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Unit

3

Understanding

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Period

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Welcome

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Reading

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Teaching Objectives: 1.

Enable students to get a general idea of different ways of greeting each other in different countries.

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Help to form correct attitude to foreign cultures. 3.

give the Ss a practice to improve their reading skill and enabling them to learn some basic knowledge about the cultural differences between countries. 4.

They are required to be able to have a good understanding of text, and be able to create a time chart showing different culture. 

Teaching Important and Difficult Point: Improve students’ speaking and reading ability.

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Teaching Approaches: Task-based approaches 

Form of Activities: Individual, pair or group work and topic discussions. 

Teaching Aids: The multimedia and the blackboard 

Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Lead-in 1.

Ask and answer the question：

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In China, how do we greet each other?

Notes: various ways of greeting (2)

What are people in Thailand supposed to do when they meet for the first time?

They are supposed to put their hands together and bow. (3)

What are people in Japan supposed to do when they meet for the first time? (4)

In South America and Russia, what are people supposed to do when they meet for the first time? (5)

In the Middle East, what are Arabs supposed to do when they meet? (6)

What are people in America supposed to do when they meet for the first time? (7)

What do people usually do during the Spring Festival? How about Thanksgiving Day? Step 2. Reading

1. Talk about a wedding ceremony in different countries.

2. Reading Comprehension I (1)

Skimming : Read dialogue fast and answer some questions on the book. a. Which country is Waled from? b. Where does Peter come from?

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c. What does Ma Li think about learning about cultural differences?

(No more than 9 words) (2) Listen to the recording and tick the topics mentioned in the conversation.

①Greeting ways

②Receiving presents ③Eye contact ④Wedding ceremonies ⑤Colors ⑥Pointing gestures ⑦Taking off shoes before entering a house ⑧Bonfire Night

(3) Detailed reading Topic 1: receiving presents (line5-15) In the west, when is the time to open a present? Why? Topic 2: wedding ceremonies

In Korea (19-22) Wedding in Brunei (line23-32) TaskⅠ

What is not permitted at wedding reception in Brunei? Task Ⅱ

Fill in the blanks.

The bridegroom and the bride should sit in __________ areas. People probably wouldn’t get much sleep if you ______ near _______

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a wedding reception was being held, because they play ______ to celebrate the wedding for hours afterwards, sometimes even _________ the night.

Topic 3: Pointing gesture (line35-38) Topic 4: customs (line39-41)

In Brunei, they think it’s funny watching new foreign teachers trying to _______ to pointing with _________ instead of first fingers. Another thing we should pay attention to is that we should take off our shoes before _________

someone’s house, which is the same in Chinese cities. Therefore, we have no _______________ getting ____________________ to it while it is difficult for many foreigners.

Topic 5: Bonfire Night (L46-52) Date

Events

Typical food

Popularity

Consolidation

The information Ma Li has collected from the following five aspects

Different reactions to the presents

Different wedding ceremonies.

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Different pointing gestures

Different customs

Different festivals Step 4 Sharing time

gesture country most countries Making a circle with one’s

thumb and

index finger Brazil

Germany Step 5 Homework

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Review what we have leant today. 2. Finish the exercises on P36.

Japan

France

meaning

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