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Unit 4

Body language

Reading

speaking

ringing

writing

typing

Spoken

language

Written

language

Body

language

Ways of communicating

gesture

facial expression

action

Warming Up

What is body language?

Body language is one form of nonverbal communication (非言辞交际) without using words. Eye contact or gaze, facial expression, gesture, and posture (姿势), or the way you stand, are different kinds of body language.

Some psychologists believe that we communicate 65% of our ideas and feelings without words! The shape of our bodies and faces, the movements and gestures we make, the clothes we wear, how near we stand to each other and whether we touch each other XXXXX all these communicate.

Facial expressions

Look at the following facial expressions, and try to tell us what his feeling is.

happy

angry

sad

confused

Gestures

Do you know what these gestures mean? Look at the pictures and discuss with your partner what the man is trying to say.

Good!

Bad!

Come here!

Me?

I don’t know!

ok

stop

silent

well done

What else gestures do you know?

victory

applause

Work in groups.

Look at the following pictures. What are these people communicating? Discuss your ideas with your group members. Do you have the same idea about each picture?

What are they communicating?

The mother is trying to quiet her crying child.

Someone is thinking deeply.

Someone is feeling ill/having a stomachache.

The policeman is directing traffic/ telling cars to go.

Communication:

No problem?

Pre-reading

1. What is the purpose of language?

The purpose of language is to

communicate with other people.

2. How can you communicate with

someone if you cannot speak? Give

an example.

I can use body language to

communicate with someone if I

can’t speak.

For example, if I’m angry, I might turn away and not talk to others. If I’m happy to see someone, I might smile and hold out my hand or open my arms.

3. There are many different ways to

greet someone using words. How

many ways can you think of to

greet someone if you cannot speak?

Ways to greet someone without words:

smile, wave, shake hands, hug, kiss, etc.

handshake

kiss

bow

hug

Predicting

Look at the picture and the title of the passage on page 26.

What do you think the topic will be?

I. Read the passage and divide the

whole passage into several parts

and find out the main idea.

First-reading

Part 2__________

People from different countries express greetings in different ways.

Part 3__________

Different peoples have different body languages.

Part 4__________

Summary of body language.

Part 1__________

Meet the visitors at the airport.

(Para. 1)

(Para. 2 and 3)

(Para. 4)

(Para. 5)

Try to write down the main idea of the text.

The text is mainly about different _____________ in different countries. In order to avoid difficulties in today’s world of cultural crossroads, we should ___________________________.

body language

study international customs

Read the passage again and choose the best answers.

Second-reading

1. In which of the following countries do people greet each other in the same way?

A. Jordan and Italy.

B. China and Japan.

C. Canada and Colombia.

2. From the text, we can know that _____.

A. people are likely to keep the same

distance in different countries

B. men from Britain often stand close

to others to shake hands

C. people are facing multicultural

communication problems

Careful reading

How do different international

students behave when they greet

people? Complete the chart with

information from the passage.

Careful reading

man from Colombia

kiss on the cheek

Julia Smith

woman from Britain

everyone

Akira Nagata

bowing

everyone

man from Canada

shaking hands

everyone

Ahmed Aziz

man from Jordan

shaking hands

nodding

Darlene Coulon

woman from France

people she knows

shake hands, do not stand very close to others or touch strangers when they meet

shake hands

bow

approach others closely

and are more likely to

touch them

shake hands and kiss each other twice on each cheek

shake hands and stand quite close to other men, nod to women and do not shake hands with them

1. Is the author of this passage male or female? How do you know?

The author is male. Ahmed Aziz will not shake hands with women, but he shakes hands with the author.

I. Answer the following questions.

Post-reading

2. What were the two mistakes that the

author noticed?

He noticed that the Colombian man

kissed the British woman, but in her culture, a kiss from a stranger is not acceptable. He also noticed that the Japanese man bowed just as the Canadian man started to shake hands, so one man’s nose touched the other man’s hand.

3. Who seemed to prefer to keep more physical distance from others? Who seemed to prefer closer physical distance?

The British woman, Julia, and probably

the Canadian man, George, seemed to

prefer to keep more physical distance from others. The Colombian man, Tony, and the Jordanian man, Ahmed, seemed to prefer closer physical distance.

4. Did any students have similar greeting customs? If so, which ones?

Yes. Tony from Colombia and Darlene from France had a similar greeting custom—a kiss. George from Canada and Ahmed from Jordan also had a similar greeting custom—a handshake, but Ahmed shakes hands only with men.

5. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” What do you think this famous saying means?

This saying means that when we are in a certain place, we should follow the customs of the people who live in that place, not our own customs.

1. Englishmen often stand close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet.

2. Most people around the world now greet each other by kissing.

II. Decide if the following statements

are true (T) or false (F).

F

F

3. Japanese will bow to others as greeting.

4. People from Jordan will move very

close to you as you introduce yourself to

them.

5. Some body languages in some countries

are good while some countries’ body

language are bad.

T

T

F

6. People from different countries may

have a major misunderstanding while

greeting each other.

7. The physical distance from each other

that people are comfortable with

generally depends on the culture.

8. All members of a culture behave in

the same way.

T

T

F

Discussion

1. If you meet a foreigner who comes up

close to you to talk, what countries

might he be from? How can you show

him that you are uncomfortable with

that?

2. What are some situations where body language is the only form of communication? Why?

3. Discuss ‘Do you agree with the author’s statement that body language is not good or bad? Why or why not?’

Body language varies from culture to culture.

show interest

rude or

disrespectful

zero

rude

money

OK

No.1

rude

great / good job

No

Yes

Greet

friends

France

Russia

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