Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending优秀教案内容

Warming up and Reading 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. What is the purpose of language? What is the purpose of body language? How can you tell if someone is sad even if they do not speak? How can you communicate a feeling to someone who does not speak your language? b. Enable the students to understand the text. Where are the visitors from? How do Mr. Garcia from Columbia and Julia Smith from Britain response when they are introduced to each other? What do Mr. Cook and the Japanese visitor do as they are introduced? How can people express themselves besides their spoken language? Do all cultures greet each other the same way? Do English people and other Europeans act the same when they first meet? Is a handshake very common in Japan? Is a kiss often used in France when people meet? Why are there different kinds of body language? 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 ,some pictures and a computer. Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式

Step I Lead-in 1. The teacher shows ways of communicating: Spoken language

speaking

ringing

Written language

writing

typing

Body language

facial expression

gesture

action

2. What is body language?

Body language is one form of nonverbal communication (非言辞交际) without using words. Eye contact or gaze, facial expression, gesture, and posture (姿势), or the way you stand, are different kinds of body language. Some psychologists believe that we communicate 65% of our ideas and feelings without words! The shape of our bodies and faces, the movements and gestures we make, the clothes we wear, how near we stand to each other and whether we touch each other … all these communicate.

3. Facial expressions

Look at the following facial expressions, and try to tell us what his feeling is.

Step II Introduction Gestures Do you know what these gestures mean? Look at the pictures and discuss with your partner what the man is trying to say.

Good!

Bad!

Come here!

Me?

I don’t know!

ok

stop

silent

well done What else gestures do you know?

victory

applause Step Ⅲ Warming up T: Look at Page 25.

What are these people communicating?

Read the following statements. Choose a phrase and act it out without speaking. Can your partner guess what you are trying to communicate? “Hello”

“Goodbye” “Come here”

“Go away!”

“Expensive!”

“I’m surprised!” “I’m tired.”

“I’m confused.”

“OK!”

“Good luck!”

“I’m delighted!”

“I’m upset!”

“I’m sad!”

“I forgot!”

“You’re great!”

Step Ⅳ Pre-reading 1. What is the purpose of language? 2. How can you communicate with someone if you cannot speak? Give

an example. 3. There are many different ways to greet someone using words. How many ways can you think of to greet someone if you cannot speak?

Keys: The purpose of language is to communicate with other people.

I can use body language to communicate with someone if I can’t speak. For example, if I’m angry, I might turn away and not talk to others. If I’m happy to see someone, I might smile and hold out my hand or open my arms. Ways to greet someone without words: smile, wave, shake hands, hug, kiss,

etc. Step V Predicting T: Look at the picture and the title of the passage on page 26. What do you think the topic will be?

Step VI Reading 1. First-reading I. Read the passage and divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea.

Part 1.

(Para. 1)

Meet the visitors at the airport.

Part 2 (Para. 2 and 3) People from different countries express greetings in different ways. Part 3. (Para. 4)

Different peoples have different body languages. Part 4. (Para. 5)

Summary of body language. Try to write down the main idea of the text. The text is mainly about different _____________ in different countries. In order to avoid difficulties in today’s world of cultural crossroads, we should ___________________________.

Keys: body language

study international customs 2. Second-reading Read the passage again and choose the best answers. 1. In which of the following countries do people greet each other in the same way?

A. Jordan and Italy.

B. China and Japan.

C. Canada and Colombia.

2. From the text, we can know that _____.

A. people are likely to keep the same distance in different countries

B. men from Britain often stand close to others to shake hands

C. people are facing multicultural communication problems

Keys: A C 3. Careful reading How do different international students behave when they greet people? Complete the chart with information from the passage.

Name

Description

Body Language no touching To

Whom everyone

Tony Garcia

George

Cook

man from Japan

to men

to women

shake hands and kiss

twice on each cheek