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Unit4 Body Language
What I hide by my language,my body utters.
-Roland Barthes
Learning Aims
read the sentences and passage with proper pause
listen a conversation about body language and get the main idea of it
Look at these photos and discuss what you think each person is communicating.
It is really hard to tell what this man is communicating. Normally, we might think he could be upset.
The boy has crossed both his fingers and has his eyes closed, with a serious expression on his face. Usually crossed fingers show that a person is hoping for good luck, especially if he is worried about failure. But crossed fingers can also mean that he has made a promise that he intends to break.
The woman in the photo is either deaf or is communicating with her husband who is deaf. She is using American Sign Language, and the sign she is using means “I love you”.
The two children seem quite happy. Perhaps they have just won a table tennis match.
Discuss when and where people need to use body language to communicate effectively.
People communicate
when
can’t speak
can’t hear well
not convenient
where
…
Body language often needs to be used in situations where people cannot talk to each other directly. This can include, for example, deaf people using sign language, or army soldiers out on maneuvers where they have to be silent or the enemy might hear them.
Listen to a conversation about body language. Then answer the Q1 and Q2.
How did the man get the idea of using gestures to communicate
From an action movie.
2. What did the police leader tell his team by using gestures
He used gestures to tell them __________bad guys were in the house. Then he _______________on who should go where, and _________________.
how many
gave instructions
what they should do
3. What did the woman say about the acting classes that she’s been taking
She said that right now they’re learning ___________________________ to express themselves.
4. What did the man mean by saying “It’s good you tried” at the end of the conversation
He meant that even though she wasn’t very good at it, her experience was still worthwhile.
how to use body language
Listen again then answer the Q3 and Q4.
Sometimes things are not said directly, and so you must guess the meaning, relationship of the people, or context. You can do this by:
drawing conclusions from the background information you already have.
looking at clues that tell you the context.
using logic to work out the meaning.
Listen to the conversation again. Are the following statements correct inferences from the conversation
Infer meaning
1. The two speakers are married.
2. Making too many gestures in communication is not polite.
3. The police team were probably successful in catching the criminals.
4. Both speakers think body language is useful.
5. The woman is not very confident about her silent acting ability.
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
1. There are four ways, | and only four ways, | in which we have contact with the world. | We are evaluated and classified | by these four contacts: | what we do, | how we look, | what we say, | and how we say it.
— Dale Carnegie
Read the quotes and notice the pause after each sense group.
2. If language was given to men | to conceal their thoughts, | then gesture’s purpose | was to disclose them.
― John Napier
3. Body language is a powerful tool. | We had body language | before we had speech, | and apparently, | 80% of what you understand in a conversation | is read through the body, | not the words.
— Deborah Bull
Life is a stage, and we are all actors. This is also true when you are in a foreign land. Acting can help you communicate even if you do not know the language. For instance, one day a Chinese lady who was babysitting her grandchild in America went to a supermarket to buy some beef. She was confused to see all kinds of meat there and did not know which ones were beef. She asked a clerk by putting both hands up and saying “Moo! Moo!" The lady got what she wanted even without saying a word of English.
Read this passage. Then mark “I” where it needs a pause.
Listen to the texts above and see how well you read.
