Unit 4 Body LanguageWarming up and reading白璐璐(一)there dimensional teaching aimsKnowledge and skill:1. Let the students know more about body language.2. Let the students can talk about body language freely.Ability aims:1. Encourage students to think about body language and talk about it.2. Learn to respect other cultures.3. Train students’ speaking ability through individual and group work.Emotional aims:1. To arise students’ interest in learning English.2. Let students have a better understanding of different customs.(二) Teaching important points1. Master language points and can use them to talk about body language.2. Learn to show respect to other cultures.(三) Teaching difficult points1. Talk about body language with partners by using new expressions.2. Have a better understanding of the whole passage.(四) Teaching methods1. Task-based teaching and learning.2. Pair work or group work to make every student learn in class.3. Asking-and- answering activity to help students understand the words andphrases.(五) Teaching aids:Blackboard and PPT(六) Teaching proceduresStep 1 GreetingToday we are going to use a different way to start our class, you guys need look at me and I will do some acting, you guys need do what I want you to do.Step 2 lead-in1. The definition of body language: a form of communication without using anywords.Body language: gesture, eye contact, facial expression, postureStep 3 warming up1. Different ways to meet or partShow some pictures about how to greet and how to say goodbye to each other.2. Do the gestureShow some picture about gesture and give the explanation of its different meanings.Step 4 ReadingTask 1 Fast readingRead the passage carefully and divide the passage into 4 parts. Match the main idea of each part.Para 1 A.Different people have different body language.Para 2&3 B. Summary of body language.Para 4 C. Meet the visitors at the airport.Para 5 D. People from different countries express greetings indifferent ways.Task 2 careful readingRead the first paragraph carefully and finish the T or F questions( T ) 1. Yesterday, another student and I, representing our university's student association, went to the Capital International Airport to meet this year'sinternational students.( F ) 2. After an hour of waiting for their flight to arrive, I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around curiously.( T ) 3. I stood for a minute watching them and then went to greet them.Read the second and third paragraph carefully and match the left with the right column.Mr Garcia (Columbia) Julia Smith (Britain)Darlene Coulon (France) Akria Nagata (Japan)George Cook (Canada) 1.shakes hands and kisses others twiceon each cheek2.approaches others closely andtouches their shoulder and kisses them on the cheek3.does not stand very close to others ortouch strangers4.bows5.shakes handFind out the two mistakes the writer found in the airport:He approaches Ms Smith(Columbia)by _______ ______ _________ and_______ her on the ________The firstmistakeJulia Smith from She ______ ________ appearing_________ (Britain) and take a few steps _______ ______ Mr.Garcia.Japanese He ________ to Mr. Cook and his nose_________ Mr. Cook’s _______ ________. The secondmistakeGeorge Cook He ________ ________ _______ ________ tothe Japanese.Task 3. careful readingListen the rest part carefully and choose the right answer.1.Besides spoken language, people also use “unspoken language” through___.A.physical distanceB. actionsC. postureD. all above2. ___ prefer to bow rather than kiss others on the cheek.A.The FrenchB. The JapaneseC. The AmericanD. The Chinese3. Which countries approach others closely expect___.A.AmericaB. SpainC. ItalyD. England4. Why do we need study international customs?A.avoid difficultiesB. for funC.go to study abroadD. international communicationTask 4 Post readingAnswer the following questions1. “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.2. 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.Step 5 DiscussionGive a speech about how different countries greet others. Your speech should include the following information.You may start like this:It is my great honor to give you a speech here.As we all know ,not all cultures greet each other the same way. In France, …It’s necessary to learn about some body language, because it can reduce somemisunderstanding and avoid difficulties in communications. Step 6 Daily sentencesWhen in Rome, do as the Romans doStep 7 EntertainmentCan you guess what the following gesture from Japan means? Step 8 Homework➢Recite the new words of unit 4 and prepare for next period.➢Finish the exercise I on page 27。