Unit 4 Body Language

gestures facial expressions postures

Act them out with body language warming up Let’s play a guessing game. Act them out with body language

Action show

Pre-reading There are many different ways to greet someone using words. How can you greet someone if you cannot speak? Share with your ideas with your partners. someone whom you know someone whom you meet just for the first time

Communication: No Problem? Reading Communication: No Problem? What is the topic of the text? What dose the text mainly tell us?

Communication: No Problem Reading How do different international students behave when they greet people? Complete the chart with information from the passage.

Shake hands and kiss twice on each cheek Name Description Body language To whom Tony Garcia everyone No touching Man from Japan George Cook Shake hands and kiss twice on each cheek Man from Colombia Kiss on the cheek Julia Smith Woman from Britain everyone Akira Nagata bowing everyone Man from Canada Shaking hands everyone Ahmed Aziz Man from Jordan Shaking hands Nodding to men to women Darlene Coulon people she knows Woman from France

Ways to greet each other Britain Canada Japan Country/Area Ways to greet each other Britain Canada Japan Spain, Italy, South American countries France (men from) Middle East and other Muslim countries

How they greet each other Work in pairs and act out how these people from different countries greet each other. How they greet each other a Chinese & a Japanese a British man & an Arab man(阿拉伯人) a Canadian woman & an Iranian man (伊朗人) a Frenchman & a Brazilian (巴西人) (They know each other.) Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

Ways to greet each other Country / Area Ways to greet each other China Japan shake hands bow

Ways to greet each other Country / Area Ways to greet each other Britain shake hands do not stand very close to others or touch strangers when they meet (men from) Middle East and other Muslim shake hands and stand quiet close to other men

Ways to greet each other Country / Area Ways to greet each other Canada shake hands (men from) Middle East and other Muslim countries nod to woman and do not shake hands with women

Ways to greet each other Country / Area Ways to greet each other France shake hands and kiss each twice on each cheek Spain, Italy, South American countries approach others closely and more likely to touch them

Post-reading Discussion Discussion of ideas Discussion of style

Discuss the following questions in pairs. 1. Is the author of this passage male or female? How do you know? 2. What were the two mistakes that the author noticed? 3. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” What do you think this famous saying means? 4. Do you agree with the author’s statement that body language is not good or bad? Why or why not?

Discuss the following questions in pairs. 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.

Discuss the following questions in pairs. 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.

5. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do 5. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” What do you think this famous saying means? 6. Do you agree with the author’s statement that body language is not good or bad? Why or why not? 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.

Discussion of style (文体) Discuss in groups of 4: 1. Which writing do you like better? Why? 2. Can you figure out any similarities and differences between these two writings? Communication: No Problem VS Body Language

Which you like better and why Communication: No Problem Body Language Which you like better and why □______________________ □____________________ Similarities Differences

Similarities Topic: _______________ Point of view / Purpose: ___________ __________________________________ How does the writer develop his point of view? _________________________________ …

Differences Person (人称) Language Structure / Organization …

Body Language Sum up What do you learn about body language? 〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓 〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓 〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓 〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓 What do you learn about body language? Body Language

Homework 1. Try to find out the differences between western and Chinese body language and prepare to show them to the class. 2. Read the reading text aloud for some time until you can read it aloud fluently. 3. Find out some words, phrases and sentences in the reading text you like, learn them and share them with your partners.