高中英语 Unit 4 Body language Reading（第2课时）教案 新人教版必修4

1、福建省厦门市集美区灌口中学高中英语 Unit 4 Body language Reading（第2课时）教案 新人教版必修4备课日期 2014年5 月31 日课 型The Second Period Reading (I)教学目标ability1.Enable the students to realize the importance of body language.2.Enable the students to understand the text.3. Enable the students to retell the text in their own words.languag

2、e1. 词汇和短语major, local, represent, curious, Columbia, introduce, approach, touch, cheek, stranger, spoken, express, action, Jordan, nod, general, avoid, comedy2. 重点句子Yesterday, another student and I , representing our universitys student association, went to the Capital International Airport to meet

3、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.emotionHelp the students learn how to explain the common idea“different cultures, different body languages” with the

4、 target language in this unit.教学重点How does body language differ among people from different cultures?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

5、compilers of the textbook.教学方法Skimming method, task-based method, role-play method.教学用具A recorder, a projector and a computer.课时安排 one period教 学 内 容设计与反思板书设计: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 )Exa

6、mples of learned or cultural “body language”.Part 3. (para. 4 ) Different peoples have different body languages.Part 4. (para. 5) Summary of body language.Teaching procedures:StepRevisionFree talk about the topic: the Importance of Body Language. While the student on duty gives the presentation, the

7、 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.

8、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.1. What is the purpose of language?2. How can you tell if someone is sad even if they do not speak?3. What would you do if you

9、need the others help urgently while you two speak different languages?4. Give an example of how you can communicate a feeling to someone who does not speak your language.After a few minutes.T: Now whod like to answer the first question? Volunteer! S1: Let me try. The purpose of language, of course,

10、is to be used as a tool of communication. That is, to exchange with others ideas, feelings, information, and so on.T: Perfect! Body language is used anytime and anywhere to convey peoples ideas, feelings, information, and so on and so forth. Next question?S2: Even if they dont speak, I can tell if t

11、hey are sad bylooking at their facial expressions. Im a good mind-reader. (Smiling)S3: Yes, that is quite easy. Just by watching their frowned brows, their long faces, we know that they are unhappy.T: Very good. We have got two “mind readers” in our class; Im sure there are more than two! Now whod l

12、ike 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,

13、 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 toLos Angeles on the flight of the United Airlines, we stopped at Tokyo / Narita Airport in Japan for 3 hours. So I went into the shop at the airport, for I wanted to buy a digital camera.

14、Of course I knew no Japanese, so I spoke to her in Chinese first and then in English. It seemed that she was at a loss when I spoke to her. Then I decided to try it in body language. I just pointed to the camera that I like most-Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P100. The salesgirl spoke to me in Japanese this ti

15、me but I couldnt understand a word of it. So I shook my head and kept pointing at the camera. Finally I reached her understanding and she took out the camera I wanted to buy. I examined it for a little while and asked her the price of it by drawing a big “?” in the air with my forefinger. She took o

16、ut her calculator and put in the price. The price was reasonable and I decided to take it. I paid for it and the salesgirl bowed to me again and again.T: 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 Wh

17、ile 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

18、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). Englishmen often stand close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet. Most people around the world now greet each oth

19、er by kissing . Japanese will bow to others as greeting. People from Jordan will move very close to you as you introduce yourself to them. Some body languages in some countries are good while some countriesbody language are bad.Step IV Post reading1. Is the author of this passage male or female? How

20、 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 n

21、oticed 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