英语选择性必修 第一册Unit 4 Body Language教案设计

2019新人教高中英语选择性必修一

Unit4 Using language--Explore body language公开课教案

Teaching aims:

1.Enable students to learn about body language and know the situations where body language is used.

2.Use body language to express themselves;

3.Identify the inferred meaning of the speaker in conversation.

Teaching key and difficult points:

1.    Enable students to use body language to express themselves and identify the inferred meaning of the speaker in conversations.

Teaching procedures:

StepⅠ Lead-in

Look at these photos and tell what you think each person is communicating.

Suggested answers:

1.The man frowns and has tightly-shut eyes,which shows that he may be in great pain.

2.The boy crossed his fingers.Maybe he is hoping for good luck.

3.The woman in the photo is either deaf or communicating with her husband who is deaf.Her sign means “I love you”.

4.The two children seem quite happy.Perhaps they have just won a table tennis match.

StepⅡ The first listening

Listen to a conversation and find out the main idea.

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Suggested answers:

The two people have a pleasant conversation.They talk about their experiences of learning body language.

StepⅢ The second listening

Activity 1 Listen for details

Listen to a conversation about body language.Then answer the following questions.

(1)How did the man get the idea of using gestures to communicate?

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(2)What did the police leader tell his team by using gestures?

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(3)   What did the woman say about the acting classes that she has been taking?

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Suggested answers:

(1)From an action movie.

(2)He used gestures to tell them how many bad guys were in the house.Then he gave instructions on who should go there,and what they should do.

(3)She said that right now they were learning how to use body language to express themselves.

Activity 2　Listen for language uses.

Listen again and fill in the blanks with what you hear.

Woman:What were you doing just now?(1)　　　　　　　　? 

Man:Oh,I was just telling my friend over there to meet me for lunch down the street in twenty minutes.

Woman:Oh,I get it,so (2)　　　　　　. 

Man:Yeah,we got the idea from an action movie last night and decided to try it out for fun.In the movie,the police were trying to enter a house,but they had to be really quiet so they could take the criminals by surprise.So (3)　　　　　　.For example,he used his gesture to tell them how many bad guys were in the house.Then he gave instructions on who should go there and what they should do.I thought it was pretty cool how they used hand gestures to communicate. 

Woman:Well,you know,(4)　　　　　　.I have been taking acting classes,and right now we are learning how to use body language to express ourselves. 

Man:Wow,that’s cool.So (5)　　　　　　,right? 

Woman:Yes,and it’s really difficult if they want you to express something complicated without saying a word.But I am slowly getting better at it,I guess.

Suggested answers:

(1)What did those gestures mean

(2)you were sending him secret hand signals

(3)the police leader used hand gestures to tell his team what to do

(4)you can say a lot without speaking

(5)you mean you are not allowed to talk

Activity 3　Listen for inferred meaning.

Listen to the conversation again.Are the following statements correct inferences from the conversation?

(1)The two speakers are married.

(2)Making too many gestures in communication is not polite.

(3)The police team were probably successful in catching the criminals.

(4)Both speakers think body language is useful.

(5)The woman is not very confident about her silent acting ability.

Suggested answers:

(1)No　(2)No　(3)Yes　(4)Yes　(5)Yes

Step Ⅳ　Practice

Act out a scene using only body language to communicate.You may follow these steps to complete your performance.

1.Form into groups of four.One of you is the performer and the others are observers.

2.The performer writes down a situation and some messages to convey through body language.

3.The performer acts out the scene and the observers individually write down their thoughts without talking to anyone else.

4.The actor reveals the situation and messages,and the group compares notes.Use the table below to clarify any misunderstandings or different answers.