Warming up and Reading
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target Language 目标语言
a. 词汇和短语
major, local, represent, curious, Columbia, introduce, approach, touch, cheek,
stranger, spoken, express, action, Jordan, nod, general, avoid, comedy
b. 重点句子
Yesterday, another student and I , representing our university’s student association,
went to the Capital International Airport to meet this year’ international students.
…I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around curiously.
She stepped back appearing surprised and put up her hands, as if in defence.
2. Ability goals 能力目标
a. Enable the students to realize the importance of body language.
What is the purpose of language?
What is the purpose of body language?
How can you tell if someone is sad even if they do not speak?
How can you communicate a feeling to someone who does not speak your
language?
b. Enable the students to understand the text.
Where are the visitors from?
How do Mr. Garcia from Columbia and Julia Smith from Britain response when
they are introduced to each other?
What do Mr. Cook and the Japanese visitor do as they are introduced?
How can people express themselves besides their spoken language?
Do all cultures greet each other the same way?
Do English people and other Europeans act the same when they first meet?
Is a handshake very common in Japan?
Is a kiss often used in France when people meet?
Why are there different kinds of body language?
c. Enable the students to retell the text in their own words.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the students learn how to explain the common idea—“different cultures,
different body languages” with the target language in this unit.
Teaching important points 教学重点
How does body language differ among people from different cultures?
Teaching difficult points 教学难点
The understanding of the poorly-written reading text, especially the relationship
awkwardly built up between “you” and the other people in the text, who are met by
the awkward arrangement of the compilers of the textbook.
Teaching methods 教学方法
Skimming method, task-based method, role-play method.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A recorder, a projector ,some pictures and a computer.
Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式
Step I Lead-in
1. The teacher shows ways of communicating:
Spoken language speaking ringing
Written language writing typing
Body language facial expression gesture action
2. What is body language?
Body language is one form of nonverbal communication (非言辞交际) without
using words. Eye contact or gaze, facial expression, gesture, and posture (姿势), or
the way you stand, are different kinds of body language.
Some psychologists believe that we communicate 65% of our ideas and feelings
without words! The shape of our bodies and faces, the movements and gestures we
make, the clothes we wear, how near we stand to each other and whether we touch
each other … all these communicate.
3. Facial expressions
Look at the following facial expressions, and try to tell us what his feeling is.
Step II Introduction
Gestures
Do you know what these gestures mean? Look at the pictures and discuss with your
partner what the man is trying to say.
Good! Bad!
Come here! Me? I don’t know!
ok stop silent well done
What else gestures do you know?
victory applause
Step Ⅲ Warming up
T: Look at Page 25.
What are these people communicating?
Read the following statements. Choose a phrase and act it out without speaking. Can
your partner guess what you are trying to communicate?
“Hello” “Goodbye” “Come here”
“Go away!” “Expensive!”
“I’m surprised!” “I’m tired.”
“I’m confused.” “OK!”
“Good luck!” “I’m delighted!”
“I’m upset!” “I’m sad!”
“I forgot!” “You’re great!”
Step Ⅳ Pre-reading
1. What is the purpose of language?
2. How can you communicate with someone if you cannot speak? Give
an example.
3. There are many different ways to greet someone using words. How many ways can
you think of to greet someone if you cannot speak?
Keys: The purpose of language is to communicate with other people.
I can use body language to communicate with someone if I can’t speak. For
example, if I’m angry, I might turn away and not talk to others. If I’m happy
to see someone, I might smile and hold out my hand or open my arms.
Ways to greet someone without words: smile, wave, shake hands, hug, kiss,
etc.
Step V Predicting
T: Look at the picture and the title of the passage on page 26. What do you think the
topic will be?
Step VI Reading
1. First-reading
I. Read the passage and divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the
main idea.
Part 1. (Para. 1)
Meet the visitors at the airport.
Part 2 (Para. 2 and 3)
People from different countries express greetings in different ways.
Part 3. (Para. 4)
Different peoples have different body languages.
Part 4. (Para. 5)
Summary of body language.
Try to write down the main idea of the text.
The text is mainly about different _____________ in different countries. In order to
avoid difficulties in today’s world of cultural crossroads, we should
___________________________.
Keys: body language study international customs
2. Second-reading
Read the passage again and choose the best answers.
1. In which of the following countries do people greet each other in the same way?
A. Jordan and Italy.
B. China and Japan.
C. Canada and Colombia.
2. From the text, we can know that _____.
A. people are likely to keep the same distance in different countries
B. men from Britain often stand close to others to shake hands
C. people are facing multicultural communication problems
Keys: A C
3. Careful reading
How do different international students behave when they greet people? Complete
the chart with information from the passage.
Name Description Body Language To Whom
Tony Garcia everyone
no touching
man from Japan
George
Cook
to men
to women
shake hands and kiss
twice on each cheek
4. Post-reading
I. Answer the following questions.
1. Is the author of this passage male or female? How do you know?
2. What were the two mistakes that the author noticed?
3. Who seemed to prefer to keep more physical distance from others? Who seemed
to prefer closer physical distance?
4. Did any students have similar greeting customs? If so, which ones?
5. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” What do you think this famous saying
means?
Keys: The author is male. Ahmed Aziz will not shake hands with women, but he
shakes hands with the author.
He noticed that the Colombian man kissed the British woman, but in her
culture, a kiss from a stranger is not acceptable. He also noticed that the
Japanese man bowed just as the Canadian man started to shake hands, so
one man’s nose touched the other man’s hand.
The British woman, Julia, and probably the Canadian man, George,
seemed to prefer to keep more physical distance from others. The
Colombian man, Tony, and the Jordanian man, Ahmed, seemed to prefer
closer physical distance.
Yes. Tony from Colombia and Darlene from France had a similar greeting
custom—a kiss. George from Canada and Ahmed from Jordan also had a
similar greeting custom—a handshake, but Ahmed shakes hands only
with men.
This saying means that when we are in a certain place, we should follow
the customs of the people who live in that place, not our own customs.
II. Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
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 kissing.
3. Japanese will bow to others as greeting.
4. People from Jordan will move very close to you as you introduce yourself to
them.
5. Some body languages in some countries are good while some countries’ body
language are bad.
6. People from different countries may have a major misunderstanding while
greeting each other.
7. The physical distance from each other that people are comfortable with
generally depends on the culture.
8. All members of a culture behave in the same way.
Keys: FFTF FTTF
Step VII Discussion
1. If you meet a foreigner who comes up close to you to talk, what countries might he
be from? How can you show him that you are uncomfortable with that?
2. What are some situations where body language is the only form of
communication? Why?
3. Discuss ‘Do you agree with the author’s statement that body language is not good
or bad? Why or why not?’
Step VIII Homework
Talk about body languages you usually use.