Unit1FaceValues

Usinglanguage

Teachingobjectives:

1.Studentscanunderstandtheimportanceofexpressionsandfacialexpressionsinsocialmunicationthroughlearningthetext;

2.Studentscanmastertheimportantwordsandphrasesinthetextandusethemcorrectlyinthecontext;

3.Studentscanimprovetheirreadingandlisteningabilitythroughreadingandlisteningpractice;

4.Studentscanimprovetheiroralexpressionabilitythroughoralpractice.

Teachingfocus:

1.Understandtheroleofexpressionandfacialexpressioninsocialmunication;

2.Mastertheimportantwordsandphrasesinthetext;

3.Improvereadingandlisteningskills;

4.Improveoralmunicationskills.

Teachingdifficulties:

1.Students'understandingandapplicationofexpressionsandfacialexpressions;

2.Students'understandinganduseofphrasesandsentencesinthetext.

Analysisoflearningsituation:

Studentsaresophomorestudents,theyhaveacertainfoundationoftextreadingandlisteningprehensionability.Theyhavesomeunderstandingoftheimportanceoffacialexpressionandsocialmunication,butmaynotbefamiliarwithspecificexpressionsandfacialexpressionsofvocabularyandcollocations.Studentsmayhavesomedifficultiesinoralexpressionandneedtoimprovetheirabilitytoexpressthemselves.

Teachingstrategy:

1.Stimulatestudents'interest:stimulatestudents'interestinexpressionsandfacialexpressionsthroughsomeinterestingcasesorstories;

2.Cooperativelearning:Organizestudentstohavegroupdiscussionsandcooperativeexercisestoimprovestudents'languagemunicationandcooperationability;

3.Multimediaassistedteaching:Usepictures,videosandothermultimediaresourcestovisuallydisplayexpressionsandfacialexpressionstohelpstudentsbetterunderstandandremember.

Teachingmethod:

1.Prereadingandintroduction:Leadstudentstoprereadthetextthroughpictures,questionsandotherwaystostimulatestudents'thinking;

2.Teachingpresentation:Byreadingthetextandexplainingthemeaningofnewwordsandphrases,studentscanunderstandthecontentofthetext;

3.Cooperativelearning:Organizegroupdiscussionsandcooperativeexercisesforstudentstoshareandmunicatewitheachother;

4.Listeningtraining:Cultivatestudents'listeningprehensionabilitythroughlisteningpractice;

5.Oraltraining:Throughoralpractice,improvestudents'oralexpressionability;

6.Cooperativeevaluation:Helpstudentsimprovetheirexpressionabilitythroughmutualevaluationandteacher'sments.

Introductionlink:

1.Introducestudents'thinking:Byshowingsomespecificfaces,letstudentsthinkanddiscusstheexpressionandfeaturesofeachface.

Teachingcontent:

Byobservingandjudgingtheexpressionsandcharacteristicsofdifferentfaces,studentslearnthemeaningofdifferentfacesandthewaytheyconveyinformation.

TeachingActivities:

Preparesomepicturesorpowerpointslideswithdifferentfacesandexpressions.

Displayapictureorapowerpointpresentationtoallowstudentstoobservetheexpressionandcharacteristicsofeachfaceonebyone,andthinkaboutthemessageitconveys.

Encouragestudentstodescribeandmunicatewhatisobservedandguidethemtothinkaboutthemeaningandimplicationsofdifferentfaces.

Classroominteraction:

1.Readthetext:Studentsreadthetext"UsingLanguage"inthetextbooktounderstandtheroleoffacialexpressionsandbodylanguage.

Teachingcontent:

Studentsreadthetexttolearnthemeaningoffacialexpressionsandbodylanguageandhowtoapplythemtoconveyinformation.

TeachingActivities:

Instructstudentstoreadthearticle"UsingLanguage"inthetextbooktounderstandthemainideas.

Groupdiscussion:Dividestudentsintosmallgroupsandhavethemdiscussthepointsaboutfacialexpressionsandbodylanguagementionedinthearticle,andtrytofindmoreexamplestosupporttheirpoints.

Presentationofdiscussionresults:Eachgroupsendsrepresentativestoreportontheirdiscussionresultsandtomunicateandsharewithothergroups.

Theend:

1.Summarizetheclasscontent:Summarizethekeypointslearnedinclasstodayandemphasizetheimportanceoffacialexpressionsandbodylanguageindailymunication.

Teachingcontent:

Thepointscoveredinthislessonaresummarized,emphasizingtheuseoffacialexpressionsandbodylanguageinrealsituations.

TeachingActivities:

Askstudentstoanswerquestionsaboutfacialexpressionsandbodylanguagetohelpthemconsolidatewhattheyhavelearned.

Emphasizetheimportanceoffacialexpressionsandbodylanguageindailymunicationandremindstudentstoimprovetheirobservationandunderstandingskills.

Studentsareencouragedtoobservethefacialexpressionsandbodylanguageofothersindailylifeandtothinkaboutthetrueintentionsofothersinmunication.

Classexercises:

1.Fillintheblankswiththecorrectchoicesaccordingtothepassage.

Manypeoplejudgeothersbytheir__________,butthisisnotalwaysa__________indicatorofsomeone'spersonality.Apersonmaylookintimidatingbutbevery,the...whilesomeonewhoappearsfriendlymayactuallybeuntrustworthy.Itisimportantnotto__________peoplesolelybasedontheirappearance,asitcanleadtounfair__________andmisunderstandings.

A.looks,reliable,dishonest,judge,judgments

B.appearances,reliable,dishonest,judge,misunderstandings

C.appearances,accurate,trustworthy,trust,assumptions

D.looks,accurate,trustworthy,trust,misunderstandings

Answer:B.appearances,reliable,dishonest,judge,misunderstandings

Explanation:ThekeywordsinchoiceBarethecorrectanswertothequestion.Accordingtothecontentofthepassage,theappearancecannotfullyreflectaperson'spersonality,sothecorrectansweris"appearances".Also,thepassagementionsthatjudgingsomeonebasedontheirappearanceonlycanleadtomisunderstandings,so"misunderstandings"istherightanswer.Theotherchoicesdonotagreewiththepassage.

2.Choosethebestansweraccordingtotheconversation.

A:Whatdoyouthinkofyournewboss?

B:Helookstough,butheisactuallyvery__________andeasytoworkwith.

A.unfriendly

B.approachable

C.aggressive

D.demanding

B.approachable

B:WhatBsaysabouttheirnewbossisthatheseemstough,buthe'sactuallyveryeasytogetalongwith.Therefore,theanswershouldbeoptionB,"approachable."Theremainingoptionsdonotmatchtheconversationcontent.

3.Readthefollowingsentencesandchooseanoptionthathasthesameorsimilarmeaningastheunderlinedpart.

Sheseemsnice,butappearancescanbedeceptive.

A.can'tbetrusted

B.maybemisleading

C.areoftentrue

D.shouldn'tbeignored

B)maybemisleading

misleading:Misleadingmeans"Anappearancemaybemisleading."Theotherchoicesdonotagreewiththemeaningofthesentence.

Teachingreflection:

Intheteachingandimplementationofthislesson,Ifoundthatthefollowingproblemsneedtobeimprovedandsolved:

1.Thenumber