高中英语 Module Four Unit4 Body Language 教案 新人教版必修4

Unit 4 Body languagePeriod oneTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target Language目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语misunderstand, similar, facial, expression, agreement, yawn, chest, gesture, adult, punishb. 重点句型或交际用语Act out the following meanings, please.Please guess what I mean.Please show the actions, using body language.Now it is your turn to show the action / gesture.Please use either spoken words or body language to express your ideas.Please use both spoken words and body language to express your ideas.2. Ability goals能力目标a. Enable the students to understand what a certain gesture of the body language means in a given situation.b. Enable the students to act out some meanings, requirements, requests or situations given in the target language.c. Enable the students to express with the target language the meanings given in body language.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标a. Help the students learn how to express themselves in body language when needed.b. Help the students understand others when body language is being used. Teaching important points教学重点a. Teach the students how to understand body language used in different countries or cultures as well as in different occasions.b. Teach the students how to use body language in the most appropriate occasions.Teaching difficult points 教学难点a. Enable the students to realize the importance of body language in communication so that little or no misunderstanding may occur.b. Let the students know that there is both positive body language and negative body language.Teaching methods教学方法a. Individual work, pair work and group work.b. Acting out by imitation, mime or with gestures and body movement.Teaching aids教具准备A computer, a projector and some pictures.Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式Step I Lead-inThe teacher shows some pictures on screen. These pictures are from the Evening Party Celebrating the coming Lunar New Year of the Rooster of 2005.Ss: Yes, Thousands of Hands Kwan-yin.T: But do you know who she is? Yes, she was the leading dancer of the program. Her name is Tai Lihua（邰丽华）. She is called a Fairy of Peach blossom(桃花仙子) by people. You know she is a deaf girl, but she is a wise, diligent, charming and energetic girl. She studied very hard and got two degrees of bachelors in university. She was famous as an artist for her wonderful performance. She is deaf and dumb. But how did she get that great achievement and became a successful person? She loves life very much. We should learn from her spirit. Besides her hard working, body language plays a very important part in her life. We are all healthy people, sometimes we can use body language to express ourselves. So we should pay more attention to learning body languages.Step II IntroductionT: Now let’s do some TPR (Total Physical Response) activities together, I hope you will enjoy them and have fun as well.Touch your head / face / eyes / nose / mouth / ears / cheeks / forehead / shoulders / stomach / legs / feet / toes ...Shake your head / arm / hand ...Wave your arm / hand ...Open your eyes / arms /mouth ...Close your eyes / mouth ...Twist your wrist / waist.Cross your arms / fingers.Nod your head. Bow your head.Make a face to each other.Bend / cry / shout / scream / smile / laugh ...T: All right. Now let’s do them a little bit difficult. Let’s play a gam e together. Those who fail to follow the rule of the game will be dropped out. The game is: “Simon says”. For example, if I say “Simon says, touch your head”, then you touch your head. If not, you shouldn’t touch your head but remain still. Clear? Ready? N ow let’s start.3 or 5 minutes for the game.T: Ok. It’s time to take up the lesson. Please look at the screen. Let’s take a look at the following gestures:T: What are the actions of the above gestures? What do they mean?S4: The first gesture is a handshake, which means “You’re welcome”.S5: The second is a handc lap, which means “Come on” or “Be cheerful” or something like that.S6: The third one is a V-shaped posture of the first finger and the middle finger, which suggests a wish for the other or others to succeed.S7: The fourth is a half-closed hand with the thumb down. It means the one who gives this gesture is against the other’s idea or simply refuses the request.S8: The fifth is a worried look of a woman. She wrinkles her brows or frowns. It also seems that she scowls. It shows that she is worried or sad. In other words, she is unhappy.S9: The sixth is a man shedding tears. Tears were running down his cheeks. He is very sad for losing his relatives or sad for his failure.S10: The seventh is a smiling face. It is easy to see that she is very happy.S11: The eighth is a gesture of waving hands. They are waving goodbye to people who are around to see them off.S12: The ninth is a hand stretched out forward with great strength. The boy is trying to stop a tank from entering into his homeland.S13: The tenth is hands stretched out upward. They are all very cheerful. They are wild with joy; maybe they