Unit3UnderstandingeachotherUnit3UnderstandingeachotherPeriod1welcometotheunitTeachingobjectives:1.Enablestudentstogetageneralideaofdifferentwaysofgreetingeachotherindifferentcountries.2.Askstudentstothinkaboutthepossibleproblemsthatmaybecausedbythesedifferences.3.Helpstudentsknowmoreaboutdifferentcustoms.4.Helpstudentsformcorrectattitudestowardsforeigncultures.Teachingprocedures:Step1Lead-inAskstudentstosaywhattheyknowabouttheChinesewaysofgreeting.InChina,ifwemeetsomeoneforthefirsttime,weusuallygreeteachotherbyshakinghandsandsaying‘Howdoyoudo’or‘Nicetomeetyou!’.However,betweenfamiliarpeople,weusuallysay‘Haveyouhadyourmeal’or‘Whereareyougoing’.Step2Picturetalking1.Lookatthesixpicturescarefully.Thenmatchthedifferentwaysofgreetingwiththecountries.Waysofgreetingandcountriesorareas(1)puttingtheirhandstogetherandbowingslightly(Thailand)(2)kissingeachotherononecheekandthentheother(Holland)(3)greetingeachotherbytouchingnoses(theMiddleEast)(4)huggingeachother(SouthAmerica)(5)shakinghandswitheachother(theUSA)(6)bowingtoeachother(Japan)Asksomestudentstodescribethegreetingsusingthefollowingsentencepatterns.(1)In…,peoplegreetingeachotherbydoingsth/withsth.(2)In…,peopledosth(togreeteachother)whenmeetingeachother.(3)In…,youcanexpectedtobedonewhenyoumeetsomeone.(4)In…,thenormalgreetingisa…2.ArethesewaysofgreetingthesameasthewaysChinesepeoplegreeteachotherWhatwouldyouthinkifyousawChinesepeopledoingtheseinChina(Iwouldthinkthattheywereverystrange.)Whatmayhappenwhenpeoplewithdifferentgreetinghabitsmeet.(Maybetheywillfeelembarrassedorbeinvolvedinawkwardsituations.)IfyoumetpeoplefromtheMiddleEastforthefirsttimewithoutknowinganythingabouttheirwaysofgreeting,howwouldyoureactStep3DiscussionAskstudentstoreadthethreequestionsunderthesixpicturesandmakesurethateveryoneknowsthemeaningsofthequestions.Thendividetheclassinto3groupstodiscussthe3questions.Afterfinishing,askonegrouptoreporttheiranswerstotheclass.(1)InEnglish-speakingcountries,therearesomeformalgreetings,suchas‘Howarey...
