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Unit 10You’re supposed to shake hands.
Section B 3 (3a-Self check)
Ⅰ. Teaching Aims
1. Knowledge Aims:
1) Learn some customs in other countries and then show opinions about these
customs.
2) Improve students’ writing skills.
2. Ability Aims:
1) Be able to know about and talk about the different cultures in different countries.
2) Be able to use what they have learnt to help others solve the cultural problems.
3. Emotional Aims:
Students can know about some customs of some other countries and know how to respect the differences of different cultures.
Ⅱ. Teaching key and difficult points
1. Teaching key points:
How to write a composition.
2. Teaching difficulty points:
Write a letter to give advice and suggestions on how to behave properly in China.
Ⅲ. Teaching methods
Task-based Language Teaching; the Cognitive Approach; the Communicative Approach
Ⅳ. Teaching procedure
1. Lead in
Show a video for the students. Then ask a question: How much do you know about Chinese table manners?
2. Pre-writing
Show students Chinese table manners. When students talk about it they should use the sentence patterns.
Table manners:
You are (not) supposed to … You are expected to …
You should/shouldn’t … It’s impolite to …
It’s important to … You’d better …
For example:
a) It’s impolite to use your chopsticks to hit an empty bowl.
b) You are not supposed to stick your chopsticks into the food.
c) You shouldn’t point at anyone with your chopsticks.
d) We’re not supposed to talk aloud at the table.
e) You are not expected to start eating first if there are older people at the table.
Q:What other Chinese customs do you know?
(Students work in groups and talk aboutother Chinese customs they know.)
House rules:
a) It’s necessary to greet the host family.
b) You’re supposed to shake hands with people.
c) It’s polite to say “nihao” to people.
d) You’d better bow, kiss or hug with people.
e) You’re expected to put down your mobile phone while in the h