Unit21 body language
making a circle with one’s
thumb and index finger money zero japan, france
the thumbs up great or good job the us
rude number1 nigeria germany japan
shaking one’s head yes bulgaria / parts of greece /iran
moving the index finger
in a circle in front of the ear you have a phone call brazil
suggestion: this exercise can be done either individually or by means of jigsaw reading. first divide ss into groups. then each member of the group reads the text and finds the answers. after that, the members exchange their information within the group in order to finish the information gap task.
post reading
teacher may design the following activities for consolidation:
task1 discussion
ask ss to work in groups of four and discuss the following topics. when discussing, give each topic some examples.
1. what are some situations where we need to be very careful about our body language and gestures?
2. how is body language difficult from spoken language? what do they have in common?
3. sometimes we say one thing but our body language says something different. why does this happen? can you think of any other examples?
task2 discussion
this activity is performed in individual. first read the chart carefully, then discuss the gestures to express the same meaning in china.
meaning common gestures in the us
no, no, don’t do that moving the index finger from side to side.
i don’t know. shrugging one’s shoulders.
well done! thumbs up.
that is incredible! i can’t believe this. rolling one’s eyes
money. rubbing thumb and forefinger together.
that’s crazy!
he or she is crazy. moving the index finger in a circle in front of the ear.
good luck. crossing the fingers.
period 3
i. teaching aims:
1.learn some useful wards and expressions.
2.explain some language points and sentences.
ii. language points:
1. we use both words and body languages to express our thoughts and opinions and to communicate with other people.
(1) “ both, all, every, each, always, everybody, everywhere” used with “not, never, etc” means partial negative. eg:
deaf people can’t express their thoughts by using both gestures and words.
聾子不能既用手勢又用語言來表達思想。