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M6 Unit3 Understanding each other

Welcome to the unit 教案

Wang Song

Teaching Analysis:

This lesson focus on the cultural differences. In this section, students will gain some information about the cultures of different countries and learn to communicate cross-culturally.

Learning Aims

1. Knowledge aim:

Get more common sense about cultural differences

2.Ability aim: 1) Try to develop students’ ability of spoken English

2)Enable the students to master some different cultures

3.Emotional aim: 1) Increase students’

awareness of the importance of

understanding 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 ability of summary

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.Identify the basic information

2.Brief summary of the topic.

3.

Discussion for cultural differences

Teaching Aids

1.

The multimedia

2.

The blackboard

Teaching Procedures Step 1 Learn new words

Learn new words by themselves

Practice new word in crazy English methods Step 2 Brainstorming

1. Do you know how people in different countries greet each other?

2. How do we Chinese greet each other when we meet?

Step 3 Look at pictures and fill in blanks

Step 4 Have a discussion

1. What may happen when people with different greeting habits meet? Can you

imagine an Arab and a Japanese meeting for the first time?

2. Why do people in different countries greet each other in different ways?

3. Can you think of any other customs that are different parts of the world?

Step 5 Appreciate some pictures

Different cultures and customs in the world

Step 6 A guessing game

Match the idioms with its meaning.

1. With open arms.

2. To keep a straight face.

3. To put your heads together.

4.To be all ears.

5. To shrug something off.

6. To be in over one's head.

7. To pull a long face.

8.To let one's hair down.

a. To disregarding sth.

b. To be involved in a project that is too difficult.

c. To act casually, to be oneself.

d. To listen attentively.

e. To work together with someone;to share information.

f. Not to show one's true feeling; not to laugh under mostcircumstances

g. To show that one is annoyed.

h. In a welcome and enthusiastic manner.

Role play

Step 7 Debate

Nowadays, more and more Chinese young people are crazy about Christmas and they spend a lot of time and money on it. But originally, Christmas Day was not celebrated by Chinese people. Do you support this change? Why?

Step 8 Homework

1.Write a composition about whether we should celebrate the Christmas.

2. If possible, surf the internet to find further information about cultural differences.