ways Mr Garcia (Columbia)

Julia Smith (Britain)

Visitor (Japan) George Cook (Canada)

Madame Coulon (France) Step 2

Read the passage again and then answer the following questions: 1.Why is Julia Smith surprised? 2.Why do you move back from Ahmed Aziz? 3.What do French people often do when they meet people they know?

4.Can we expect people everywhere to act the same? Why? 5. Why do you think we need to study body language? Step 3

Listen to the text carefully, then decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1: Englishmen often stand close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet.

2: Most people around the world now greet each other by kissing . 3: Japanese will bow to others as greeting. 4: People from Jordan will move very close to you as you introduce yourself to them.

5: Some body languages in some countries are good while some countries’ body language are bad. Step 4

Detailed reading

Find out the two mistakes the author found in the airport: The first mistake

Mr. Garcia

He approaches Ms Smith by _______ ______ _________ and _______ her on the ________. Julia

Smith She ______ ________ appearing _________ and put up her hands ____ ______. The second mistake

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Japanese He ________ to Mr. Cook and his nose _________ Mr. Cook’s _______ ________.

George Cook

He ________ ________ _______ ________ to the Japanese.

Step 5 Discussion do you still think COMMUNICATION:NO PROBLEM?

Give reasons. Step 6

What can you learn from this passage? Body language is very important in our daily life, and it may vary from different cultures. When we are visiting other countries, we should follow their customs. That is to say, _________________________.

Step 7 Homework: Write

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short summary of the reading passage! GAME:

ACT OUT

one student will be invited to come to the front; act the words out using body language, and the other students try to guess what he/she means.

Listen to the song. Sing it together and do the body language. If you’re happy and you know it

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If you're happy and you know it

__________________ If you're happy and you know it never be afraid to show it If you're happy and you know it __________________ If you're happy and you know it __________________ If you're happy and you know it __________________ If you're happy and you know it Never be afraid to show it If you're happy and you know it __________________ If you're happy and you know it __________________ If you're happy and you know it __________________ If you're happy and you know it never be afraid to show it If you're happy and you know it __________________