Learning about Language名师教学实录

Communication: No Problem Teaching content: Book 4 Unit 4 Lesson type:

Reading I. Analysis of teaching material Body language is a also an important way people used to communication with each other. This reading passage is mainly about how students from different countries greeting with each other and it is a very important in this unit. From the passage, students can not only know about some greeting ways in other countries but also learn something about cross-culture communication. II. Analysis of students

The students are interested in body language, and they have know something about the topic. But body is a very big topic, students still need to know more about body language and to further develop their ability of communicating with others. Besides, students still need to improve their basic skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing. III. Teaching aims

1. knowledge aims A.

To enable the students to understand the text, and learn more information about body language. B.

To enable the students learn some new words and expressions. 2. ability aims A.

To improve students’ reading skill in skimming and scanning by dividing the passage into several parts and finding the main idea of each part. B.

To cultivate students’ ability to speaking and imagining by doing the role play. 3. emotional aims A.

Help the students learn how to explain the common idea—“different cultures, different body languages” with the target language in this unit. B. To enable the students to realize the importance of body language. IV. Teaching important and difficult points 1 important points

A.

Teach students to understand how does body language differ among people from different situations and different cultures B.

Important words and phrases: Misunderstand, similar, facial, expression, agreement, yawn, chest, gesture, adult, punish. 2 difficult points A.

To enable the students to realize the importance of body language in communication so that little or no misunderstanding may occur. Let students know that their is both positive and negative body language. V Teaching aids 1. Multimedia

2. projector VI. Teaching procedure

Step1 Leading-in First let us share a part of video: Questions: 1、Who is the hero(男主角)？

MR Bean. 2、Do you like Mr Bean? Why? He gives us a lot of laughter by what he did and his expression(表情), his body language. Step2 Pre-reading

Talk about the question with your partner What is the body language? Step3 While-reading Task one:Look at the title and picture on page 26 and predict what

the passage is about.

Which is the main idea of the text?

A. There are different customs in different countries.

B. Foreigners should follow the customs of the country where they

are visiting.

C. People use body movements to send messages and different body movements have different meanings.

D. The importance of knowing customs Task two: Let students scan the passage and try to divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea of each part. Part 1 (Para. 1)

You are sent to Capital International Airport to meet this year’s international students.

Part 2 (para. 2 and 3 )

Examples of learned or cultural “body language”.

Part 3. (para. 4

)

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

Summary of body language. Task three: Detailed reading Scan the text and choose the best answer. 1. What did the writer go to the Capital

International Airport for yesterday?

A. To see off his friend.

B. To meet international students.

C. To buy a flight ticket.

D. To meet visitors from several countries.

2.

Where is Tony Garcia from?

A. Britain.

B. Japan.

C. Colombia.

D. Canada.

3. From Paragraph 2 we know that Japanese prefer to ____ when they are introduced to others

A. bow

B. shake hands

C. kiss

D. touch others’ shoulders

4. According to the text, men from the Middle East often ____.

A. nod heads and wave hands to girls

B. touch others’ heads when they first meet

C. kiss each other twice on each cheek

D. stand quite close to other men when they talk

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

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Englishmen often stand close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet.(F) •

Most people around the world now greet each other by kissing .(F) •

Japanese will bow to others as greeting. (T) •

Some body languages in some countries are good while in some countries

are bad.(T) Task2: Answer the six questions on page27. Step4 Summary 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, When in Rome, do as the Romans do(入乡随俗) .

Step5

Homework 1Please find more information about body language in other countries. 2Answer the six questions on page27

Blackboard design:

Communication: No Problem

Main idea Part1 (Para.1) :The author went to Airport to meet this year’s international students. Part 2 (para.2 and 3 ): Examples of learned or cultural “body language”.

Part 3. (para. 4 ): Different peoples have different body languages. Part4. (para. 5): Summary of body language.