高中英语Unit21《BodyLanguage》说课稿1新人教版

1、Unit 21 Body Language一、教材分析（一）教材内容分析本单元的中心话题是“肢体语言”，介绍了肢体语言在世界范围内的人们生活中所承担的不同角色及所起的重要作用，其中重点介绍了肢体语言在不同的文化背景下的不同含义及世界通用的肢体语言。本单元的绝大部分内容都围绕这一中心话题展开的。“热身” (Warming up) 部分以五幅不同的面部表情导出本单元的话题之一：面部表情是传递某人内心情感的一种方式，使他们能在平时注意自己在与他人交往中注意自身的面部表情。“听力” (Listening) 部分是以听的形式进一步向学生介绍了肢体语言的交际功能，然后以选择的形式考查学生对听力材料信息的筛

2、选能力，同时又要求学生把所听到的信息应运于讨论之中。“口语” (Speaking)部分向学生提供三个情景，让学生通过编对话进行“请求帮助”和“提供帮助”的日常英语练习。“读前” (Pre-reading) 部分编者设计了三个问题，诱发学生思考如何用肢体语言进行交流。激发学生进行阅读的欲望。“阅读” (Reading)部分是一篇说明文，它介绍了 We use both words and body language to express our thoughts and opinions and to communicate with other people./We can learn a l

3、ot about what a person is thinkingby watching his or her body language 。全文可分为三大部分，各部分的意思是：Part 1 (Para 1): We use bothwords and body language to express our thoughts and opinions and to communicate with other people. Part 2 (Para 2-3): Just like spoken language, body language varies from culture to

4、culture. Part 3 (Para 4-5): Some gestures seem to be universal.“读后” (Post-reading)部分设计了两种练习。第一类是三个问题，其中前两个测学生阅读的结果，第三个是一个开放性题目，鼓励学生把所学的与现实生活相结合。第二类是填写表格，对比肢体语言在美国和我国的异同。“语言学习” (Language study)包括以下两部分：词汇部分设计了两块内容：1）要求学生运用自己的六个身体部位进行交际，鼓励学生学着使用动词-ing 形式； 2）设计了 6个生词与英语解释的配对练习，旨在培养学生用英语解释生词的习惯及能力；语法项目是有

5、关动词-ing 形式作名词使用及其在句子中的功用，具体包括四个步骤： 1）学会区分动词 -ing形式在句中的所担任的成分功能；2）联词成句，旨在帮助学生理解动词 -ing 形式在句中充当主语； 3）词组翻译练习，旨在帮助学生理解动词-ing 形式在句中充当定语及翻译； 4）按要求用动词 -ing 形式进行句子改写，旨在帮助学生理解动词-ing 形式在句中充当宾语或表语。“综合技能” (Integrating skills)设计了一个开放性的写作任务，要求学生运用6 幅看起来毫不相干的图画进行写作，该任务有利于提高学生的创新思维能力。“学习建议” (Tips) 提供了一些写故事的建议，旨在帮助学

6、生完成综合技能的写作练习。“复习要点” (Checkpoint) 部分简要总结了本单元的语法重点。同时通过两个问题引导学生对本单元所学的词汇作一次小结。（二）教学重点与难点I. 动词 -ing 形式在句子充当主语、宾语、表语或定语II. 交际功能句型 : 如何提议和请求及其答语的句型III. 重点、难点词汇词组confused, avoid, go ahead, crazy, get through, tear down, occurIV. 常用句型Just like spoken language, body language varies from culture to culture.T

7、here is nothing better than sth./doing sth./to do sth.二、语篇分析：Body Talk (P59-P. 60)（一）课文图解1. Read the text “ Body Talk” and then complete notes about body language.1) Generally, we can divide the whole text into three parts:Part 1 (Para 1): We use both words and body language to express our thoughts

8、and opinions and to communicate with other people.Part 2 (Para 2-3): Just like spoken language, body language varies from culture to culture.Part 3 (Para 4-5): Some gestures seem to be universal.2) Fill in the table about gestures, countries and their meanings in these countries. (Words in italics c

9、an be blank.)GESTURES COUNTRIES MEANINGSeye contact some countries a way to show that one is interested other countries rude or disrespectfula circle with one s thumb and index finger most countries OK Japan moneyFrance zero Brazil rudeGermanythumbs up the US great or good jobNigeria rudeGermany the

