Cultural differences 教学设计(新)

1、Cultural differences 教学设计(新)高英吴江中学 2007年12月22日Reading1教材分析：本单元的话题是“文化差异”，涵盖的内容非常广泛。这堂课是Reading的第一课时，主要任务是对文章进行理解和扩展，为下面的文化各种差异学习做好准备。从课文内容来看，涉及到节日、送礼、婚礼、身体语言、颜色及各地风俗习惯等方面。本篇文本的阅读理解并不困难，但有一定信息量要梳理。教学重点一是应该完成文本基础阅读，同时进行适当扩展，让学生了解更多的文化差异的知识，由此形成初步的文化差异意识,对不同文化的认同和尊重。同时作为一堂网络课，应培养学生网络运用能力。2学生分析：高二学生有基本的

2、语言能力和基本的世界观和价值观。对文化差异的了解还教模糊。因此课文的理解和把握有助于拓展学生的视野，引发他们的思考。同时多种阅读形式有助于提高他们的阅读技能。他们较熟悉网络，所以可以引导他们到网络上寻找需要的信息。Teaching aims: 1. Help the students learn how to talk about cultural differences and customs.2. To get the students to understand the use of examples3. Finish the appointed tasks by cooperating

3、.Important points and difficult points:1. Talk about cultural differences and understand the use of the examples.2. Use the Internet to search for the useful informationTeaching approaches:Task-based approach Communicative approachTeaching procedures:Step I: warming upCompare two different festivals

4、: Christmas vs. Spring FestivalRead some material about ChristmasStep II: Skimming Get the students to read the dialogue quickly to answer three questions.1.how many people are chatting together? Where are they from?2.What aspects of cultural differences are mentioned in the text?Step III: Careful r

5、eading CustomsEastern countriesWestern countriesBruneiChinaAmericaUKItalyAn American celebration/presents/weddings/Pointing(gestures)Colour of clothing/shoesStep IV Performance:invite some students to give some performances with cultural features,the rest of the students guess where they come from .

6、(body language)Step V : Reading strategy: understanding the use of examples Reading Strategy: understanding the use of examplesThe text we read is a dialogue on cultural differences. So in this kind of text we should use examples to explain concepts and ideas. Sometimes we use examples to support ar

7、guments and sometimes used as interesting stories.1. Try to find out the sentences supporting the argument that there are differences as well as similarities between western weddings. 2. Try to find out the example used as an interesting story about cultural misunderstanding.3. Read the dialogue car

8、efully and try to find out the sentences explaining the concept of cultural differences between English speakers from different countries.Step VI: Post reading1. Read the text aloud with the tape and then fill in each blank with the correct word Page 37,Textbook.2.Suppose you are going abroad to fur

9、ther your studies or go sightseeing, before setting off its important to know about cultural differences.Requirements:1) Form a group.2) Your nationality3) Decide your destination4) Assign the task:reporter, note-taker; information collector(Each member should be involved) 5) Presentation (Give a report.) 6) Evaluation rewardevaluationBest teamGroup ?Most informativeBest presentationTips:Surf the Internet to get the necessary information.Remember: When in