If you say the word "communication", most people think of words and sentences. Although they are very important, we communicate with more than just spoken and written words. Indeed, body positions are part of what we call "body language". We see examples of unconscious to culture.
We are "learned" body language when we are introduced to strangers. Like other animals we are on guard until we know it is safe to relax. So every culture has developed a formal way to greet strangers, to show them we are not aggressive traditionally. Traditionally, Europeans and Americans shake hands. They do this with the right hand—the strongest hand for most people. If our right hand is busy greeting someone, it cannot be holding a weapon. If you shake hands with someone, you show you trust them. We shake hands when we make a deal. It means “We agree
and we trust each other”.
Greeting in Asian countries do not involve touching the other person, but they always involve the hands. Traditionally in China, when we greet someone, we put the right hand over the left hand and bow slightly. Muslims give a “salaam”, where they touch their heart, mouth and forehead.Hindus join their hands and bow their hands in respect. In all of these examples, the hands are busy with the greeting and cannot hold a weapon.
Even today, when some people have very informal styles of greeting, they still use their hands as a gesture of trust. American youth often greet each other with the expression, “Give me five! ”One person then holds up his hand, palm outwards and five fingers spread. The other person raises his hand and slaps the other’s open hand above the head in a “high five”. Nowadays, it is quite a common greeting.
Body language is fascinating for anyone to study. People give away much more by their gestures than by their words. Look at your friends and family and see if you are a mind reader.
【教学实录】
Step 1 Pre-reading
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(1) Careful reading The teacher divide the whole class into 4 groups and ask them to discuss the two questions in 4 minutes. After discussion, each group should choose one leader to report it. Then the students choose the best group and give them some prizes.
QI: What do you think of the body language?
Q2: How many kinds of body language do you know?Then act them out.
(设计意图：通过学生之间的小组讨论，能够提高学生之间的合作与交流意识。在精读阶段，能够让学生对文章深层次的信息进行提炼，这有助于提高学生对文章深层信息的提取能力。)
(2) Post-reading
①Role-play
T: Now if you are in a foreign country, you don't understand their language and you want to visit the famous museum, you should ask a citizen for help. Now make a conversation in pairs. During the conversation, you should use some body language.
(设计意图：通过对话，提高学生的听说能力。同时让学生通过对话的编写，提高交流与合作能力以及英语的综合运用能力。让学生用身体语言进行交流，巩固复习一些常用的身体语言。提高学生对身体语言的运用能力。)
②Writing
T: Now I will divide the whole class into 3 groups. Each group represents a different country. Group 1 is from American, Group 2 from Japan, Group 3 from England. Now one of your friends in other country wants to know the body language in your own country. You should write a letter to him to introduce the body language in your country.Finally, we will choose the best writer.
(设计意图：通过写作活动，提高学生的写作能力。同时让学生集思广益，创设具体的情境，学生在复习运用身体语言的同时，还可以让学生熟悉不同国家的身体语言的表述，提高学生的文化意识及运用课外材料收集信息的能力。)
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