have just won a game. So we can see that they are cheering for their victory.T: You have all done a good job. So you see that there are many cases or situations in which body language can convey meanings as well as spoken or written languages. If you want to know more about it, let’s come to Unit 4 Body Language.Step Ⅲ PracticeT: Look at Page 25.What are these people communicating?Step Ⅳ Time for FunT: No w let’s play a game in groups of four. One thinks of a situation and asks the others to show some actions using body language. When the one chooses the action that is most likely, it is his or her turn to think of some other situation for the others to show the actions so that the game may go on for a few rounds. Clear? Ss: Yes. That’s funny!T: Try to make the situations as interesting and enjoyable as you can. And show the situation as lively as possible. Besides, make sure that everyone has a turn. Ss: All right.S1: What are you likely to do if it rains?(Actions) S2: reads a book;S3: puts on a raincoat;S4: cleans the house.S1: Ok. I think S3 seems the most likely, so it is his turn.S3: What are you likely to do if the river floods?(Actions) S1: runs away as fast as he can;S2: helps the younger or elder to escape as soon as possible;S4: climbs on to a tree.S3: Ok. I think S2 seems the most likely, so it is her turn.S2: What are you likely to do if the house catches fire?(Actions) S1: fetches some water;S3: tries to put it out with blooms;S4: runs away as quickly as he can.S2: Ok. I think S4 seems the most likely, so it is his turn.S4: What are you likely to do if you meet with a fierce dog?(Actions) S1: remains where he is and bends down, looking at the dog;S3: tries to scare it away with small stones;S4: runs away as quickly as possible.S2: Ok. I think S1 seems the most likely, so we all have done a good job.T: Yes. I couldn’t agree with you. Now, one mo re group.Step V Role Play (Speaking task on P67)T: Now, there’s still a little time left. Let’s come to Speaking Task on Page 67.Homework1. Team work: Discuss the importance of body language.2. Go over the Reading:1) Communication: No Problem?2) Showing our feeling.T: I think you must have known something about these pictures. Yes, they are from a program of CCTV, the Evening Party Celebrating the Spring Festival of 2005, the coming Lunar New Year of the Rooster. I think that was the best program. Do you remember the name of this program?Period twoTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language目标语言a. 词汇和短语major, local, represent, curious, Columbia, introduce, approach, touch, cheek, stranger, spoken, express, action, Jordan, nod, general, avoid, comedyb. 重点句子Yesterday, another student and I , representing our university’s student association, went to the Capital International Airport to meet this year’international students.…I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around curiously. She stepped back appearing surprised and put up her hands, as if in defence.2. Ability goals能力目标a. Enable the students to realize the importance of body language.What is the purpose of language?What is the purpose of body language?How can you tell if someone is sad even if they do not speak?How can you communicate a feeling to someone who does not speak your language?b. Enable the students to understand the text.Where are the visitors from?How do Mr. Garcia from Columbia and Julia Smith from Britain response when they are introduced to each other?What do Mr. Cook and the Japanese visitor do as they are introduced?How can people express themselves besides their spoken language?Do all cultures greet each other the same way?Do English people and other Europeans act the same when they first meet?Is a handshake very common in Japan?Is a kiss often used in France when people meet?Why are there different kinds of body language?c. Enable the students to retell the text in their own words.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the students learn how to explain the common idea—“different cultures, different body languages” with the target language in this unit.Teaching important points 教学重点How does body language differ among people from different cultures?Teaching difficult points 教学难点The understanding of the poorly-written reading text, especially the relationship awkwardly built up between “you” and the other people in the text, who are met by the awkward arrangement of the compilers of the textbook.Teaching methods 教学方法Skimming method, task-based method, role-play method.Teaching aids 教具准备A recorder, a projector and a computer.Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式StepⅠ RevisionFree talk about the topic: the Importance of Body Language. While the student on duty gives the presentation, the teacher can simultaneously approve his or her performance by using the body language learned or familiar to the students such as nodding the head, stretching out the hand with thumb up, shrugging the shoulders, etc.Step Ⅱ Pre-readingT: Our text is about a special means of communication—Body Language. Now please look at the screen. And discuss these questions with your partner first. And then some of you will be asked to report your work. Are you clear?Ss: Yes, sir/madam.After a few minutes.T: Now who’d like to answer the first question? Volunteer! S1: Let me try. The purpose of language, of course, is to be used as a tool of communication. That is, to exchange with others ideas, feelings, information, and so on.T: Perfect! Body language is used anytime and anywhere to convey people’s ideas, feelings, information, and so on and so forth. Next question?S2: Even if they don’t speak, I can tell if they are sad bylooking at their facial expressions. I’m a good mind-reader. (Smiling)S3: Yes, that is quite easy. Just by watching their frowned brows, their long faces, we know that they are unhappy.T: Very good. We have got two “mind readers” in our class; I’m sure there are more than two! Now who’d like to give the answer to the third question?S4: Let me try, Sir / Madam. I’ll try to use body language to tell the other what I need urgently. I’ll do it by miming, by any proper posture, or gestures, even by drawing pictures.T: You are smart! Now who’d like to do the last one. It is more challenging, right? S5: I’d like to have a try, sir. Last summer I went on a study tour in the States. When I was on the way toLos Angeles on the flight of the United Airlines, we stopped at Tokyo / Narita Airport in Japan for 3 hours. So I went into the shop at the airport, for I wanted to buy a digital camera. Of course I knew no Japanese, so I spoke to her in Chinese first and then in English. It seemed that she was at a loss when I spoke to her. Then I decided to try it in body language. I just pointed to the camera that I like most-Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P100. The salesgirl spoke to me in Japanese this time but I couldn’t understand a word of it. So I shook my head and kept pointing at the camera. Finally I reached her understanding and she took out the camera I wanted to buy. I examined it for a little while and asked her the price of it by drawing a big “?” in the air with my forefinger. She took out her calculator and put in the price. The price was reasonable and I decided to take it. I paid for it and the salesgirl bowed to me again and again.T: Wonderful! Thank you for telling us so interesting a true story and giving us so good an example of body language.Step Ⅲ While-reading1. ScanningWhile reading, please try to divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea.Part 1 Para 1You are sent to Capital International Airport to meet this year’s international students.Part 2 (para. 2 and 3 )Examples of learned or cultural “body language”.Part 3. (para. 4 )Different peoples have different body languages.Part 4. (para. 5)Summary of body language.Read the text carefully, then decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).•Englishmen often stand close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet.• Most people around the world now greet each other by kissing .•Japanese will bow to others as greeting.• People from Jordan will move very close to you as you introduce yourself to them.•Some body languages in some countries are good while some countries’ body language are bad.Step IV Post reading1. Is the author of this passage male or female? How do you know ?The author is male. Ahmed Aziz will not shake hands with women, but he shakes hands with the author.2.What were the two mistakes that the author noticed?He noticed that the Colombian man kissed the British woman, but in her culture, a kiss from a stranger is not acceptable. He also noticed that the Japanese man bowed just as the Canadian man started to shake hands, so one man’s nose touched the other man’s hand.3. Who seemed to prefer to keep more physical distance from others? Who seemed to prefer closer physical distance ?The British woman, Julia, and probably the Canadian man, George, seemed to prefer to keep more physical distance from others. The Colombian man, Tony, and the Jordanian man, Ahmed, seemed to prefer closer physical distance .4. Did any students have similar greeting customs? If so, which ones?Yes. Tony from Colombia and Darlene from France had a similar greeting custom-a kiss. George from Canada and Ahmed from Jordan also had a similar greeting custom-a handshake, but Ahmed shakes hands only with men.5. “ When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” What do you think this famous saying means? This saying means that when we are in a certain place, we should follow the customs of the people who live in that place, not our own customs.6. Do you agree with the author’s statement that body language is not good or bad? Why or why not?Students will give their own answers.Step Ⅴ Homework1. Get ready to retell the text in your own words.Period threeTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language目标语言a. 词汇和短语unspoken, facial, function, at ease, lose face, turn one’s back to, fist, subjective b. 