10、 number oneJapanmoving the index finger in a circle in front of the ear some countries crazy Brazil You have a phone call.（二）课文复述Retell the text using about 100 words.Notes:1. Try to use the ing form to retell the text.2. Make use of the notes and table above while retelling.3. The possible version

11、below can be used as material for both retelling and dictation. One possible version:We can communicate with other people by watching his body language besides words. Just like spoken language, body language varies from culture to culture. Take the gesture for OK as an example. The gesture means mon

12、ey in Japan and in France it means zero, while in Brazil and Germany doing so is rude. People in different countriesshow the same idea in different ways. For example, in many countries, shaking one s head means “ no” , and nodding means “yes”. However, in Bulgaria, parts of Greece, and Iran, the ges

13、tures have the opposite meaning. Although there are many different interpretations of our body language, some gestures seem to be universal. Perhaps the smile is the best example. A smile can help us well communicate with others.（三）德育渗透? Do in Rome as Rome does as the Romans do. 谚 入国问禁 , 入乡随俗。? Mann

14、ers make the man.礼貌造就人。? Good manners are the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. -Jonathan Swift礼貌周到是使同我们谈话的那些人感到自在的艺术。（英作家）斯威夫特（四）写作技巧1、写作线索：Raising the topic: communicating in body language (Paragraph 1) ? Interpretations of body language in different countries (Paragraphs 2-3)

15、 ? Universal body language (Paragraphs 4-5)2、趣味说教课文以教人们认识最基本的肢体语言“ Body Talk ”为目的，以简洁的文字、直接的表达、丰富的实例，向人们展示了无声的肢体语言在不同的文化背景下的不同意思，并告诫人们在交往中要注意一些肢体语言的应运，同时，也向读者介绍了一些世界通用的肢体语言，最后，文章着重介绍了微笑的重要功用。（五）优美句式There is nothing better than sth./doing sth./to do sth. 没有比做某事更好的了。原句： And if we are feeling down or l

16、onely, there is nothing better than to see the smiling face of a good friend.e.g. There is nothing better than serving/to serve this great nation of ours.There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.三、课时安排Warming up Listening (WB)Period 1 Period 2Listening SpeakingPre-reading Lang

17、uage studyPeriods 3-4 Reading Period 5Post-reading GrammarReadingPeriod 6WritingTeaching Procedure:Period 1 Warming up & ListeningStep 1 Warming up1. Brainstorm: the words of emotions/feelings of human beingsAs we know, sorrow and happiness make a life. We, human beings, have all kinds of emotio

18、ns. Let s brainstorm emotions we ve learned so far.happy, sad, angry, confused, tired, puzzled, hateful, excited, frightened, embarrassed, depressed, uneasy, thrilled, easy, confident, delighted, kind, curious, etc.2. Now let s look at pictures with different emotions and match each picture with the

19、 correct emotion and the correct sentence. Meanwhile, ask students what makes he/she thinks that the person in the picture is feeling a certain way.Possible answers:Picture 1: Confused; I don t know what to do.Picture 2: Angry; I can t believe she said that! That is so unfair!Picture 3: Sad; I ve lo

20、st my wallet!Picture 4: Happy; I got an A in my exam!Picture 5: Tired; It s been a long day. I can t keep my eyes open.3. From one s facial expression, we can know how he/she is feeling. Besides, we can know how he/she is feeling from his/her gesture, that is to say, the way he/she stands or sits ca

21、n also tell us how he/she is feeling. Now look at your classmates and tell how they are feeling today by the way they sit or stand.Step 2 Listening1. Pre-listeningJust now we see we can learn how one is feeling from both his/her facial expressions and gestures. Look at me. Can you guess what these g

22、estures mean?1) shake the head2) wave the arms3) stand with arms folded4)(Students may not guess all the meanings of these gestures, and then teachers can say“ Let s listen to two short passages and find out what ones body movements/gestures can tell us.” )1) Listen to Part 1 for the first time and

23、get the students to do the first question of Part 1.2) Listen to Part 1 again and do the rest two questions of Part 1.3) Listen to Part 2 and do questions of Part 2. If students cant follow it, listen again.3. Post-listeningBased on what you heard just now and your own experience, discuss with your

