Unit 4Body Language

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Unit 4

Body language

Body Language is a form of non-verbal communication.

It uses movements or positions of our body to show other people what we are thinking or feeling.

It includes body movements, facial expressions, gestures, posture , speaking distance and other non-verbal signals.

What is body language?

speaking

ringing

writing

typing

Spoken

language

Written

language

Body

language

Ways of communicating

gesture

facial expression

action

guess, guess, guess,

gestures

silent stop cry happy

sadness victory handshake kiss shake nod bow blow a kiss anger surprise

come here money well done

I don’t know

silent

I love you.

stop

victory

handshake

Kiss

hug

shake

nod

bow

blow a kiss

joy

anger

surprise

sorrow

Facial expressions

look down upon sb

disappointed

What is the feeling of the baby?

sad

surprised

What are these people communicating?

The mother is

trying to quiet her

crying child.

He is thinking

deeply.

She is feeling

ill .

The policeman is

telling cars to go.

How are they feeling?

happy

confused

Good!

Bad!

Come here!

Me?

I don’t know!

Body language varies from culture to culture.

show interest

rude or

disrespectful

zero

rude

money

OK

No1

rude

great / good job

Can you guess what the following gesture from Japan means?

angry

Can you guess what the following gesture from France means?

I don’t believe you.

What do people in different countries usually do when meeting?

Japan: bow

China, Britain:

handshake

Some western countries: hug

Russia,

France: kiss

Reading

Communication:

No problem?

Predict what you think the topic will be.

Tony Garcia (Columbia)

Julia Smith (Britain)

George Cook (Canada)

Japanese- Akira Nagata

Reading comprehension

I. While reading, please try to divide the whole passage into four parts and match the main idea.

Part 1.

(para. 1)

Part 2

(para. 2 &3 )

Part 3.

(para. 4 )

Part 4.

(para. 5)

The author was sent to Capital

International Airport to meet this

year’s international students.

People from different countries express

greetings in different ways.

Different people have different

body languages.

Summary of body language.

First-reading

II. How do different international

students behave when they greet people?

Complete the chart with information

from the passage.

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

Read the passage again and then answer the following questions.

Second-reading

A. Two university students meet the

international students in the airport.

B. Men and women use different body

languages in foreign countries.

C. Different cultures have different body

languages.

D. There are different kinds of cultures in

the world.

1. What does the text mainly talk about?

2. What can we infer from the text?

A. A boy from Spain is likely to touch

the people he meets.

B. Physical distance can’t send out a

message.

C. English people may stand very close

to their friends.

D. It’s friendly to touch Muslim women.

3. From the passage we know, most

international students greet others by ______.

A. shaking hands

B. bowing

C. kissing

D. touching shoulders

4. When writing the text, the author is

A. encouraging readers to do

something

B. informing readers of something

C. drawing readers attention to some

western countries

D. regretting cultural difference

Fill in the blanks

The first person who arrives is Mr. Garcia from Columbia, closely _________ by Julia Smith from Britain. When they are introduced to each other, Mr.Garcia approaches Ms Smith, _______ her shoulder and _______ her on the cheek . Ms Smith steps back appearing surprised. The visitor

from Japan comes in smiling at the same time as George Cook from Canada. As they are introduced, Mr. Cook _______ his hand out to the Japanese who ______ . His nose touches Mr. Cook’s moving hand, and they both _________.

followed

touches

kisses

reaches

bows

apologize

These are examples of learned or cultural “body language”. Not all cultures ________ each other the same way, nor are they comfortable touching _________ or being too close or too far away. In the same way that people __________ with spoken language, they also __________ their feelings using unspoken “language” through keeping physical distance, actions or _________.

express

communicate

strangers

greet

posture

Summary :

Body language varies from culture to culture. Not all members of all cultures behave the same way. We should try to grasp and respect each other’s culture in order to make good communication.

1.Summarize what you have learnt in this period.

2.Remember the new words and phrases.

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