TeachingplanUnit21BodytalkReadingAboutthecontents:Intheentranceexam,readingplaysanimportantpart.Infact,readingskillsarenecessaryinourdailylife.Thisunitisaboutthebodylanguage.Itisveryinteresting.Itcanhelpstudentslearnsomethingaboutthemeaningofthegesturesandtheforeigners’culture.AboutthestudentsMostofthestudentsinclass14haven’tthegoodknowledgeofEnglish.Theirvocabularyissmall,soitisdifficultyforthemtounderstandthetext.Besides,theyarelackofreadingskills.Teachinggoals1.Helpthestudentsunderstandthetextfullyandtraintheirreadingskills,suchasskimmingandscanning.2.Enablethestudentstounderstanddifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenbodylanguageandwords.3.Helpthestudentsunderstandthedifferentculturesindifferentcountries.Teachingimportantanddifficultpoints:1.Enablethestudentstounderstanddifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweendifferentculture.2.MasterthereadingskillsTeachingmethods:1.task-basedlearning2.Cooperativelearning.Teachingaids:Amultiple-mediacomputerandablackboard.Teachingprocedures:Step1RevisionLookatpicturesandpointoutwhatthegesturemean?Step2Pre-readingHowdoyoucommunicatethefollowingwithbodylanguage?No.Yes.Idon’tknow.Comehere!Step3Reading1.fastreadingAskstudentstoreadthetextquicklyandfindouttheanswers.2.carefulreadingWhat’sthemainideaofeachparagraph?Payattentiontothefirstandlastsentence.Para1:Weusebothwordsandbodylanguagetoexpressourthoughtsandopinionsandtocommunicatewithotherpeople.Para2:Justlikespokenlanguage,bodylanguagevariesfromculturetoculture.(Thesamegesturehasdifferentmeaningsindifferentcountries.)Para3:Peopleindifferentcountriesshowthesameideaindifferentways.Para4:Somegesturesseemtobeuniversal.Para5:Perhapsthebestexampleofuniversallyunderstoodbodylanguageisthesmile.*Teacherscanalsoaskstudentshowmanypartswecandividethewholetextintoandwhatthemainideaofeachpartis.Part1(Para1):bodylanguagePart2(Para2-3):differencesPart3(Para4-5):universalguestures.3.details:Listenparagraph2andpointoutthebodylanguagementionedandfilltheblanks4.consolidationReadanddecideifthefollowingsentencesaretrue(T)orfalse(F)Step4practiceDoexerciseonyourpaper,andpayattentiontousingthereadingskill.Step5.homework1.Readthetextafterclasstrytoremembersomesentences.2.Previewtheintegratingskills.