1、Lets sing the song!If youre happy and you know it,clap your hands;If youre happy and you know it,never be afraid to show it;If youre happy and you know it,stamp your feet;If youre happy and you know it,wink your eyes;repeat:clap your hands!Stamp your feet!wink your eyes!Besides words,how can we know
2、 what a person is thinking or feeling?By watching the way a person stands By watching the way to move his or her handsGuess(team competition)What do they mean?GestureDirect trafficcheerfulgoodMusical conduct Hands up stopwonderfulPostureswearhoorayhugOn top of the worldFacial ExpressionEmojiFacial E
3、xpressionDifferent kinds of smilesBody LanguagegesturepostureFacial expressionEye contact Physical distanceGame Rules You Perform I Guess1 4 persons/group,2 perform 2 guess2 The performer use body language to deliver the message,but can not speak out the word or its Chinese translation 3 Each group
4、have 2mins4 Only one chance to pass the word when cant guess out5 The champion will be the group who guess the most wordsA组组 You Perform I GuessB组组C组组 A组组 Swimming Weight lifting Long jump Basketball Boating Skating B组组 Shave Brush teeth Fly a kite Take a bath Yangko dance Wear lipstick C组组 Yoga Hun
5、gry Catch a cold Take a picture Eat hot noodles Shake handsWhen cultures meet cultural crossroads,how do we communicate?Body language Just like verbal language(言辞言辞),body language is part of culture.It plays an important role in daily communication.So,it is very important to understand and use it co
6、rrectly.And for a foreign language learner,it is as necessary to learn the body language as to learn the verbal language.Unit 4 Communication:No problem Unit 4 Communication:No problemFast reading(skimming)Two questions before reading this article What(main idea)Why(purpose)Fast reading(skimming)Wha
7、t:People use body language to communicate and different body languages have different meanings.Why:The writer wants to tell us that it is important to understand the cultural body language.Fast reading(skimming)Structure of the passage:Part 1.(Para.1)Part 2.(Para.2 Para.3)Part 3.(Para.4)Part 4.(Para
8、.5)Different people have different body language.Summary of body language.Meet the visitors at the airport.People from different countries express greetings in different ways.BackgroundProblem-noticing Problem-analyzing Problem-solvingDetailed reading(scanning)Para.1 Background Cultural crossroads D
9、etailed reading(scanning)Para.2&3 Problem-noticing Underline the following information:namesGenders countriesBody languagesTony Garcia boy ColombiaJulia Smith girl BritainAkira Nagata boyJapanGeorge Cook boy Canada Darlene Coulon girl FranceAhmed Aziz boyJordan A major misunderstanding Different cou
10、ntries has different greeting body languagesCultural misunderstanding 1Tony JuliaHe _ Julia,touched her shoulder and kissed her _.She _ appearing surprised and put up her hands,as if _.approachedon the cheekstepped backin defenceCultural misunderstanding 2Akira GeorgeAkira _ so his nose touched Geor
11、ges _.George _ _ the Japanese student.bowedmoving handreached his hand out toCultural misunderstanding 3 Is the author of this passage male or female?How do you know?The author is male.Ahmed Aziz will not shake hands with women,but he shakes hands with the author.Cultural misunderstanding 3Ahmed I H
12、e _me as I introduced myself.He came _ to ask a question and then _.I _ a bit.moved very close to closershook my handmoved backCultural misunderstanding 4Darlene TonyThey _ and then _ each other _ on each cheek.French Custom shook handskissedtwiceCultural misunderstanding 4Ahmed Middle EasternA Musl
13、im manOn the contrary,he simply _ _ the girls.JuliaDarlene nodded at nodded at Para.4 Problem-analyzingNot all cultures greet each other the same way,nor are they comfortable in the same way with touching or physical distance.Different countries Different cultures Different body languagePara.4 Probl
14、em-analyzingCountryGreeting body languageBritainCanadaJapanSpain,Italy,South American countries FranceMiddle East,some Muslim countries Shake hands.Keep physical distanceShake handsBowApproach others closely and are more likely to touch them.Shake hands and kissShake hands and stand quite close to m
15、en.Nod to women.Para.5 Problem-solvingAction AwarenessStudy different international customsCultural customs for body language are very general not all members of a culture behave in the same way.What do people usually do when meeting?embraceChina,BritainThailand,IndiaJapan,KoreaRussia,France,ArabSom
16、e western countries Maorishake handshands togetherkiss on the cheekbowtouch nosesSummary Yesterday,another student and I,_(represent)our universitys student association,went to the Capital International Airport _ (meet)this years international students to Beijing University.After half an hour waitin
17、g for their _ to arrive,I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around _(curious).The first person _(arrive)was Tony Garcia from Colombia,_(follow)by Julia from Britain.Tony approached Julia,touched her shoulder and kissed her on _ cheek!She _(step)back as if in defence.I guessed t
18、here was probably a misunderstanding.With more students arriving,I saw more different ways to greet each other.to meet steppedto arriveflightfollowedthecuriouslyrepresentingAs I get to know more international friends,I learn that people communicate with spoken language and they also express their fe
19、elings _(use)unspoken“language”._ general,studying international customs can certainly help avoid difficulties in todays world of cultural crossroads.usingIn.DiscussionWhat body language will we usually do in our daily life?Are you ready to study abroad?How do you deal with cultural differences?.Homework 1Search the Internet and find more about body languages in different cultures,show them to your classmates.2Please write a short passage about how to deal with the“cultural differences”.Thanks