重点句子Body language is one of the most powerful means of communication, often even more powerful than spoken language.2. Ability goals能力目标a. Enable the students to know more about body language.What is the function of body language?What is the similarity of body language?How can you understand the universal facial expression “smile”? Does “a smile” always mean the same thing?What is the difference of body language between various cultures?b. Enable the students to understand better body language.What is the proper attitude towards body language?What would happen if we knew nothing about body language?3. Learning ability goals 学能目标How we can “show our feelings” with the body language learned in this unit or gained in our social life.Teaching important points 教学重点How body language shows the same or different feelings among people from different cultures.Teaching difficult points 教学难点How to tell that the same body language shows different feelings in different cultures.Teaching methods 教学方法Fast reading: dealing with the “true” or “false” questions.Discussion: the importance of body language.Teaching aids 教具准备A recorder, a projector and a computer.Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式1 Pre-reading1. What is the function of body language?2. How do you find body language in our daily life?3. How can the same body language express different feelings or ideas in different cultures?4. How can different body language express the same feeling or idea in different cultures?2 Fast readingTURE OF FALSE1. Body language is never as powerful as spoken language.2. If you are angry at a person, you might turn your back to him or her.3. You can threaten a person by refusing to speak.4. You should not greet your new boss by giving her or him a hug.5. Body language is the same all over the world.6. Most people can understand each other if they try.Then ask the students to do it one by one and ask them to explain why some of the statements are wrong.3 Further readingT: We have just read a passage entitled “Showing Our Feelings”, which tells us more about body language. Now let’s read another passage in the Workbook on P66. The title of the reading text is: The Open Hand - A Universal Sign. You will be given 3 minutes to read through the text as quickly as you can, trying to get as much information from the text as possible.Ss: Yes, Sir.T: What information have you got?S1: More about body language, sir. We have learned how people are communicating or getting along with each other besides using spoken language. We are also asked to think about some new situations in which we will communicate in body language.S2: And we have to think about the following questions: It is known that a smile is a sign that people feel friendly and happy. But we have to consider: 1. What if we don’t know who the new person is? 2. What if we are not introduced by a friend?3. What if we are meeting a stranger in an unfamiliar place?S3: And the most important of all is that we have to makesure whether we can trust people we do not know, and we have to show that we are not dangerous.S4: Quite true. We have different ways to show our hands —our open hands, which means that we are not armed and we are friendly.S5: In many cultures today, the Western custom of the handshake is used. Besides this, traditionally, Chinese greet others by covering the left hand with the righthand and bowing; the Japanese cover on hand with the other and bow slightly or quite low, depending on whom they greeted; Hindu people join their hands in front of their faces and bow their heads; Muslims will touch their heart, mouth and forehead to show respect.S6: Now young people in the West give each other the “high five” when they clap each other’s hands in the air.S7: You have taken the words out of my mouth. And I believe that in almost all cultures, to smile and show an open right hand is the most common way to show the goodwill greeting.T: I am more than happy to hear you can get so much information from the passage when you do the reading! Now let’s act out some of the gestures in the reading material, OK?Some students are asked to act out the body language which appears in the reading text is: The Open Hand - A Universal Sign, such as a handshake, the traditional greetings in China, the Japanese way to greet people, the ways Hindu people and Muslims use to greet people, and the way young people in the West use now. Several minutes later.T: Before we come to the end of this period, let’s take up the last item, doing the arrangement of the information under the passage on Page 67.S8: It can be dangerous to meet people you do not know.S9: Many Asian people do not usually physically touch strangers.S10: If we show an open hand, it means that we are not holding anything dangerous. S11: The right hand is usually used because it is almost the stronger.S12: People shake their hands when meeting to show that they can be trusted.S13: To show respect, people will touch their heart and mouth when greeting someone.Homework1. Read aloud all the reading texts in this unit.2. Get ready to retell the two reading passages learnt in this period.Period fourStructure Study一: V-ing 形式由“do＋ing” 构成, 其否定形式是“not doing”, V-ing 可以带宾语或状语构成 V-ing 短语, 没有人称和数的变化, 但有时态和语态的变化。