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M6 Unit3 Cultural differences Reading教案Chuzhou Middle School Li hongxiaTeaching Analysis:This lesson is about the conversation in a chatting room and focused on the cultural differences. Three students from China, Brunei and the Uk have a discussion on theTnternet about this issue. In this section, students will gain some information aboutthe cultures of different countries and learn to communicate cross-culturally. TheReading strategy in this unit teaches students how to understand examples used intexts.Learning Aims1. Knowledge aim: Get more common sense about cultural differences2. Ability aim: 1) Try to develop students’ ability of task based reading.2)Enable the students to master Reading strategy:understanding theuse of examples.3.Emotional aim: 1) Increase students’ awareness of the importance of understandingcultural differences2) Make students proud of our own cultureImportant points1. Help students improve the cultural awareness.2. Students are to finish the related task based assignments so as to developtheir exact reading comprehension.Difficult points1. How to get students to participate the class activities actively.2. Try to help students present their ideas on the topic.Teaching Methods1. Fast reading to identify the basic information2. Task reading as a brief summary of the topic.3. Discussion for cultural differencesTeaching Aids1. The multimedia2. The blackboardTeaching ProceduresStep1: Revision.Discuss the different greeting ways in different countries.Step2: Lead-inStudents have a discussion about cultural differencesStep3:Fast readingStudentsTick out the things mentioned.wedding shoes presents pointing USA/UK cultural differencesan American celebration color of clothingStep4: Detailed readingT/F questions1.Thanksgiving is celebrated by both Americans and the British people.2. In Italy, guests are expected to give presents to the newly-weds as a souvenir to remember the big day.3. It’s good manners for Americans as well as the British to open the presents as soon as they receive them.4. In Brunei it is polite to point to someone with one’s first or index finger. Differences in wedding reception in Brunei?The man and the woman __________________.No ________.Play _______ for a long time, sometimes _______.Step5: Task reading_____1_____ differencesStep6: Reading strategy:understanding the use of examples1)_______________________________________________________2)________________________________________________________3)_______________________________________________________ Step7:Summary____________________________________________________________________ Step8: DiscussionHow to understand each other better ? (behaviour, respect...)Step9: homework1. Review what we have leant today.2. Preview the language points in this article.。
Unit3 Understanding each otherReadingCultural differencesStep1: Lead-inMany people like chatting on line, especially you students. You must have many e-pals.What do you think of online chat?Do you think it is really a good way to know more things and make more friends?Have you ever experienced any funny things or awkward situations when chatting with your cyber friends?Now, we will read an Internet chat room conversation. Surely you will know all about these after you read it. Sometimes online chat does benefit us a lot.Step2: Fast reading for general ideasGo through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the threequestions in part A on Page34. Just focus on and identify the information needed to answer these questions.1. Let’s read the passage again and plete Parts C1 and C2 on page 36.1. Let’s plete Part D (Refer to the text while plete part D)1. Now let’s make up a dialogue by using the questions in Part F on Page 37. Work in pairs for a few minutes and then present your dialogue to the whole class.2. There are also cultural differences in different English-speaking countries. Forexample:Americans enjoy a good sense of humour; the British take a somewhat different view and believe a formal approach is the best way; the Australians are more informal and straightforward, often enjoying a good laugh and calling their close friends or new acquaintances by their first names.1.Discussion:What might happen if people had no idea of othercountries’ cultures?Do you think it might result in embarrassment oninconvenience?What do you think about “culture shock〞?2.Do you know more information about cultural differences?➢In most countries, nodding your head up and down means ‘yes’.➢In some parts of Greece and Turkey, however, this motion can mean ‘no’.➢In South-east Asia, nodding your head is a polite way of saying ‘I’ve heard you.’➢In the United Stated, when someone puts his thumb up, it means ‘Everything is all right.’However, in Sardinia of Italy and Greece, the gesture is insulting and should not be used there.Vocabulary Wordsdifference, accumulate, topic, native,accent, tradition,celebration, settler, end-of-term,wedding, embarrassing, newly-wed,souvenir, clarify, participate,reception, bridegroom, bride, alcohol,drum, adjust, royal, analyse,excitement, misunderstand, summary,habit, custom, expectation, nationality,homeland, anyway, youth, wage, overseas,consultant, approval, ambition,incident, feast, pepper, proper,procedure, pocket, request, remark,religion, generally, certain, concern,greeting, slight, equally, tour,minority, swap, seal, account, bravery,mask, carve, spirit, claw, wolf, belief,ancestral, govern, steam, belong, plain,flat, power, peace, bow, arrow, retell,roast1. Finish Parts A1 and A2 on page116 in the workbook.2. Prepare the part Word Power.。
Unit3 Understanding each other●Reading--- Cultural differences1. Today I would like to talk to you guys and try to accumulate some more information about cultural differences because I have to do a piece of homework on cultural differences. (P34) 今天我想和伙计们谈谈, 并想搜集更多的关于文化差异的信息.因为我必须完成一份关于文化差异的家庭作业.accumulatevt. &vi.1) gradually get or gather together an increasing number or quantity of sth. 积累,聚集By investing wisely she accumulates a fortune.2) increase in number or quality 增加Dust or dirt soon accumulate if a house is not cleaned regularly.2. This is a very interesting topic. (P34) 这是个很有趣的话题.topicn. (c)a subject which is discussed, written about or studied:Our discussion ranged over various topics, such as acid rain and the hole in the ozonebecause we have some native English teachers. (P34) 在文莱, 我们在学校里一直能体会到文化差异, 因为我们有几位以英语为母语的老师.all the time 一直The letter I was searching for was in my pocket all the time.就很兴奋。
