人教新课标必修4-Unit-4--Body-language[教案].doc

必修4 Unit 4 Body languageThe First Period SpeakingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target Language目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语misunderstand, similar, facial, expression, agreement, yawn, chest, gesture, adult, punishb. 重点句型或交际用语Act out the following meanings, please.Please guess what I mean.Please show the actions, using body language.Now it is your turn to show the action / gesture.Please use either spoken words or body language to express your ideas.Please use both spoken words and body language to express your ideas.Teaching important points教学重点a. Teach the students how to understand body language used in different countries or cultures as well as in different occasions.b. Teach the students how to use body language in the most appropriate occasions.Teaching difficult points 教学难点a. Enable the students to realize the importance of body language in communication so that little or no misunderstanding may occur.b. Let the students know that there is both positive body language and negative body language.Teaching methods教学方法a. Individual work, pair work and group work.b. Acting out by imitation, mime or with gestures and body movement.Teaching aids教具准备A computer, a projector and some pictures.Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式Step I Lead-inThe teacher shows some pictures on screen. These pictures are from the Evening Party Celebrating the coming Lunar New Year of the Rooster of 2005.Ss: Yes, Thousands of Hands Kwan-yin. Step II IntroductionT: Now lets do some TPR (Total Physical Response) activities together, I hope you will enjoy them and have fun as well.Touch your head / face / eyes / nose / mouth / ears / cheeks / forehead / shoulders / stomach / legs / feet / toes .Shake your head / arm / hand .Wave your arm / hand .T: All right. Now lets do them a little bit difficult. Lets play a game together. Those who fail to follow the rule of the game will be dropped out. The game is: “Simon says”. For example, if I say “Simon says, touch your head”, then you touch your head. If not, you shouldnt touch your head but remain still. Clear? Ready? Now lets start.3 or 5 minutes for the game.T: Ok. Its time to take up the lesson. Please look at the screen. Lets take a look at the following gestures:T: What are the actions of the above gestures? What do they mean?S4: The first gesture is a handshake, which means “Youre welcome”.S5: The second is a handclap, which means “Come on” or “Be cheerful” or something like that.S6: The third one is a V-shaped posture of the first finger and the middle finger, which suggests a wish for the other or others to succeed.Step PracticeT: Look at Page 25What are these people communicating?Step Time for FunT: Now lets play a game in groups of four. One thinks of a situation and asks the others to show some actions using body language. When the one chooses the action that is most likely, it is his or her turn to think of some other situation for the others to show the actions so that the game may go on for a few rounds. Clear? Ss: Yes. Thats funny!T: Try to make the situations as interesting and enjoyable as you can. And show the situation as lively as possible. Besides, make sure that everyone has a turn.Ss: All right.S1: What are you likely to do if it rains?(Actions) S2: reads a book; S3: puts on a raincoat; S4: cleans the house.Step V Role Play (Speaking task on P67)T: Now, theres still a little time left. Lets come to Speaking Task on Page 67. Homework1. Team work: Discuss the importance of body language.2. Go over the Reading: 1) Communication: No Problem? 2) Showing our feeling.T: I think you must have known something about these pictures. Yes, they are from a program of CCTV, the Evening Party Celebrating the Spring Festival of 2005, the coming Lunar New Year of the Rooster. I think that was the best program. Do you remember the name of this program?The second period 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, comedyb. 重点句子Yesterday, another student and I , representing our universitys 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?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 and a computer.Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式Step RevisionFree talk about the topic: the Importance of Body Language. While the student on duty gives the presentation, the teacher can simultaneously approve his or her performance by using the body language learned or familiar to the students such as nodding the head, stretching out the hand with thumb up, shrugging the shoulders, etc.Step Pre-readingT: Our text is about a special means of communicationBody Language. Now please look at the screen. And discuss these questions with your partner first. And then some of you will be asked to report your work. Are you clear?Ss: Yes, sir/madam.T: Very good. We have got two “mind readers” in our class; Im sure there are more than two! Now whod like to give the answer to the third question?S4: Let me try, Sir / Madam. Ill try to use body language to tell the other what I need urgently. Ill do it by miming, by any proper posture, or gestures, even by drawing pictures.T: You are smart! Now whod like to do the last one. It is more challenging, right?S5: Id like to have a try, sir. Last summer I went on a study tour in the States. When I was on the way toT: Wonderful! Thank you for telling us so interesting a true story and giving us so good an example of body language.Step While-reading1. Scanning While reading, please try to divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea.Part 1 Para 1 You are sent to Capital International Airport to meet this years international students.Part 2 (para. 2 and 3 )Examples of learned or cultural “body language”.Part 3. (para. 4 ) Different peoples have different body languages.Part 4. (para. 5) Summary of body language.Read the text carefully, then decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Step IV Post reading1. 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.2.What were the two mistakes that the author noticed? 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 mans nose touched the other mans hand. 3. Who seemed to prefer to keep more physical distance from others? Who seemed to prefer closer physical distance ? 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 . 4. Did any students have similar greeting customs? If so, which ones? 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.Step Homework1. Get ready to retell the text in your own words.The Third Period Reading (II)Teaching goals 教学目标1. Target language目标语言a. 词汇和短语unspoken, facial, function, at ease, lose face, turn ones back to, fist, subjectiveb. 重点句子Body language is one of the most powerful means of communication, often even more powerful than spoken language.2. Ability goals能力目标a. Enable the students to know more about body language.What is the function of body language?What is the similarity of body language?How can you understand the universal facial expression “smile”? Does “a smile” always mean the same thing?What is the difference of body language between various cultures?b. Enable the students to understand better body language.What is the proper attitude towards body language?What would happen if we knew nothing about body language?3. Learning ability goals 学能目标How we can “show our feelings” with the body language learned in this unit or gained in our social life.Teaching important points 教学重点 How body language shows the same or different feelings among people from different cultures.Teaching difficult points 教学难点How to tell that the same body language shows different feelings in different cultures.Teaching methods 教学方法Fast reading: dealing with the “true” or “false” questions.Discussion: the importance of body language.Teaching aids 教具准备A recorder, a projector and a computer.Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式1 Pre-reading1. What is the function of body language?2. How do you find body language in our daily life?3. How can the same body language express different feelings or ideas in different cultures?4. How can different body language express the same feeling or idea in different cultures?2 Fast readingTURE OF FALSE1. Body language is never as powerful as spoken language. 2. If you are angry at a person, you might turn your back to him or her.3. You can threaten a person by refusing to speak.4. You should not greet your new boss by giving her or him a hug.5. Body language is the same all over the world.3 Further readingT: We have just read a passage entitled “Showing Our Feelings”, which tells us more about body language. Now lets read another passage in the Workbook on P66. The title of the reading text is: The Open Hand - A Universal Sign. You will be given 3 minutes to read through the text as quickly as you can, trying to get as much information from the text as possible. Ss: Yes, Sir.T: What information have you got?S1: More about body language, sir. We have learned how people are communicating or getting along with each other besides using spoken language. We are also asked to think about some new situations in which we will communicate in body language.S2: And we have to think about the following questions: It is known that a smile is a sign that pe