Understanding each other
课 题 Task(2) M6U3 Understanding each other 本节（课）三维目标与教学重难点 知识与技能 过程与方法 情感态度与价值观 教学重点 教学难点 Help the students understand the cultural differences . Discussion, group work and pair work. Help the students learn how to complete a text by listening and get more information about cultural differences． Enable the students to get more information about cultural differences． Help the students learn how to get more information about cultural differences． Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Greetings Greet the students as usual. Step 2 Asking questions Have the students read the guidelines on page 44, then give the students some advice on how to ask questions, ask them to choose the correct words: What – when we want to find out about something specific. How – when we want to find out the way something should be done. Which – when we want to specify which one of a choice of possibilities. When – when we want to inquire about time. Why – when we want to find out a reason. Where – when we want to find out about the place in which something happened. Step3 Asking about cultural differences T: You want to ask your classmate about the following things. Form your questions with the correct question words first, and then find a partner to answer questions. Answers can be found in the magazine article on page 43. 1. Ask the students first to work individually to form the questions in this part, then take turns asking questions in pairs . Suggested answers 1). What food do the people from India not eat? 2). Which hand shouldn’t be used to shake hands with or give things to people from India? 3). What do Japanese people have to buy when they travel anywhere? 4). What should you do when a Japanese person gives you a business card? 5). What does the OK sign mean for Japanese people? 6). Why do people from the USA do not like crowded places? 2. In pairs, have students word in turns doing the question-and-answer exercise. One reads a question, the other answers it according to what they have read in the magazine article on page 42. Ask one or two pairs to report their questions and answers to the whole class. Suggested answers 1) Some people from India do not eat beef. 2) The left hand shouldn’t be used to shake hands with or give things to people from India. 3) When they travel anywhere, Japanese people have to buy many gifts. 4) When a Japanese person gives you a business card, you should look at the card carefully. 5) The OK sign means a request for some small change for Japanese people. 6) People from the USA feel uncomfortable if others are in their ‘personal space’, which is about 50 centimeters around them. Step4 Homework After class, have the students do more exercise. 教学后记