课件22张PPT。Warming up Listen to the songWhat’s the purpose of language?The purpose of language is to communication with other people.How can you communicate with someone if you can’t speak?Now look at some picturesgesturesposturesfacial expressionseye contactGuess Ways of communicationgesturesposturesfacial expressionseye contactI can use body language to communicate with someone if I can’t speak?
Body language What is body language?? Body Language is a form of non-verbal communication.
? It uses movements or positions of our body to show other people what we are thinking or feeling.
? It includes body movements, facial expressions, gestures, posture , speaking distance and other non-verbal signals.
Pre-readingAre all the body language the same in the world?Act it out Discuss with your partners about the following form.
Two students come to the blackboard. One act the gestures in the USA, the other act the gestures in China.
Open one’s eye or mouth wideMoving the hand from side to side Come here!Moving the index finger forwards and backwardsMoving one’s hand up and down with the palm facing downGestures in ChinaRolling one’s eyes Moving the index finger from side to sideIncredible.
I can’t believe it. Different countries use different body language to express the same meaning. Has communication no problem?Communication: No problem?Task 1.Main idea of the passage:
different greeting body languagesculturesstudying different international customs
The passage introduces some examples of_________________________ to show that body languages are different in different ________.
And the writer believes that understanding and ____________________________ can help avoid the difficulties in body language communication.
Task2:How many parts can we divide the passage into?
Then do the match!
Part 1 (para. _______) A. Examples of learned cultural
“body language”.
Part 2 (para. ________) B. Different people have
different physical ways to greet
others. Learning about their
customs can help avoid difficulties
in communication.
Part 3 (para. _______) C. You are sent to Capital
International Airport to meet some
international students.
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Find the characters and where they are from?Julia SmithColumbiaCanadaAhmed AzizFranceChina Careful Reading
1.Read part2(para2&3) carefully
2.Find out the two cultural mistakes
happening at the airport (para2) Find out the two cultural mistakesTony Garcia Julia SmithThe first mistake(Columbia )(Britain) He approached Julia, ________ ____ ________and _______ her on the ________.She ______ ________ appearing _________ and put up her hands, as if
___ _______.touched her shoulderkissedcheekstepped backsurprised in defenceFind out the two cultural mistakesThe second mistakeAkira NagataGeorge Cook(Canada)He ________ his hand _______ to the Japanese student.He ________ so his nose ________George’s _______ ________.bowedtouchedmovinghandreached out(Japanese)Most people around the world now greet each other by nodding.
2. Japanese prefer to bow to others as greeting.
3. Englishmen often stand close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet.
4. Some body languages in some countries are good while some countries’ body languages are bad.
5. Learning English well can certainly help avoid difficulties in today’s world of cultural crossroads.
True /Falseshaking handsFTFdon’tFThese actions are not good or bad, but are simply ways in which cultures have developed.FStudying international customs
What does the following sentence mean?
What can we learn from the whole passage?
None of these actions is either good or bad.Body language varies from culture to culture. Not all members of all cultures behave the same way. We should try to master and respect each other’s culture in order to make good communication.Discussion
Retelling Yesterday I ______ our student association to go to CIA to _____international students. The first one to _____is Mr. Garcia from Columbia, closely ______by Julia Smith from Britain. I _____ them to each other ,and I was _____to see them greet each other. Just then, a visitor from Japan comes in ____, together with Gorge Cook from Canada. When Gorge ____his hand out to him, it happens that Mr Cook’s hand ____the Japanese’s nose as he ____. So you see, people from _____cultures may not _____others in the same way. Now ,most people around the world _____hands when they meet while the ______ prefer to bow.
In a word, body languages are not ____or ____, which are widely used in _____ in today’s world .
representedmeetarrivefollowedintroducedsurprisedsmilingreachedtouchedboweddifferentgreetshakeJapanesegoodbadcommunication
a. Recite the new words and expressions of this part
b. Search for more information about body language in English speaking countries and tell the similarities between Chinese do.