Reading(1)：Cultural differences教学设计第二课时

Unit3 Understanding others Cultural differences ---- reading (I)

Teaching objectives教学目标

Knowledge objectives知识目标

(1) Improve the students’ reading ability by fast-reading and detailed-reading. (2) Enable the students to know about cultural differences. (3) Learn and master some important and useful words and phrases Emotional objective情感目标Enable students to have right attitudes towards cultural differences. Ability objective能力目标

Enable students to communicate cross-culturally. Important points重点

(1) Improve the students’ reading ability by fast reading and detailed reading

(2) Know about cultural differences (3) Learn and master some important and useful words and phrases

Difficult points难点

(1) Learn how to talk about cultural differences and customs (2) Understand the use of examples (3) To learn to communicate cross-culturally Part One

Preview(课前预习)

(I) Translate the following words and expressions into Chinese. 1.

acquaintance _____________ 11.

drive...away ____________________ 2.

congratulate _____________ 12.

wedding reception _________________ 3.

celebrate ________________ 13.

cause offence ____________________ 4.

ceremony _______________ 14.

get used to ______________________ 5.

prohibit _____________ 15.

get accustomed to _________________ 6.

ensure ________________ 16.

adjust to __________________ 7.

bride __________________ 17.

have trouble (in) doing sth____________ 8.

bridegroom _______________ 18.

be familiar with ________________ 9.

cultural difference _______________ 19.

take place _______________________ 10.

be supposed to _________________ 20.

be different from ______________ (II) Question: What are the examples used to do in the passage? (Reading strategy) Part Two Teaching procedure Step One

Revision and lead-in Show time (Show how to greet others in different situations) situation 1

You come across an old friend on campus in China situation 2

Supposing you are in Thailand situation 3

You meet your friend Lucy in South America situation 4

You are traveling in the Middle East situation 5

You met an old friend in the Netherlands

Step Two

Skimming&Reading aloud (5mins) Read the conversation quickly and answer the following questions. 1.

Which country is Waled from? 2.

Where does Peter come from? 3.

What does Ma Li think about learning about cultural differences?

Step Three Listening & scanning Activity 1 Fill in the blanks while listening.(one word for each blank) Example1

The British teacher opened the present (1)______

_________

______ he received it. It’s (2)_________ not to open a present when he receives one.

Example2 In Korea, at a wedding ceremony, they have a live hen to (3)_________ good luck for the marriage and a rooster to (4) ________ bad spirits ________ from the ceremony. When the hen lays an egg during the ceremony, everyone congratulates the new couple because it is considered (5)__________. In Brunei, at wedding receptions, men and women have to sit in separate areas—the men with the (6)___________ and the women with the bride .Food, soft drinks, tea and coffee are served, but alcohol is (7)____________ . Example3In many countries people point with their first finger . However, in Brunei that can cause (8) __________. So people use thumb to point. In Brunei, they think it’s funny watching new foreign teachers trying to (9)_________

________ doing that. Example4 In Brunei, people have to (10)_________

_________ their shoes before entering someone’s house. Many foreigners have trouble (11)_________

__________

_________ it. Example5

In the UK, people have a festival—Bonfire Night, but Americans are not (12)_________with it. During the festival , people light large fires and there are plenty of fireworks. There are parties and people eat(13) _______

_______ and other food cooked over the fire. Activity 2 Reading Strategy Examples are often used and serve several purposes. They are used to explain concepts and ideas, to support arguments and as interesting stories. Step Four Detailed reading Multiple choices 1.

Ma Li went to the student center to ____________ A. make some new friends

B. look for some native English teachers C. collect some information

D. practise English 2.

To some westerners, it is _________ not to open the present as soon as you get it. A. polite

B. common

C. impolite

D. friendly

3. Which of the following is not permitted at the wedding reception in Brunei? A. soft drinks

B. tea

C. coffee

D. alcohol 4. What does the phrase “get accustomed to” (line 40) mean? A. be familiar with

B. get used to

C. know about

D. be aware of 5. From the text, we can learn that there are different ideas about good manners. We should always __________ wherever we go. A . do as the local people do

B. do as we like C. do as we are told to

D. take off our shoes Step Five Group discussion What attitudes should we have when we face cultural differences? Step Six Summary and homework 1.Summarize what students have learnt in the passage. 3. Homework: Exercises P59-P61 in your workbook.