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M6 Unit3 Cultural differences

Reading

No. 6 Senior High School

Zhou Xiaoxia

Teaching Analysis: This lesson is about the conversation in the student centre and focused on the cultural differences. Three students from China, Brunei and the UK have a discussion about this issue. In this section, students will gain some information about the cultures of different countries and learn to communicate cross-culturally. The Reading strategy in this unit teaches students how to understand examples used in texts.

Teaching Aims 1. Knowledge aim: Get more common sense about cultural differences

2. Ability aim: 1) Try to develop students’ ability of task based reading.

2)Enable the students to master

Reading strategy:understanding the use of examples. 3.Emotional aim: 1) Increase students’ awareness of the importance of understanding

cultural differences

2) Make students proud of our own culture

Teaching important points 1. Help students improve the cultural awareness. 2. Students are to finish the related task based assignments so as to develop their exact reading comprehension.

Teaching difficult points 1.

How to get students to participate the class activities actively. 2.

Try to help students present their ideas on the topic.

Teaching Methods 1. Fast reading to identify the basic information 2. Task reading as a brief summary of the topic. 3. Discussion for cultural differences

Teaching Aids 1. The multimedia 2. The blackboard

Teaching Procedures Step1: Review

Students give a performance about different greeting ways in different countries.

Step2:Lead in

Students have a discussion about cultural differences Step3:Listen and finish the task. Students tick out the things mentioned. (

)①Thanks giving

(

)② Eye contact (

)③ Wedding

(

)④ Body language (

)⑤ Common people can't wear yellow (

)⑥ People open the present as soon as he is given it. (

)⑦ Chinese people greet each other by shaking hands. (

)⑧ Take off shoes before going inside a

house. (

)⑨ Use thumb to point.

Step4: Detailed reading Students read the passage and answer the question: How many examples of cultural differences are there in the conversation? What are they? Cultural differences:

1.receiving p_______

2.w_______ ceremonies 3.pointing g______

4.taking off s______before entering a house 5. f______ called Bonfire Night Topic 1 Present-receiving culture(Line 7-13) In the west, what is the proper time to open a present? Why?

Topic 2:

1.Wedding ceremonies(Line19-22) Roosters are supposed to _______ bad spirits ______from the ceremony. Hens are thought to ______ good luck for the marriage. Hens laid eggs and it was considered to be very______. 2.Wedding in Brunei (line23-32) What is not permitted at wedding reception in Brunei? Food(

)

soft drinks(

)

tea(

)

coffee(

)

alcohol(

) 3.Where do men and women sit in a wedding reception in Brunei?

Topic 3: Pointing gesture (line35-38) People in most countries point with their _________. However, in Brunei that can cause_______.They use ____ to point. Topic 4: Customs (line39-41)

In Brunei, they think it’s funny watching new foreign teachers trying to adjust

____ pointing with _________ instead of first fingers. Another thing we should pay attention to is that we should take ____our shoes before _______ (enter) someone’s house, which is the same in Chinese cities. Therefore, we have no ________ (difficult) getting _____________ (accustom) to it while it is difficult for many foreigners.

Topic 5: Bonfire Night (L46-52) Fill in the blanks

Date

1.

___________________

2.

___________________ Events 3.

___________________

4.

___________________ Typical food

In Britain

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) Popularity(普及)

In American

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) Step 5 Post-reading Activity Ask students to give an introduction to Chinese culture. Imagine your friend Jack is going to visit China. To avoid misunderstandings, he asked you to tell him something about Chinese customs and manners.

Requirements:

1. You should introduce one aspect of Chinese culture to him;

2. Prepare a three-min introduction with at least six sentences . Step6: Homework Polish up your writing and develop it into a passage with at least 150 words.