学海无涯 Period 3 Extensive Reading The General Idea of This Period This period aims at training the students reading skill The students have to get the general idea of how body language expresses our feelings Having read the two articles the students are expected to sum up the functions and similarities of body language What s more the students are encouraged to express their feelings with body language Teaching Important Points Develop the students reading skill to get all the needed information Train the students abilities to express their opinions of why body language is important Teaching Difficult Points How to tell that the same body language shows different feelings in different cultures Teaching Methods Reading skill directing Task based activity Teaching Aids A tape recorder a projector some slides and a multi media computer Three Dimensional Teaching Aims Knowledge and Skills Train the students abilities to know more body language Enable the students to sum up the functions of body language Train the students abilities to express their opinions on why body language is important Process and Strategies Get the students to learn about the functions and similarities of body language Necessary explanation to help them get the main idea of the passage Feelings and Value Body language is an important non verbal communication Learning about the meanings of some body language in different cultures and applying it properly is of great help to our daily communication Teaching Procedures Step 1 Review and check the homework T In the last lesson we learned something about the v ing as the attribute and adverbial Ss Yes T Can you make a sentence with this structure Ss Yes S The v ing as the attribute We were all nervous about the approaching examinations T Good S The v ing as the adverbial My mother is a happy woman She always gets up smiling T Well done All of you have reviewed the lesson Then let s go on to check the homework Using structures on Page 64 I would like some students to come here and write down your answers 6 students come to the blackboard and write down the sentences The other students check their sentences Suggested answers 1 It seemed that he avoided getting too close to her 2 Reading is learning but speaking the language is also a kind of learning 3 The news that the Chinese team won the gold medal was very encouraging 4 It is clear that your spoken English will greatly improve if you can practise speaking whenever you can 5 I saw them whispering to each other obviously they do not want to be heard by others 6 I counted the people entering the theatre and there were 547 of them 学海无涯 7 The man with sun glasses standing next to the car is a detective 8 Being ill he did not take part in the sports meeting 9 Driving his car around is his main hobby 10 Knowing she has got injured he hurried to hospital to see her 11 He stayed in the waiting room for over an hour while the girl was having an operation 12 I almost feel asleep when I saw that boring film Step 2 Warming up The teacher describes some situations and the students are required to act them out T What gestures do we usually do in the following situations 1 I m hungry 2 I m full 3 I want to sleep T You know a lot about gestures Then can you figure out the meanings of the following gestures in the following pictures What s the matter OK Very good Step 3 Pre reading Before reading the text assign some questions for the students to discuss So they may read the text later with their own questions in mind T I would like you to discuss the following questions with your group members After 4 minutes one from each group will present your discussion Questions 1 What is the function of body language 2 What do you think the role of body languages is in our daily life 3 Is all the body language the same in the world What do you know about them 学海无涯 After 4 minutes ask some students to present their discussion T Now who would like to express your idea Volunteer S 1 I think the major function of the body language is to show all kinds of ideas feelings wishes or attitudes T Great How about the second question S 2 Body language is as important as spoken language in our daily life T Good I think sometimes it s even more important than spoken language When you don t understand a foreign language body language can help you to communicate with the foreigners How about the last question S 3 I don t think all the body languages are the same in the world The same body language can express different feelings or ideas in different cultures For example nodding the head means yes in many countries but in some Asian countries it means no T Well done So we could summarize that communication is very important in our life sometimes learning to get along well with others is more important than getting some more knowledge So we should learn more body language try our best to get along well with the people around us Step 4 First reading T Let s read a passage about how to show