Unit 4  Body Language第二節

period 2第二節
（一）明確目標
1. develop the students reading ability, especially their reading comprehension.
2. read the reading passage and know about body language
3. learn to communicate with body language.
（二）整體感知
step 1 presentation
today we come to the reading. it’s about body language.  read the passage "body talk", and let the students know people from different parts of the world use different body language. （三）教學過程
step 2 pre-reading discussions
get the students to read the text and discuss pre-reading and post reading questions.
(1) how is body language different from spoken language? what do they have in common?
(2) sometimes we say one thing but our body language says something different. why does this happen? can you think of any examples?
answers:
1 various answers are possible. ask the students to give reasons and examples to support their answers. pos¬sible answers include:
yes: a person's body language can tell us what he or she is feeling. for example, if someone is nervous, his or her hands may shake. if a per¬son smiles but his or her eyes don't look happy, we can guess that there is something wrong.
no: it is difficult to tell what a person is thinking by looking at their body language. people use body language in different ways and gestures may have different meanings in different ar¬eas. people don't always think about their body language, so we may misunderstand them if we try to guess what they are thinking or feeling. it is also possible for people to learn to use their body language to hide what they are really feeling or thinking.
2 yes, they do, but not always. some body language is the same in any culture. that is also the case in china. various answers are possible as china is a multicultural country.
3 answers may vary but ss should give a reason why they communicate the way they do. introduction learning a foreign language requires more than knowledge of its vocabulary, grammar, idi¬oms, and informal expressions. it also requires aware¬ness of its gestures and facial expressions since they can differ so much from culture to culture. summary
1 both words and body language can express how we think and feel.
2 gestures, a kind of body language, have different meanings in different cultures.
3 the way people greet each other varies from culture to culture.
4 some gestures, however, have the same meaning in most cultures.
5 smiles may be the most commonly understood fa¬ cial expression in the world. step 3 reading