Reading(1)：Cultural differences含PPT的教学设计及点评

Unit 3 Reading Cultural differences Teaching Aims 1. Try to help students get acquaintance with cultural differences. 2. Try to develop students’ ability of task-based reading. 3. Try to enable students to understand the use of examples in an article. Focal points 1. Help students improve the cultural awareness. 2. Students are to finish the related task-based assignments so as to develop their exact 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. 3. How to write an article about cultural differences. Teaching Methods 1. Fast reading to get a main idea and deal with some simple exercises. 2. Careful reading to get more detailed information about cultural differences. 3. Discussion for some other cultural differences. Teaching Aids 1. The multimedia 2. Video and audio

Teaching feature Encouragement to get students highly involved; praise to make students excited; humor to make students feel relaxed Teaching procedures: Step 1 Greetings

Step 2 Lead in T: Everyone, just now we greeted each other by saying “Good morning”. There are many interesting ways to greet each other all over the world. First, let’s play a game. Here are some ways of greeting. Two of you choose one and act it out. The others guess where they are from.

(Play games) T: Very interesting, isn’t it? Now, most of you have known something about the ways of greeting in different countries. Please tell me why people greet each other differently in different countries. S: Because of cultural differences. T: Very good. Let’s talk about cultural differences (板书).

Are you interested in this topic? S: Yes.

T: Do you want to know more about cultural differences? S: Yes.

T: All right! Today, we’ll learn a passage about cultural differences and know more about this topic. 1

Step 3 Skimming Read the passage quickly and prepare to answer the following questions. How many people are there in the passage? (Three) Who are they? Where do they come from?(Ma Li comes from China, Waled comes from Brunei, Peter comes from the UK.) What does Ma Li want to do? (She wants to get some help with her homework about cultural differences) How many cultural differences are mentioned in the passage? What are they? (PPT) (Four. Opening presents, wedding ceremonies, behaviors—pointing gestures ＆

taking off shoes, festival—Bonfire Night)

(Blackboard design) Step 4: Listening and reading T: Now listen to the interview and read after it in a low voice. Task 1 Finish the T/F exercises on the Classroom activity paper sheet. (ppt) 1. In Korea, it is believed that hens can drive bad spirits away from the wedding ceremony. (F) 2. The bridegroom and bride have to sit in different areas at the wedding reception in Brunei. (T) 3. People in Brunei celebrate the wedding by singing and dancing throughout the night. (F) 4. There can be great cultural differences even between people who speak the same language.(T) 5. The British celebrate Bonfire Night every year, so do Americans. (F) Task 2 Answer the following questions 1. What will a British student do when receiving a present? What about a Chinese student? (Act it out) 2. Which finger do people point with in Brunei? 3. What should people do before going into someone’s house in Brunei? (Before checking the answers, give the students a few minutes to discuss their answers and then ask two of them to come to the blackboard to write their answers on the blackboard.) Step 5 Detailed reading

Task 1 Read the passage from Line 14 to Line 32, and finish the task on the class activity paper sheet. Q1: What is special at a Korean wedding ceremony? Why? (Ask two students to write down the answers on the blackboard and check the answers. Later, read these two parts aloud together.) In Korea, they had a live hen and a rooster as a part of the wedding ceremony. This is because roosters are supposed to drive bad spirits away from the wedding ceremony and hens are thought to ensure good luck.

Q2: In Brunei, Where do men and women sit at a wedding reception?

In Brunei, at wedding receptions men and women have to sit in separate areas — the man with the bridegroom and the women with the bride.

Q3: What is not permitted at a wedding reception in Brunei?

Alcohol T: Ok, so much for different types of weddings. Have you ever imagined your own wedding in the future? Which style do you prefer?

Task 2 Read the passage from Line 5 to Line 52, and finish the task on the class activity 2

paper sheet.

Q: What is Bonfire Night?

(ppt) When to cerebrate

1. ________________

2. ________________

What to do

3. ________________

4. ________________

5. ________________

What to eat

6. ___________

In Britain

7. ______ (Yes/No?)

Popularity

In America

8. ______ (Yes/No?)

Step5 Reading strategy

T: A good job! After reading the passage, can you tell me what method the author uses to make us familiar with cultural differences? S: By giving examples. T: Right, Examples are often used to explain concepts and ideas, to support arguments, and as interesting stories, and so on. (PPT) T: OK. Read the dialogue carefully and try to find…

1. the example to support the argument that there are differences as well as similarities between native English speakers. (I have fond childhood memories of Bonfire Night, but my American friends are not familiar with that particular festival.) 2. the example used as an interesting story about cultural differences. (the British teacher who opened the present as soon as he received it at the end-of-term ceremony.) 3. the example to explain the concept about cultural misunderstanding. (you know in many countries people point with their first finger. However, in Brunei that can cause offence, so we use our thumb to point. It’s quite funny watching the new foreign teachers trying to adjust to doing that.) Step 6 Consolidation Fill in the blanks with proper words. Customs are different in different parts of the world. Learning about cultural differences is a good way to understand more about each other. The British teacher opened the present 1.___________ he received it. It’s not 2___________ for an Englishman not to open a present when he receives one. In Korea, at a wedding ceremony, they have a 3_________ hen to 4.__________ good luck for the marriage and a rooster to drive bad spirits away from the ceremony. When the hen 5.__________ an egg during the ceremony, everyone congratulates the couple because it is considered very lucky. 3

In Brunei, at wedding receptions, men and women have to sit in 6.___________ areas — the men with the bridegroom and the women with the bride. Food, soft drinks, tea and coffee are served, but alcohol is 7.____________. In Brunei, people use 8._______ to point. It’s funny to watch a foreigner trying to 9.__________ ________ doing that. And people have to take off their shoes before entering someone’s house. Many foreigners have trouble 10.__________ ___________ ________ it.

In the UK, people have a festival—Bonfire Night, but Americans are not 11.___________ with it. During the festival, there are large fires and fireworks. There are parties and people eat hot dog and other food 12.___________ over the fire.

Step 8 Summary and homework T:

In today’s class, we learnt something about cultural differences throughout the world, and some students expressed their opinions on this topic by mini talk shows. Do you all agree with their opinions? If not, you are to write a short passage about cultural differences after class, using as many useful expressions appearing in this text as possible.

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