•What’syournativetongue?•Canyouspeakanyotherlanguages?Brainstorming(1)Greetingsindifferentlanguages•GlücklichesNeuesJahr!•あけましておめでとうございます!•BonneAnnée!•HappyNewYear!•新年快乐!handshakehugshakenodbowDoyouknowhowmanylanguagesthereareintheworld?Doallthelanguageshavetheirwrittenforms?Brainstorming(2)Doyouknowtheraiseddotsbelow?www.Google.comBrailleLouisBraillewasbornin1809inFrance.Whenhewasyoung,hehadanaccident.Thenhebecameblind.ItwashewhoinventedBraille.Whoishe?Braille:Doyouthinkthatlanguageistheonlywaypeoplecommunicate?Whatothermethodsofcommunicationcanyouthinkof?Brainstorming(3)bodylanguageEyecontactOkgestureThumbs-upShakingheads;NoddingheadsDifferentgreetinggesturesOthermeansofcommunicationEmoticonsEyecontactGesturesFacialexpressionsEmotion+icon=emoticonCommunicationwithpeople’seyesamovementofthehands,armsorhead,etc.toexpressanideaorfeelingFeelingsarereflectedonthefacesGuessthemeaningoftheeachfollowingemoticons:-)=:-(:-(=sadness:-O:-O=surprise:-D:-D=greatjoy:-P:-P=makingaface:~-(=crying8-)=Amanwhoiswearingglassesissmiling.GesturesbyhandThumbsup!Thumbsdown!Ok!Victory/winApplauseCallme!GuessthemoodfromthefacialexpressionsconfusedsadangryhappytiredBrainstorming(4)•Doanimalshavetheirownlanguagetocommunicate?Haveyoueverseenthecommunicationbetweenanimals?Animallanguage•Likehumanbeings,animalsneedtocommunicatewitheachothertosurvive.Theydonotspeaktoeachotherinthesamewayaswedo;insteadtheyusemanydifferentsoundsandactionstoexpressthemselves.Forexample,beesmakeabuzzingnoise,lionsandbearsgrowls,catsmiaow,anddogsbark.Ifyouseeacatstandingwithitsbackarched,headloweredorlegsbent,itcouldbescared.Ifadoggrowlsatyou,itprobablyisangryandyoushouldbecareful.Animallanguageissimplerthanhumanlanguage,butitshowshowintelligentanimalsare.CommunicationbetweenanimalsTask•GuessthemoodofthedogIamalert.Iamscared.Iamveryhappy.Iamangry.Discussion•Fortheadvancedtechnologytoday,peopletendtousetoInternetmorethanbefore.Someoneevenbelievethatonedaythecommunicationthroughinternetwillreplaceallthetraditionalcommunicativemeans.Doyouthinkso?Whyorwhynot?surveyyourclassmatesbodylanguageChinesecharacterstransmittheinformationthevariousformsof---aspecialInternetlanguagestandforsignlanguageinformsb.aboutsth.调查你的同学身体语言汉字传送信息不同种类的---一种特殊的网络语言代表比手划脚的肢体语言;手语,指语通知某人某事transmittedtransmittedtransmittingvt.播送,发射;传送,传递;输送Thetelegraphtransmitsmessagestoallpartsoftheworld.电报把信息传达到世界地。Thenewswillbetransmittedbyradio.这消息将由电台播送。Theytransmittedtherevolutionarytraditiontotheyoungergeneration.他们把革命(revolutionary)传统传给了年轻一代。·Metaltransmitselectricity.金属导电。·transmit...to...……把传到(送到)地方·Withthedevelopmentofmodernelectricalengineering,wecantransmitpowertowhereveritisneeded.随着现代电力工程的发展,我们能把电力输送到需要电力的任何地方。Homework•JustasourChinese,Englishalsohasalonghistory.Afterclass,pleasedosomeresearchworktofindouthowtheEnglishlanguagehasbeendeveloping.