Unit4BodyLanguageReadingandThinking：ListeningtoHowBodiesTalkLearningObjectives

Understandthemainideaandstructureofthetexttograspthefunctionsandculturalvariationsofbodylanguage.

Developstudents’logicalthinking,expressionskills,andteamworkthroughindependentreading,questioning,andgroupactivities.

Analyzethefeaturesofbodylanguageandtheirreal-lifesignificance,whileexploringculturaldifferencestofostercriticalthinking.Leadin【SlientGame】Choosethreesentencesandactthemoutwithoutspeaking.Workinpairsandguesswhatyourpartneristryingtocommunicate.Hello!Goodbye!Comehere!Goaway!Tooexpensive!I’msurprised!I’mtired.I’mconfused.OK!Goodluck!I’mhappy.I’mupset.I’msad.Iforgot!You’regreat!Q1:“Wasiteasyordifficulttoguess?Why?”??Q2：Whatelsecanweusetocommunicatebesideslanguage???BodyLanguagePre-reading:Makepredictions1.LookatthetitleListentoHowBodiesTalkonpage38.Q:“Canbodiesreallytalk?Whydoesthewriterwritethetitlelikethis?”2.Readthepictureandtableonpage39.Q:“Whatkindofinformationwillthetextprobablyprovide?”metaphor/arousereaders’interestWhile-reading:SkimmingforGist略讀抓主旨Skimthetextandfindthetopicsentence(s)ofeachparagraph.TopicSentencesforpara.1Weusebothwordsandbodylanguagetoexpressourthoughtsandopinionsinourinteractionswithotherpeople.Wordsareimportant,butQ:Howcanwedescribethisparagraph?_________ofBodyLanguage.FunctionsTopicSentencesforPara.2,3,4Justlikespokenlanguage,bodylanguagevariesfromculturetoculture.Thegesturefor“OK”hasdifferentmeaningsindifferentcultures.Eventhegestureweusefor“yes”and“no”differaroundtheworld.TopicsentenceforPara.5Somegesturesseemtohavethesamemeaningeverywhere.TopicsentenceforPara.6Somebodylanguagehasmanydifferentuses.ThestructureofthepassageBasedonthetopicsentencesofeachparagraph,howcanwedividethepassageintofourparts?Paragraph1Paragraph2-4Paragraph5Paragraph6differencesacrosscultures.similaritiesbetweencultures.singlegesturesforvarioususe.While-reading:Scanfordetails掃讀填細(xì)節(jié)LookatPart2(2-4),andreadthefirsttwosentences.Canyoufindtherelationshipbetweenthetwosentences?Whichconjunction[連詞]wouldyouusetojointhemtogether?Bodylanguagevariesindifferentcountries,_____youhavetouseitappropriatelytofitinwiththecultureyouarein.soStudentsreadParagraphs3-4andfillinthetable.MeaningBodyLanguageGestureCountry/Region

“OK”gesture

Sayingyes

Sayingno

Whenmeetingsomeone

While-reading:Scanfordetails掃讀填細(xì)節(jié)JapanFranceBrazilandGermanyMoneyzeronotpolitekissingonthecheekFranceandRussiashakinghandsbowingfromthewaistnoddingtheheadMostplacesshakingone’sheadinmanycountriesnoddingone’sheadinmanycountriesshakingone’sheadBulgariaandsouthernAlbanianoddingone’sheadBulgariaandsouthernAlbaniaReadPart3(paragraph5)andthinkaboutthefollowingquestions:Q:WhyisitsignificantthatsomeBodyLanguageisthesameallaroundtheworld?While-reading:Readbetweenthelines推理悟深意Ifbodylanguagecanbeunderstooduniversallyaroundtheworld,itcanhelpuscommunicatewhentherearelanguagebarriers.Italsoremindsusthatwearealljusthuman,withthebasicneedsofsleepingandeating.ReadPart4(paragraph6)andanswerthefollowingquestions:Q:Howdoesthewriterdevelopthisparagraph?While-reading:Readbetweenthelines推理悟深意Thewriterdevelopsthisparagraphbywritingtopicsentenceandsupportingitbylistingsomeexamples.Examplesmakethewriter’spointconvincingandeasytounderstand,andtheymakethedescriptionvividandattractive.SupposeyouaretravellinginFrance,extremelyhungryandtryingtofindarestauranttoeatsomenoodles.YouturntoaFrencholdladyforhelp,butshecan’tunderstandChineseorEnglish.Howwillyoumakeyourselfunderstoodthroughusingbodylanguage?Practiceinparis.Post-reading:Thenonestudentisinvitedtothefronttoactitout.Remember:Sometimes,whenthereisalanguagebarrier,usingbodylanguagetomakeyourselfunderstoodcanbeveryuseful.Somebodylanguagehasauniversalmeaningallaroundtheworld.Summary:Re-examinethetitle,structureandcontentofthepassage,whatdoesthewriterwanttotellusbywritingthisarticle?Thebodycantalkindifferentways.Sometimes,bodylanguagevariesfromculturetoculture.Sometimes,ithassimilarmeaningsaroundtheworld.Andsometypesofbodylanguagehavemanyuses.Thisallpointstobodylangaugebeingveryimportant,soweshouldalwaysuseappropriatebodylanguageforthecountrywe’rein.Bodylanguage

function

differences

similarities

varioususes

AssignmentOptionA(觀察報(bào)告):??Observe