Unit Four Dealing with Cultural Differences大学英语听说教程教案

教案NewCollegeEnglish（SecondEdition）ListeningandSpeakingCourse4全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程（四）教研室：大学英语教研二室教师姓名：级本科二级班教师课程名称大学英语IV授课专业和班级级本科二级班授课内容UnitFour:DealingwithCulturalDifferences授课学时2教学目的Topreparethestudentsforthetopicof“CulturalDifferences”Togetthestudentstobefamiliarwiththewordsandsentencesrelatedtothetopicof“CulturalDifferences”Totrainthestudents’abilitytounderstandthemainideaandgraspimportantdetailsofthelisteningtextsTogivethestudentsachancetoexchangeviewsonthetextstheyhavejustheard教学重点Tofamiliarizethestudentswiththelanguageneededforthetopicof“CulturalDifferences”TograspkeyexpressionsandwordsTounderstandthelisteningmaterials教学方法Student-orientedcommunicativeteaching.Focuslistening,Dictation,Pair-work,Freetalking.教学过程Warm-upactivities(5minutes)PartA:Pre-listeningTask(15minutes)PartB:ListeningTasks(30minutes)PartB:SpeakingTasks(30minutes)AdditionalListeningandSpeaking(20minutes)作业Assignhomework:1.ListentoPartC2.PreparethetopicofUnit5andLanguageFocusofUnit5辅助手段Multimediasoftware,CD-ROM

教学内容I.Warm-upactivities:discussthequestionsonPage301.Whatdoculturaldifferencesmean?2.Howdopeople’sculturalbackgroundsinfluencetheirwayofthinking?3.Howcanfailuretorecognizeculturaldifferenceshindercommunication?4.Howcanwedealwithculturaldifferences?5.Whatdoes“cultureshock”mean?Inwhatwayscanwecopewithcultureshock?6.Whatshouldwedobeforevisitingothercountriestoavoidmisunderstanding?II.PartA:Pre-listeningTask1.GetthestudentstoreadthesentencesinLanguageFocusafterthetape:Peoplefromdifferentcountriesspeakdifferentlanguages,maintaindifferentvaluesystems,andhavedifferentwaysoflookingatthings.Itisupsettingtofindpeoplewhobehavedifferentlyfromus.Wemay,atfirst,assumethatsomethingiswrongwiththem.Cultureshockisapainfulexperienceweundergowhenweencounterentirelydifferentwaysoflifeinanotherculture.Aperson’sculturalbackgroundinfluenceswhathe/sheconsiderstobegoodmannersorbadmanners/politeorrude/ontimeorlate.Differentculturesmayhavedifferentwaysofrespondingtocompliments.Someculturesconsideritpolitenottotakesomethingthefirsttimeitisoffered.EyecontactmayconveysincerityandattentivenessinsomeOrientalculturesbuttoomucheyecontactmayembarrasspeopleinsomeWesterncultures.Thosewhoareuninformedaboutculturaldifferencesmayhavedifficultycommunicatingwiththeirbusinessassociatesfromothercultures.Inabilitytorecognizeculturaldifferencescanmakecommunicationdifficult.Acertainamountofsmalltalkabouttheweather,family,andpersonalhobbiesisexpectedbeforegettingdowntobusinesswithyourforeignassociates.Havingrespectfor/Learningaboutotherculturescanhelpyouavoidmisunderstandings.Youcanavoidunintentionallyoffendingothersbylearningthebasiccharacteristicsofothercultures/gettingtoknowafeweverydayphrasesorcommoncustomsofothercultures.Donotcriticizeorembarrasspeoplefromotherculturesinpublic.Understandingcanonlybereachedifwearewillingtotreatpeoplefromothercultureswithrespectandasequals.Itisagoodpolicytoletaforeignfriendorbusinessassociateknowyourexpectationswithregardtotimeandpunctuality.Taketimetoexplaincertaincustomsofyourownculturetoyourforeignfriendsorbusinessassociates.Askyourforeignfriendsorbusinessassociatesabouttheircustoms.Don’tpanicwhensomecustomsinaforeigncountrycatchyouoffguard.Youmustunderstandthatpeoplelivinginvariedcultureshandlemanysmalldailythingsdifferently.Whetheryouplantostayforaweekorforayearinanewplace,you’llbenefitfromlearningabouttheplacebeforeyougo.Bearinmindtheproverb“DoinRomeastheRomansdo,”andlearnfromthelocalpeoplewhenyouarevisitingaforeigncountry.III.PartB:ListeningTasksAConversationEmbarrassingExperiencesLanguageandCultureNotes1.BackgroundinformationDifferentcultureshavetheirownrulesofbehavior.Peoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundsmayhaveverydifferentbeliefs,religions,customsandhabits.Ignoranceofculturaldifferencesoftencausesmisunderstanding,offense,orembarrassmentincross-culturalcommunication.ThisisclearlyillustratedbywhatKateandRobexperiencedintheirvisitstovariouscountries.Toavoidmisunderstandingorgivingunnecessaryoffensewemustdevelopacross-culturalperspective.Wemustrememberthatallculturesareequal,howeverdifferentsomeculturesmayseemfromourown.Havingarespectforotherculturesandlearningabouttheirbasiccharacteristicsareeffectivewaystopromoteinternationalcommunication.2.…theyfeltIwastakingthemforgranted.…theythoughtthatIwastreatingthemcasually,withoutgivingthemduerespect.3.…peopletheretendtoshakehandsquitefirmlyIntheUS,peopletendtoshakehandsforcefullywithpeopletheymeetforthefirsttime.Thisisparticularlytrueamongbusinessassociates.AfirmhandshakeinAmericanculturesuggestssincerityandstrengthwhereasaweakhandshakeisasignofweakness.WordBankapparentlyad.clearly;obviously显然individuallyad.onebyone;separately各个地upsetv.tocausesb.tofeelunhappy使生气gentlyad.softly不太用力地firmlyad.forcefully;strongly坚定有力地goshint.aninformalexpressionofsurprise（表示惊讶的非正式感叹词）哎呀titlen.awordputbeforeaperson’snametoshowrank,honor,profession头衔；职称；尊称IV.PartB:SpeakingTasks:getthestudentsintopairstocarryoutthespeakingtask-reflectionsonthetexts;selectapairtopresenttheirviewsinclass.Doyouthinkitisimportanttobeawareofculturaldifferences?Why?Howcanweavoidmisunderstandingininternationalcommunication?Exchangeviewswithyourpartner.Youmaymentionthefollowingpointsinyourdiscussion.GuidingPointsawarenessofculturaldifferences－toavoidmisunderstandingimportanceoflearningaboutotherculturesimportanceofknowinghowtodealwithculturaldifferences－keytosuccessfulinternationalbusinessandculturalexchangesV.AdditionalListeningandSpeaking.MovieTime:Watchingthemovieclip,getstudentstofillintheblanksaccordingtothemovieclipandExplainhowmanywaysofgreetingyouknowintheworld?TimetoTalk:Lookatsomepicturesandgetstudentstodescribethemonebyone.教学小结