Reading(1)：Cultural differences教学设计一等奖

Culture differences

Teaching Analysis: This lesson is about the conversation in a chatting room and focuses on the cultural differences. Three students from China, Brunei and the Uk have a discussion on the Internet 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. Learning Aims 1. Knowledge aim: Get more common sense about cultural differences

Ability aims:

1) Try to develop the ability of task based reading.

2) Master Reading strategy: understanding the use of examples. 3. Emotional aims: 1) Arouse students’ awareness of cultural differences

2) Make students proud of our own culture Important points 1. Help students improve the cultural awareness. 2. Students are to finish the related task based assignments so as to develop their reading comprehension. Difficult points 1. How to get students to participate in 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: Lead-in 1. How do Chinese people greet each other in formal situations? 2. What do you know about different ways of greetings? 3. Besides greeting ways what other cultural differences do you know? Step 2 Fast reading 1.Skim the conversation and answer some questions

1. How many people are involved in this dialogue? Who are they? 2. Where did this dialogue take place? 3. Where do they come from? 2. Read the Reading Strategy

about understanding the use of examples, and find out the functions of examples, in order to have a better understanding of the text. 1. Explain concepts and ideas 2. Support arguments 3. Serve as interesting stories 3. Listen and spot the examples that are mentioned in this dialogue.

1. Thanksgiving 2. eye contact

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3. open presents

4. wedding traditions 5. table manners 6. gesture of pointing 7. take off shoes before entering one’s house 8. color of clothing 9. greetings Step 3 Detailed reading

Part One

(lines1-18) 1. What does Thanksgiving celebrate?

2. What is the typical food at Thanksgiving?

Part Two (lines 19-29) In the West, when is the time to open a present? Why?

Part Three (lines 29 to 46)

What are the similarities and differences in a wedding between Italy and the UK? Part Four

(lines 47-64) 1. What should you do instead of pointing with your first finger in Brunei?

2. What color can’t people wear in Brunei? Why? 3. What customs do Chinese cities and Brunei have in common? Step 4 Consolidation

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Task-based reading _____1_____ differences Situations

Thanksgiving Reactions/Customs The American: talk much about Thanksgiving, which was

held in_____3____of the first harvest after

their settlement in the USA. The British: know _______4_______ about it Both the American and the British will open it ____5____ being given it. ____6____ Differences In the west, throwing confetti is very common. In the UK, the guests are expected to give presents to the newly-weds___7__in Italy the newly-weds should give presents to the guests.

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Wedding Pointing Color of clothes Shoes In Brunei, people point with their thumb__8_of first finger. In Brunei, yellow is the____9____colour. In both Brunei and China, shoes should be____10___ off before going inside someone’s house.

2. Discussion Do you think it necessary or not to learn about cultural differences? Why

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3. Writing

假如你是马丽，从与网友韦德和皮特的交谈中得到一些文化差异的例子结合自身

情况，以化差异为题完成一篇作文。要求如下：

例子

感恩节

美国人讲起来滔滔，火鸡，纪念定居美洲的第一个丰收。

英国人对之一无所知。中国人亦如此。

礼物

在西方，一收到就拆

在中国，单独拆

用手指

在中国以及很多国家用食指，在文莱用大拇指，觉得用食指不礼貌。

好处

避免不必要的错误和尴尬

更好的理解和交流

举止礼貌

态度，建议。。。（至少两点）

个人观点

火鸡：turkey

文莱:Brunei

不少于150个字

Nowadays,

cultural

differences

is

becoming

a

hot

topic,

as

more

and

more

people

are

interested

in

it.

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Step 5 Homework 1.Finish

the

composition

2.Please

search

for

more

cultural

differences.

3.Review

what

we

have

leant

today.

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