24、partner: How can you use your body language to communicate the following ideas?Homework1. Make a list of facial expressions and gestures and their meanings we ve learned today.2. Preview the following lesson.Period 2 Listening (WB) & SpeakingStep 1 ListeningDo the listening practice in the workb

25、ook step by step. If the material is too difficult, teachers can give students some difficult sentences first or even give the listening material to students after they listen to the tape twice. Step 2 Pre-speakingMake some requests and ask/help students to answer and make offers, for example:T: Cou

26、ld you give me a hand?S: Yes, of course. What can I do for you?T: Could you please clean the blackboard for me?S: With pleasure.T: That s very nice of you.(Teachers can also ask students to open/close the window, turn on the projector and so on.) Step 3 Speaking1. Language InputJust now I asked some

27、 students to help me clean the blackboard (open/close the window, turn on the projector and so on.). In fact we re practicing making requests, offers and responses. Now let s look at some useful expressions on page 58.Useful expressions of making offers and requestsCan/Shall I help you with that?Wou

28、ld you like me to ?No, thank you. Thanks for all your help.Could you please ?Would you like some help?Could you give me a hand with this? No, thanks. I can manage it myself.Is there anything else I can do for you?Could you help me with?That s very nice of you.Do you need some help with that?Notes:Is

29、 there anything else I can do for you? = What else can I do for you?We use these two sentences offer help again when weve already offered help.2. PracticeNow use these expressions and follow the example to make up some dialogues in the following situations in pairs.Then get some pairs to act out the

30、 dialogues in front of the class.Step 4 Useful Expressions - Making offers/requests and responsesIn our everyday life, we quite often meet difficulties and have to ask our friends or relatives for help. Of course, sometimes well offer to help others. And in English there're several ways of makin

31、g offers/requests and responses. Please look at the screen.Ways of making offers or requests Ways of replying to others' offers or requests Acceptance Refuse1.Can/Could/Shall I help you?2.Would you like me to ?3.Is there anything (else) I can do for you?4.Do you want me to ?5. What (else) can I

32、do for you?6. Let me do/carry/help (for you)?7. Would you like some ?8. Do you need some help with ? 1. Thanks. That would be nice/fine.2. Thats very kind of you.3. Thank you for your help.4. Yes, please.5. Here, take this/my 1. No, thanks/thank you. I can manage it myself.2. Thank you all the same.

33、3. Thats very kind of you, but .1. Could you please ?2. Could you give me a hand with ?3.Could you help me with ? 1. With pleasure.2.Yes, of course. 1. I m sorry, but 2. I d like to , but . Step 5 Making up dialoguesJust now we have got through several ways of making offers/requests and responses. L

34、ets use these sentence structures to make up some dialogues. (Get the students to work in pairs and offer to do the following things for each other.)help you with homework help you with cooking a mealshow you how to use the typewriter go and buy some medicine do the shoppingshow you to the dining ro

35、om Example:A: Would you like some help?B: Yes, please.A: Shall I show you how to use this electric typewriter?B: Thanks. I haven t used this one before.A: Would you like me to type your composition for you?B: No, thanks. I can manage it myself. Step 6 Post-speakingIf time permits, get students to fi

36、nish the task of talking in the workbook. HomeworkPrepare the task of talking in the workbook.Preview the following lesson: Body talk.Periods 3-4 ReadingStep 1 RevisionCheck the homework of making up a dialogue in the workbook.Go over the ways of making offers/requests and responses.Step 2 Pre-readi

37、ngIn the first period of this unit, we ve learned that we can use our facial expressions and gestures to express ourselves or tell what someone is thinking or feeling by looking at their facial expressions and gestures.1. Who can tell us some ways of telling what one is thinking or feeling?2. Do peo

38、ple from different parts of the world use different body language? What about people who live in different parts of China?3. How do you communicate the following with body language?Ask students to read the text quickly and find out the main idea/key sentence of each paragraph in pairs.Para 1: We use

39、 both words and body language to express our thoughts and opinions and to communicate with other people.Para 2: Just like spoken language, body language varies from culture to culture.(The same gesture has different meanings in different countries.)Para 3: People in different countries show the same

40、 idea in different ways.Para 4: Some gestures seem to be universal.Para 5: Perhaps the best example of universally understood body language is the smile.*Teachers can also ask students how many parts we can divide the whole text into and what the main idea of each part is.Part 1 (Para 1): We use bot

