unit4bodylanguage学案.doc

Unit 4 Body language
Reading Communication: No Problem?
Learning Aims:
1. Enable the students to know how to express their feelings with body language
2. Encourage the students to learn the foreign culture and know more about different cultures in the world.
3. Further train Ss’ reading skills of grasping the gist, summing up Para. main ideas, obtaining key information.
Teaching procedures:
Pre-reading：Game: Invite some students to perform some movements and let the other guess what the meanings of all those movements are. And let students summarize the definition of body language.
Reading
Task 1 Skimming what is the main idea of this passage , please fill in the following blanks
This text mainly talks about that different ____________have different ___________language.
Task 2 Scanning Match each Paragraph with its main idea.
Part 1 A. People from different countries have different (Para. 1) body language.

Part 2 B. Summary of body language.
(Para. 2-4 )

Part 3 C. I went to the Airport to meet the international
(Para. 5 ) students.
Task 3. Read the whole passage quickly and answer the following questions.
1. Where are the international students going to study?

2. How many international students are mentioned in the passage?

3. Do all students greet each other in the same way ?

Careful reading
Task 4. Read Para.1 again and fill in the following blanks.
Time: ______________________________________________
People: ______________________________________________
Place: _____________________________________________
What to do: ________________________________________
___________________________________________________
Task5 Read Para.2 again and Find out the two cultural mistakes in it.
He approached Julia, ________
The first Tony Garcia _____ _________ and _______ her
(Columbia ) on the ________.
mistake She ______ ________appearing
Julia Smith _________ and put up her hands,
(Britain) as if ___ _______.

The second George Cook He ________ his hand _____ to the
(Canada ) Japanese student.
mistake
Akira Nagata He_______ so his nose_______
(Japanese) George’s______ ________.
Task 6 Read Para.3 again and answer the following two questions.
1. How do men from Muslim countries greet others ?
To men:
To women:
2. How did Tony and Darlene greet each other?

Task7: Fill in the table according to Para4:
People in the country/area
Ways to greet each other
English people

People from Spain, Italy and South American countries

Japanese

Most people around the world

Task 8 Comprehending： Decide whether the sentences are true or false.
1.Englishmen often stand close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet. ( )
2.Most people around the world now greet each other by shaking hands . ( )
3.Japanese will bow to others as greeting. ( )
4. People from Jordan will shake hands with a woman as she introduces herself to them. ( )
5. Body language in some countries is good while some in others is bad. ( )

Task 9 Discussion
1.What can you learn from this passage?

Homework:
1. Find more information about body language in different countries.
2. Preview the language points in the text.