Unit 4Unit 4

Body LanguageBody Language

gestures

facial expressions

postures

Let’s play a guessing game. Let’s play a guessing game.

Act them out with body body languagelanguage

Action Action showshow

There are many different ways to greetgreet

someone using words. How can you greetgreet

someone if you cannot speakif 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?

•What is the topic

of the text?

•What dose the

text mainly tell

us?

Reading

Communication: No Problem

How do different How do different international students international students behave when they behave when they greet greet people? people? Complete the chartComplete the chart with information from with information from the passage.the passage.

Reading

Name Description Body language To whom

Tony Garcia

everyone

No touching

Man from Japan

George Cook

Shake hands and kiss twice on each cheek

Julia Julia SmithSmith

Akira Akira NagataNagata

Ahmed Ahmed AzizAziz

Darlene Darlene CoulonCoulon

Man from Man from ColombiaColombia

Woman from Woman from BritainBritain

Man from Man from CanadaCanadaMan from Man from

JordanJordan

Woman from Woman from FranceFrance

Kiss on the cheek

bowing

Shaking handsShaking hands

Shaking handsNodding

everyoneeveryone

everyoneeveryone

everyoneeveryone

to men to women

people she people she knowsknows

Country/AreaCountry/Area Ways to greet each otherWays to greet each other

BritainBritain

CanadaCanada

JapanJapan

Spain, Italy, South Spain, Italy, South American countriesAmerican countries

FranceFrance

(men from) Middle East (men from) Middle East and other Muslim and other Muslim

countriescountries

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.)

• Work in pairs and act out how these people from different countries greet each other.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Country / Area

Ways to greet each other

China

Japan

shake hands

bow

Country / Area

Ways to greet each other

Britain

shake hands do not stand very close to others or touch strangers when they meetshake hands and stand quiet close to other men

(men from) Middle East and other Muslim

Country / Area Ways to greet each other

Canada

shake hands

nod to woman and do not shake hands with women

(men from) Middle East and other Muslim countries

Country / Area Ways to greet each other

France

approach others closely and more likely to touch them

shake hands and kiss each twice on each cheek

Spain, Italy, South American countries

Discussion of ideasDiscussion of ideas

Discussion of styleDiscussion of style

Discuss the following questions in pairs.

1. Is the 1. Is the author author of this passage male or of this passage male or female? How do you know?female? How do you know?

2. What were the two 2. What were the two mistakesmistakes that the author that the author noticed?noticed?

3. 3. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” What do you think this famous saying What do you think this famous saying means?means?

4. Do you 4. Do you agreeagree with the author’s statement with the author’s statement that that body language is not good or badbody language is not good or bad? ? Why or why not?Why or why not?

Discuss the following questions in pairs.1.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.” 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 Discussion of style (( 文体文体 ))

Discuss in groups of 4: Discuss in groups of 4: 1. Which writing do you like like

betterbetter? Why?

2. Can you figure out any similaritiessimilarities and differencesdifferences between these two writings?CommunicationCommunication

::

No ProblemNo Problem

Body LanguageBody LanguageVS

Communication:Communication:

No ProblemNo ProblemBody LanguageBody Language

Which you Which you like better like better and whyand why

□______________________

□____________________

SimilaritieSimilaritiess

DifferenceDifferencess

• Similarities Similarities • Topic: _______________Topic: _______________

• Point of view / Purpose: ___________Point of view / Purpose: ___________ __________________________________________________________________

__• How does the writer How does the writer develop his poindevelop his poin

t of viewt of view?? __________________________________________________________________• ……

• DifferencesDifferences• Person (Person ( 人称人称 ))

• LanguageLanguage

• Structure / OrganizationStructure / Organization• ……

What do you What do you

learn about learn about

body body

language?language?

Body Language

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Homework

1. Try to find out the 1. Try to find out the

differencesdifferences between between western western

and Chineseand Chinese body language and body language and

prepare to show them to the prepare to show them to the

class.class.

2. 2. Read the reading text aloudRead the reading text aloud for for

some time until you can read it some time until you can read it

aloud fluently.aloud fluently.

3. Find out some words, 3. Find out some words,

phrases and sentences in the phrases and sentences in the

reading text reading text you likeyou like,, learn learn

them and them and share share them with your them with your

partners.partners.