41、h words and body language to express our thoughts and opinions and to communicate with other people.Part 2 (Para 2-3): Just like spoken language, body language varies from culture to culture.Part 3 (Para 4-5): Some gestures seem to be universal.1) Read the second part (Para 2-3) more carefully and t

42、hen fill in the table, using a projector to show the table. (Words in italics can be blank.)GESTURES COUNTRIES MEANINGSeye contact some countries a way to show that one is interested other countries rude or disrespectfula circle with one s thumb and index finger most countries OK Japan MoneyFrance Z

43、ero Brazil Rude Germanythumbs up the US great or good job Nigeria rudeGermany The number one Japanmoving the index finger in a circle in front of the ear some countries crazy Brazil You have a phone call.2) Read the last part (Para 4-5) again and then try to answer some questions:1. How can we commu

44、nicate “ I am tired ” with the body language? And please act it out?2. What does “ rubbing one s stomach” mean?3.Why do we say “ the smile is a universally understood body language ”?3.Reading aloudListen to the tape of the text and make marks where they don t understand.4. Some language pointsDiscu

45、ss something that students don t understand.Possible notes:Step 4 Post-readingGet the students to discuss the following questions in pairs or groups of four. Then get one of them to report their results of their discussion to the whole class.1. What are some situations where we need to be very caref

46、ul about our body language and gestures?2. How is body language different from spoken language? What do they have in common?3. Sometimes we say one thing but our body language says something different. Why does this happen? Can you think of any examples?4. Work together in pairs or groups. Complete

47、the chart below.Step 5 Discussion/AssessmentIf you go for a job interview, you should be well prepared for what to say and how to answer the interviewer s possible questions. Besides, what you can do or act during the interview is also very important. In the first three periods of this unit we have

48、learned something about body language. Now suppose you are going for an interview, what shall you pay special attention to?1. Preview the following lesson.2. Retell the text.Period 5 Language study & GrammarStep 1 RevisionGet some students to retell the text.Step 2 Language study1. Do Exercise 2

49、 on page 61 first, matching the following words about body movements with correct definition.2. Go through the instruction of Exercise 1 on page 61 and make sure that students know what to do and then get students to discuss these words in groups of four.Then invite some students to tell and act out

50、 these gestures. Step 3 GrammarThe ing form (2): used as a noun1. Language inputJust now weve made clear how these parts of our body can be used to “talk” to someone. For example, shaking your fist at someone is a way of saying that you are very angry. (Copy this sentence on the blackboard.) Now ple

51、ase look at the sentence. Do you know what the ing form “shaking” and “saying” here are used as? They are used as nouns. As we know, as a noun, usually it can be the subject, object or predicative in a sentence. Whocan tell me what “ shaking” and “ saying” play in the sentence? (shaking - subject; s

52、aying - object)Then go through the three sentences in the studentsbooks.Subject In many countries, shaking one s head means “no” and nodding means “yes” .Object We can learn a lot about what a person is thinking by watching his or her body language.Predicative A good way of saying“I am full ” is rub

53、bing the stomach after a meal.Attributive The price of building materials has gone up again.2. PracticeFind the ing form in the text“ Body Talk ”and analyze their functions in the sentences.3. DrillsDo Exx. 1-3 on page 61-62 one by one.1) The ing form in this exercise is used as Subject.2) The ing f

54、orm in this exercise is used as Attributive.3) The ing form in this exercise is used as Object/Predicative.4. ConsolidationGet the students to make out a list of verbs or verb phrases which can be followed by theing form or only bythe ing form.只能用动名词作宾语的动词和词组：advise, allow, resist, admit, escape, di

55、slike, risk, avoid, forgive, suggest,consider, imagine, understand, delay, mind, appreciate, enjoy, keep, cant help doing sth., excuse, miss, put off, finish, practise, give up, deny, prevent, v. + prep. 词组 , etc.动名词和不定式均可作宾语的动词： continue, begin, prefer, like, hate, learn, remember, forget, regret,

56、try, mean, etc.(This part can also be left as homework.)HomeworkMake out a list of verbs or verb phrases which can be followed by the ing form or only by theing form.Period 6 Reading & WritingStep 1 Warming upThe material given in the students book is quite difficult. Teachers can first provide students something easy to help students make sure what they should