Topic: Body Talk

Methodologies: The Communicative Approach; the Task-oriented Method

I. Teaching Essence Analysis

Teaching

Objectives 1. Encouraging Ss to learn something about different culture in other parts of the world.

2. Enabling Ss to fully understand the passage and learn to use the important words and expressions

3. Enabling Ss to understand the body language in different countries and using them correctly.

Task A short play using body language

Difficult points 1. Know the gestures that vary from country to country.

2. Understand the functions of smile.

Teaching methods 1. Show a piece of advertisement to make Ss interested in what they will learn.

2. Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.

3. Discussion after reading to make them understand better.

4. Group work to make every student work in class.

Teaching aids The multimedia

II. Teaching steps

1. Lead-in

1) show a piece of advertisement.

2) Then teacher acts out some kinds of body language for Ss to guess their meanings, while dealing with new words in the text.

2. Fast Reading

1) Find topic sentence of each paragraph.

2) How many parts can the text be divided into?

3. Further reading ( group work)

Make notes about gestures that have different meanings in different countries, and gestures that are universal., then ask Ss to explain and act out.

4. Discussion

1) In our daily life, which one is more important words or body language?

2) “A smile can open doors and tear down walls.” How do you understand it?

5. make a Short play

Let Ss show more gestures at first. Choose a situation by themselves, using as many gestures as possible to help them express.

6. Summary

7. Homework Write a passage about body language.