book4 unit4 课堂设计THE OPEN HAND-A UNIVERSAL SIGN.doc

The sixth period ：THE OPEN HAND-A UNIVERSAL SIGN 第六课时：张开手一一 一个广泛适用的手势 I．The analysis of the teaching material The topic of this Unit is about Body Language and non-verbal Communication, Body language plays a very important part in people’s communication with others. In fact we have already known something about body language in the previous classes. Yet we can help the students know how people from different cultures use their hands, in specific, to greet others in their daily life by learning this reading passage. II. Teaching aims: 1. Knowledge objects Enable the students to learn that the form of greeting may be different in each culture, but the intention is the same. 2. Ability objects Improve the students’ reading ability. To develop students’ communicative skills 3. Emotion objects Help students know that in almost all cultures, to smile and show an open right hand means, “welcome, you are safe with me.” Emphasize respect for all cultures even though their forms of expression are different from the student’s experience. III. Teaching important points: ---how to improve the students’ reading ability by skimming, scanning and careful reading --- how to explain some key words and expressions IV. Teaching difficult points: ---how to get the students to grasp the main idea and the key words ---how to finish a task: act out the various greetings mentioned in the passage to show they understand it. V. Teaching aids: Blackboard and Multi-media computer VI. Teaching methods: Communicative Approach Task-based teaching approach Multi-media assistant teaching approach VII. Teaching procedures: Step 1: Lead -in: In order to arouse the students’ interest in the reading passage, I will show a few pictures of people shaking hands and ask students in what situation people shake hands. Students will recall their experience and share their answers. After the question and answers, students will get familiar wi