教学课例
张计爱
Unit 21 Body Language
The Second Period
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn and master the following words and expressions:
fold anger vary thumb crazy nod part hug bow palm shrug incredible pat get through tear down chart
2. Train the students' reading ability, especially the skills of summarizing and scanning.
3. Encourage the students to communicate using body language.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Train the students to summarize the main idea of each paragraph.
2. How to get the students to master the two useful expressions: get through, tear down.
3. How to let the students understand the body language in different countries and use them correctly.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1. Master the body language in this period.
2. How to summarize the main idea.
Teaching Methods:
1. Discussion before reading to make the students interested in what they will learn.
2. Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.
3. Discussion after reading to make the students understand what they've learned better.
4. Pair work or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1. the multimedia
2. a tape recorder
3. the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step Ⅰ. Greetings and Revision
Greet the whole class as usual.
T: In the last period, we learned some expressions to make requests, make offers, accept offers and refuse offers. Who can make up a dialogue using them? OK, you two. Please come to the front to act it out.
(Two students begin to act. After that, the teacher says the following. )
T: Thank you for your wonderful performance. Please go back to your seats.
Step Ⅱ. Pre-reading
T: As we all know, we can communicate not just by words but also by our expressions and body movements. But the same gestures in different countries have different meanings. For example, nodding the head means agreement in our country, while in some Asian countries it means disagreement. If you want to learn more about body language, please read the passage “Body Talk” on Page 59 carefully. Before reading, we'll learn the new words and phrases in this period.
(Let the Ss read the words and phrases after the tape. The teacher can give a brief introduction to the Ss if necessary. )
T: Now look at the three questions on the screen and discuss them in groups of four.
(The teacher uses the multimedia to show the questions on the screen. )
1. Can you guess what someone is thinking or feeling by looking at their body language?
2. Do people from different parts of the world use different body language? What about people who live in different parts of
3. How do you communicate the following with body language? Thank you!No. Yes. I don't know. Come here!
(The teacher gives the students three minutes to discuss and then asks some students to answer them. )
T: (Three minutes later. )Have you finished?
Ss: Yes.
T: OK. Who'd like to answer the first question?
S1: Let me try. I can guess what someone is thinking or feeling by looking at their body language. For example, when I see someone holding their nose, I can see they are smelling something terrible.
T: Very good. Let's go on. The second question. Any volunteer?
S2: I'll try. I think people from different parts of the world and from different parts of
S3: I don't agree with S2. I think different countries have different body language. For example, men in
(As to the third question, the teacher can ask some students to give performances before the class. )
Step Ⅲ.
T: OK. You've known something about body language. Now we are going to read a passage “Body Talk”, from which we will learn more about body language. Open your books at Page 59. Read the passage quickly and summarize the main idea of each paragraph.
(After a while, the teacher checks their understanding. )
T: Now who'd like to tell me the main idea of the first paragraph?
S4: Paragraph 1. We communicate with people not only by words but also by body language.
T: Yeah. Right. The second paragraph?
S5: Paragraph 2. Body language varies from culture to culture.
S6: Paragraph 3. The same body language has different meanings in some different countries.
S7: Paragraph 4. Some gestures are universal.
S8: Paragraph 5. Smile is the best example of universally understood body language.
(Write the main idea of each paragraph on the blackboard. )
T: Quite right. We have known the main idea of each paragraph. Now read the passage again and answer the questions on the screen. This time you should read slowly and carefully.
(Show the following questions on the screen. )
1. Do people express their thoughts and opinions and communicate with others only by words? What other ways can be used?
2. In what countries does “shaking one's head” mean “Yes”?
3. What are some situations where we need to be very careful about our body language and gestures?
4. How is body language different from spoken language? What do they have in common?
5. Sometimes we say one thing but our body language says something different. Why does this happen? Can you think of any examples?
(The teacher gives the students another four minutes to read the passage and then asks some students to answer those questions. )
Suggested answers:
1. No, not just by words. We communicate with others also by our expressions and body movements.
2. In
3. Just like spoken language, body language varies from culture to culture. Making eye contact—looking directly into someone's eyes in some countries is a way to show that one is interested in other countries, however, eye contact is rude or disrespectful. So we need to be very careful about our body language and gestures.
4. We use both spoken language and body language to express our thoughts and opinions and to communicate with other people. We can directly know what they are really saying by words. But when we want to express our complex thoughts, opinions and views, body language can't express them correctly.
5. Because body language varies from culture to culture. For example, for “OK”, making a circle with one's thumb and index finger, has different meanings in different cultures. In
Step Ⅳ. Language Study
T: OK. You are familiar with the passage. But you should also pay attention to some useful expressions. Let's look at their usages.
(Show the following on the screen. )
1. The weather varies from place to place.
2. He stood there, folding his arms.
3. He has got through the driving test.
4. They are tearing down that old building and a dangerous wall.
5. He is feeling down after losing the game.
(Bb: vary, fold one's arm, get through, tear down, feel down)
(The teacher asks some students to translate these sentences into Chinese. At the same time, the teacher explains the underlined phrases. )
Step Ⅴ. Listening and Consolidation
T: Now look at your books. I'll play the tape. Listen carefully. You can follow it in a low voice. Pay attention to the stress and intonation.
(After that, the teacher says the following. )
T: From the text, we know people can use body language to communicate, but some body language is different in different countries, that is to say, when we want to express the same meaning, people in different countries use different body language. Look at the chart in Page 60. Work in pairs or in groups. First have a discussion. Then complete the chart. In the end, I'll check the answers.
(The teacher first asks the students to do the exercise orally and then shows the answers on the screen. )
Step Ⅵ. Summary and Homework
T: In this class, we've read a passage about body talk, and learned some body language. We have also known that not all the body language means the same thing in different countries. Different people have different ways of making communication through body language. After class, read the passage again and again till you can recite it. What's more, don't forget to preview “Word Study” and “Grammar” Draw at least 10 gestures and write out their meanings in your exercise books. And then explain each of them to your partners. Well, that's all for today. Class is over.
The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
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