1、Unit 4 Body Language SectionAReading and Thinking 教学设计教学设计 科目科目：英语：英语 课题课题：SectionAReading and Thinking 课时课时：1 1 课时课时 教学目标教学目标与核心素养与核心素养： 知识目标：To get a better understanding of body language. 能力目标：To identify the feature of body languagecultural-specific. 情感目标：To develop the sense of cross-cultural c
2、ommunication. 教学教学重难点重难点 教学重点：To identify the feature of body languagecultural-specific. 教学难点：To develop the sense of cross-cultural communication. 课前课前准备：多媒体，黑板，粉笔准备：多媒体，黑板，粉笔 教学教学过程：过程： 一、Pre-class 1. Greeting 2. Leading-in 学生活动：Read for the main idea Read the text and summarise the main idea. 参考答
3、案： The passage tells us that body language plays an important part in our communication and while body language is cultural-specific,some gestures seem to have the same meaning everywhere. 活动目的：训练学生把握文章大意的能力。 二、While-class 学生活动：Skim for the structure of the text 教师：Please draw a mind map to show the
4、 structure of the text. 参考答案： 活动目的： 通过让学生画思维导图，把握各段落之间的关系，从而厘清文章结 构。 学生活动：Scan for specific information Body language/GestureMeaningCountry/Region Eye contact between men and womenNot politeMiddle East Looking down when talking to someone OK sign Kissing on the cheek Placing your hands together and
5、resting them on the side of your head while closing your eyes Moving your hand in circles over your stomach after a meal 参考答案： Body language/GestureMeaningCountry/Region Eye contact between men and womenNot politeMiddle East Looking down when talking to someoneRespectJapan OK signMoney Zero Not poli
6、te Japan France Braziland Germany Kissing on the cheekGreetingFrance and Russia Placing your hands together and resting them on the side of your head while closing your eyes Sleepeverywhere Moving your hand in circles over your stomach after a meal Fulleverywhere 教师活动： Answer the following two quest
7、ions based on the text. (1)Can you think of an example of body language that is appropriate in China but might be misunderstood in another culture? (2)What advice on body language can you give a foreign friend on his/her first trip to China? 参考答案： (1)Avoiding eye contact and lowering ones head may m
8、ean respect and being shy in China,whereas in some other countries this body language may be interpreted as being rude. (2)Please pay attention to the social distance,which is different in China and in the West. 三、After-class 学生活动： Complete the summary with the words from the text. Body language 1.(
9、vary)from culture to culture.Eye contact is not always 2.(approve) of. In Japan, it may demonstrate respect to look down when 3.(talk)to an older person.In France,a person who 4. (witness)the gesture for “OK” may interpret it 5.meaning zero.You should avoid 6.(make) this gesture in Brazil and German
10、y.Even the gestures we use 7.“yes” and “no” differ around the world.In many countries,8.(shake) ones head means “no”,and nodding means “yes”.By 9.(compare),in Bulgaria and southern Albania,the gestures havetheoppositemeaning.Elsewhere,peoplefavourshakinghands,10. (bow) from the waist or nodding the head when they meet someone else. 参考答案： 1.varies2.approved3.talking4.witnesses5.as parison 10.bowing 四、Summary 作业布置：完成同步课时作业。
