Unit 4 Body languange Period 4 Speaking and Writing The General Idea of This Period

　　This period aims at getting the students to express themselves and acting out some body language.They are also encouraged to understand the meanings by watching the body language and give their own opinions.

Teaching Important Points

　　Teach the students how to use body language in the most appropriate occasions.

　　How to understand the unusual or funny or difficult body language used in different cultures.

Teaching Difficult Points

　　Enable the students to realize the importance of body language in communication so that little or no misunderstanding may occur.

　　How to write a short description of body language used in daily communication.

Teaching Methods

　　Group work to practise speaking.

　　Task-based activity before writing composition.

Teaching Aids

　　A projector,some slides and a multiple-media computer

Three Dimensional Teaching Aims

Knowledge and Skills

　　Help the students learn how to express themselves in body language when needed.

　　Help the students understand others when body language is being used.

　　Help the students to write a short passage about what hey have seen or experienced,in which body language has been used properly in communication to reach the understanding or body language has been used so inappropriately as to cause misunderstanding.

Process and Strategies

　　Create a light atmosphere to get the students involved in class actively.

　　Give instructions for the students to follow.

Feelings and Value

This part provide a situation to the students in which they apply body language in daily life,which helps the students to deepen their understanding of body language and thus avoid misunderstanding with people.