Unit 4 Body Language Using Language Listening and Speaking 教案 -2026-2027学年高中英语新人教版选择性必修第一册

课题

Body language

章节

选择性必修1 U4 Period 4

课型

Listening and Speaking

课时

1

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学

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By the end of this period, students are expected to be able to:

1. Master new words and expressions related to body language: sigh, yawn, sleepy, clap, applaud, frown, fingers‑crossed, gesture.

2. Use listening skills to get specific information, make reasonable inferences from the conversation about body language.

3. Understand different meanings of body language and experience communication without words; finish non‑verbal performance tasks in groups.

4. Realise the importance of body language in daily communication and improve cross‑cultural awareness of non‑verbal signals.

重点

1. Help students obtain key facts and make correct inferences from the listening material.

2. Enable students to recognize typical body language signals and understand their implied meanings.

难点

1. Students draw proper inferences based on listening details.

2. Students accurately convey information only through body language in group performance and avoid misunderstanding.

教  学  过  程

Step 1 Lead–in

Teacher presents key new words about facial expressions & body movements: sigh, sleepy, yawn, clap, applaud.

Present guiding question: Study the pictures. Can you tell what each gesture stands for?

Invite several students to act out the simple gestures and guess meanings.

Lead-in sentence: Today we will learn more about body language, listen to a conversation and try communicating only with gestures.

Step 2 Pre-listening

Task1 Look at these photos and discuss what you think each person is communicating.

①Body Language: frown, tightly shut eyes, tight‑lipped

Meaning:

● He could be in great pain.

● He could be upset.

②Body Language: fingers crossed, eyes closed

Meaning:

● He could be hoping for good luck.

● He has a promise that he intends to break.

③Body Language: hug, American Sign Language (hand gesture for love)

Meaning:

● The woman in the photo is either deaf or is communicating with her husband who is deaf.

● She is using American Sign Language, and the sign she is using means “I love you”.

④Body Language: smile, hold hands tightly

Meaning:

● The two children seem quite happy.

● Perhaps they have just won a table tennis match.

Students work in pairs, observe pictures and guess meanings. Teacher checks answers and explains new phrases.

Task2 Discuss: When and where do people need to use body language to communicate effectively.

Suggested Answer:

Body language often needs to be used in situations where people cannot talk to each other directly. This can include, for example, deaf people using sign language, or army soldiers out on manoeuvres where they have to be silent or the enemy might hear them.

Students share ideas in small groups, teacher gives brief comments.

Step 3 While-listening

Task3 Listen to a conversation about body language. Then answer the following questions.

Q1: How did the man get the idea of using gestures to communicate?

Q2: What did the police leader tell his team by using gestures?

Q3: What did the woman say about the acting classes that she’s been taking?

Q4: What did the man mean by saying “It’s good you tried” at the end of the conversation?

Suggested answers:

1. From an action movie.
2. He used gestures to tell them how many bad guys were in the house. Then he gave instructions on who should go where, and what they should do.
3. She said that right now they’re learning how to use body language to express themselves.
4. He meant that even though she wasn’t very good at it, her experience was still worthwhile.

Play the audio for the first time. Students answer questions individually, check answers together.

Task4 Listen to the conversation again. Are the following statements correct inferences from the conversation? Mark Yes or No.

The two speakers are married.  — No

Making too many gestures in communication is not polite.  — No

The police team were probably successful in catching the criminals.  — Yes

Both speakers think body language is useful.  — Yes

The woman is not very confident about her silent acting ability.  — Yes

Play the audio the second time. Students finish true/inference exercise. Teacher analyses each option.

Listening text:

Woman: What were you doing just now? What did those gestures mean?

Man: Oh, I was just telling my friend over there to meet me for lunch down the street in twenty minutes.

Woman: Oh, I get it, so you were sending him secret hand signals.

Man: Yeah, we got the idea from an action movie last night and decided to try it out for fun. In the movie, the police were trying to enter a house, but they had to be really quiet so they could take the criminals by surprise. So, the police leader used hand gestures to tell his team what to do. For example, he used this gesture to tell them how many bad guys were in the house. Then he gave instructions on who should go where, and what they should do. I thought it was pretty cool how they used hand gestures to communicate.

Woman: Well, you know, you can say a lot without speaking. I’ve been taking acting classes, and right now we’re learning how to use body language to express ourselves.