课 题M6U3Understanding Each Other 课时7-1主备人万兴安授 课 时 间2007.11教 学 目 标Enable students to get a general idea of different ways of greeting each other in different countries. Help students know more about cultural differencesHelp students form correct attitudes towards foreign cultures.教学重、难点Improve students’ speaking and thinking ability.教、 学 具A projector.预 习 要 求教师活动内容、方式学生活动内容、方式旁 注Step 1. Lead-in1. Look at some pictures and information about Halloween and Qingming Festival and compare the two festivals. 2. Through discussion, help students get the general idea of cultural differences.Step 2. Picture Talking1. Talk about the six pictures in pairs or groups focusing on the ways of specific greetings.2. Through discussion help students form correct attitudes towards foreign cultures.People around the world have their own ways of greeting each other. Some of the ways are very familiar to us while others seem rather strange. For example, in the Middle East, people greet each other by touching noses whereas in Japan, people Ss see pictures and compare them.Tell some cultural differences.用心 爱心 专心bow to say hello when they meet. Can you imagine an Arab and a Japanese meeting for the first time? If you meet people from the Middle Eastor Japan without knowing anything about their ways of greeting, how would you react?More customsin the worldHolland—kiss each other on one’s cheek and then the otherThailand—put their hands together and bow lightlyThe USA—shake hands with each otherSouth America—huge each otherThe Middle East-greete each other by touching nosesJapan—bowing to each otherGet Ss to read more customs in different countries.Step 3. ReadingGet Ss to read th...
