1、To understand some facial expressions and talk about body language; To understand a conversation and learn to infer meaning for it; To learn to ask for and make clarification To learn about the pause in sentences. Look at the following facial expressions and guess their meanings. Look at these photo
2、s and discuss what you think each person is communicating. Discuss when and where people need to use body language to communicate effectively. People communicate when cant speak cant hear well not convenient where Listen to a conversation about body language. Then answer the following questions. 1.
3、How did the man get the idea of using gestures to communicate? 2. What did the police leader tell his team by using gestures? 3. What did the woman say about the acting classes that shes been taking? 4. What did the man mean by saying Its good you tried at the end of the conversation? Infer meaning
4、Sometimes things are not said directly, and so you must guess the meaning, relationship of the people, or context. You can do this by: drawing conclusions from the background information you already have. looking at clues that tell you the context. using logic to work out the meaning. Listen to the
5、conversation again. Are the following statements correct inferences from the conversation? 1. The two speakers are married. 2. Making too many gestures in communication is not polite. 3. The police team were probably successful in catching the criminals. 4. Both speakers think body language is usefu
6、l. 5. The woman is not very confident about her silent acting ability. Act out a scene using only body language to communicate. You may follow these steps to complete your performance. 1. Form into groups of four. One of you is the performer, and the others are observers. 2. The performer writes dow
7、n a situation and some messages to convey through body language. 3. The performer acts out the scene and the observers individually write down their thoughts without talking to anyone else. 4. The actor reveals the situation and messages, and the group compares notes. Asking for and making clarifica
8、tion What did you mean by .? So you mean ？ So did that mean .? What I dont quite understand is . Could you explain? Could you give me an example? In other wards . What I meant was . What I was trying to say was . Does that make sense? Is that clear? I can tell that . Use the table below to clarify a
9、ny misunderstandings or different answers. 1. There are four ways, | and only four ways, | in which we have contact with the world. | We are evaluated and classified | by these four contacts: | what we do, | how we look, | what we say, | and how we say it. Dale Carnegie Read the quotes and notice th
10、e pause after each sense group. 2. If language was given to men | to conceal their thoughts, | then gestures purpose | was to disclose them. John Napier 3. Body language is a powerful tool. | We had body language | before we had speech, | and apparently, | 80% of what you understand in a conversatio
11、n | is read through the body, | not the words. Deborah Bull Life is a stage, and we are all actors. This is also true when you are in a foreign land. Acting can help you communicate even if you do not know the language. For instance, one day a Chinese lady who was babysitting her grandchild in Ameri
12、ca went to a supermarket to buy some beef. She was confused to see all kinds of meat there and did not know which ones were beef. She asked a clerk by putting both hands up and saying “Moo! Moo! The lady got what she wanted even without saying a word of English. Read this passage. Then mark “I” where it needs a pause. Listen to the texts above and see how well you read. Think about some classroom body language and write down their meanings.
