《 M6U3Reading Cultural differences 》设计方案.pdf

Part Four (lines 47-64) 1.What should you do instead of pointing with your first finger in Brunei? In Brunei, people point with their thumb instead of first finger. 2.What color can’t people wear in Brunei? Why? Yellow. Because yellow is the royal color for the Sultan and his family. 3.What customs do Chinese cities and Brunei have in common? Take off the shoes before going into someone’s house.
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镇江市中小学中青年骨干教师现代教育技术 实践活动教学设计方案
教学目标分析（结合课程标准说明本节课学习完成后所要达到的具体目标）： 通过本课的学习培养学生的阅读能力，帮助学生了解不同国家的不同文化,从而唤醒学
生学习英语的积极性.
知识目标：锻炼学生口语的表达能力和阅读能力
能力目标：通过本课的学习提升学生运用英语的读写能力
2.Listen and spot the examples that are mentioned in this dialogue. ＊1. Thanksgiving
2. eye contact ＊3. wedding in Brunei ＊4. Wedding in Italy is different from one in the UK.
Part Three (lines 29 to 46) What are the similarities and differences in a wedding between Italy and the UK? Similarities: throwing confetti Differences: giving presents In the UK, the guests are expected to give prensents to the newly-weds. In Italy the newly-weds should give presents to the guests. Differences in wedding reception in Brunei? The man and the woman __sit in a different area_. No __alcohol___. Play __drums_ for a long time, sometimes __all night__.
3.Put them in the correct order.
Weddings
4
USA/UK cultural differences
1
Thanksgiving
2
color of clothing
6
shoes
7
presents
3
pointing
5
[Explanation]
By skimming, the students get some important information, in which way their interest in reading the passage is aroused.Then the Reading Strategy: understand the use of examples is introduced to the students to help them understand the examples used in the text. At last, by listening, the students get a general idea of the whole passage and have a clear structure in their mind. In this section, remind the students only nead to find the information required. There is no need for them to read the whole passage sentence by sentence.
… Step 2 Fast reading 1.Skim the conversation and answer some questions
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1. How many people are involved in this dialogue? Who are they? 2. Where did this dialogue take place? 3. Where do they come from? Actually, in the dialogue, Ma Li get several examples of cultural differences. Now first let’s read the Reading Strategy about understanding the use of examples, and find out the functions of examples, in order to have a better understanding of the text. Try to list the functions of examples: ＊Explain concepts and ideas ＊Support arguments ＊Serve as interesting stories
Pointing
In Brunei, people point with their thumb__8_of first finger.
Colour of clothes In Brunei, yellow is the____9____colour.
Wedding
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Differences
In the UK, the guests are expected to give prensents to the newly-weds___7__in Italy the newly-weds should give presents to the guests.
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2.What is the typical food at Thanksgiving? The huge turkey.
Part Two (lines 19-29) In the West, when is the time to open a present? Why? In the west , it is polite to open a present as soon as someone gives you one. Because people want to see the person’s reaction.
5. body language ＊6. Common people can’t wear yellow in Brunei ＊7. People open the present as soon as he is given it.
8. Chinese people greet each other by shaking hands. ＊9. Take off shoes before going inside a house. ＊10. Use thumb to point
情感目标：培养学生的文化素养
学习者特征分析（结合实际情况，从学生的学习习惯、心理特征、知识结构等方面进行描 述）：
作为一所农村学校，学生阅读量少，知识面窄,对不同国家的文化差异了解甚少,学习英 语的积极性不高.
教学过程（按照教学步骤和相应的活动序列进行描述，要注意说明各教学活动中所需的具 体资源及环境）：
[Explanation]
Divide the passage into four parts and ask the students to read each part at a time aloud and try to answer some detailed questions. In this way, the students will have a better understanding of the text.
Step 4 Consolidation 1. Task-based reading
_____1_____ diffrences
Situations
Reactions/Customs
Thanksgiving
The American: talk much about Thanksgiving,which was held in_____3____of the first havest after their settlement in the USA.
The British: know _______4_______ about it
_____2_____
Both the American and the British will open it ____5____ being given it.
____6____ In the west, throwing confetti is very common.
Step1: Lead-in
How do Chinese people greet each other in formal situations? Shaking hands. However, people around the world have their own ways of greeting each other. Some of the ways are familiar to us while others seem rather strange. If we don’t know about their greeting ways ,maybe we would feel embarrassed (might be involved in awkward situations).It may cause misunderstanding. Have a test . Check if the students know something about different ways of greetings. Discussion : Why do you think people in different countries greet each other in different ways? There are cultural differences. We need to understand cultural differences to avoid mistakes in communication. So besides greeting ways what other cultural differences do you know? ＊festivals ＊wedding customs ＊eating and clothes ＊body language