Culturalampnbspdifferences教案

　　cultural differences教案
　　m6 unit3 cultural differences
　　reading 教案
　　chuzhou middle school li hongxia
　　teaching analysis:
　　this lesson is about the conversation in a chatting room and focused on the cultural differences. three students from china, brunei and the uk have a discussion on the tnternet about this issue. in this section, students will gain some information about the cultures of different countries and learn to communicate cross-culturally. the reading strategy in this unit teaches students how to understand examples used in texts.
　　learning aims
　　1. knowledge aim: get more common sense about cultural differences
　　2. ability aim: 1) try to develop students’ ability of task based reading.
　　2)enable the students to master reading strategy:understanding the use of examples.
　　3.emotional aim: 1) increase students’ awareness of the importance of understanding cultural differences
　　2) make students proud of our own culture
　　important points
　　1. help students improve the cultural awareness.
　　2. students are to finish the related task based assignments so as to develop their exact reading comprehension.
　　difficult points
　　1. how to get students to participate the class activities actively.
　　2. try to help students present their ideas on the topic.
　　teaching methods
　　1. fast reading to identify the basic information
　　2. task reading as a brief summary of the topic.
　　3. discussion for cultural differences
　　teaching aids
　　1. the multimedia
　　2. the blackboard
　　teaching procedures
　　step1: revision
　　.discuss the different greeting ways in different countries.
　　step2: lead-in
　　students have a discussion about cultural differences
　　step3:fast reading
　　studentstick out the things mentioned.
　　wedding shoes presents pointing usa/uk cultural differences
　　an american celebration color of clothing
　　step4: detailed reading
　　t/f questions
　　1.thanksgiving is celebrated by both americans and the british people.
　　2. in italy, guests are expected to give presents to the newly-weds as a souvenir to remember the big day.
　　3. it’s good manners for americans as well as the british to open the presents as soon as they receive them.
　　4. in brunei it is polite to point to someone with one’s first or index finger.
　　differences in wedding reception in brunei?
　　the man and the woman __________________.
　　no ________.
　　play _______ for a long time, sometimes _______.
　　step5: task reading
　　_____1_____ differences
　　thanksgiving
　　americathe american teacher gets excited whenever it ___2___ to the topic
　　britainthe british didn’t know what it’s held in _____3_______ of
　　weddingbritainthe newly-weds __4___ presents from guests
　　italy
　　guests are given presents as a souvenir
　　bruneiwhen ____5 ____ in a wedding reception, the bridegroom with men guests and the bride with women sit in different areas. no alcohol is___6___ . people play drums for hours,even all night
　　presentswestit’s _7__ not to open a present when it’s given
　　eastpeople ___8____ differently
　　other special
　　traditions
　　brunei
　　1) people point with __9___ instead of first fingers
　　2) yellow is the color only for the royal family
　　3) take off shoes before ___10___ a house
　　step6: reading strategy:understanding the use of examples
　　1)_______________________________________________________
　　2)________________________________________________________
　　3)_______________________________________________________
　　step7:summary
　　____________________________________________________________________
　　step8: discussion
　　how to understand each other better ? (behaviour, respect...)
　　step9: homework
　　1. review what we have leant today.
　　2. preview the language points in this article.