设计题目	Understanding Each Other
教学内容	Welcome and Reading
教学对象	Students in Senior Grade Two
教学目标	♦ Talk about different ways of greeting each other in different parts of the world. ♦ Share opinions and experiences of cultural differences in daily life. ♦ have a better knowledge of different cultures, traditions and taboos. ♦ Improve awareness and ability of cross-cultural communication.
教学策略	运用线索法，将文化差异贯穿于本课教学始终，提高学生的跨文化交流能力，提升爱国主义情感。
教学过程（可续页）
教学步骤	所用时间	教师活动	学生活动	设计说明
Welcome to the unit Step 1: Lead-in Chinese people have our own way of greeting each other. But people in other countries will be totally at a loss if they are greeted in this way. Step 2：Sharing information About different ways of greeting in different countries Step 3: Discussion Reading Step 1: Scanning Step 2: Detailed reading for important information Step3: Introduce More information about different meanings of gestures in different countries Step4: Post-reading activities	3 分钟 4 分钟 4 分钟 7 分钟 7 分钟 10 分钟 15 分钟	Q: “Long time no see” and “Have you had your meal” are two typical sentences of greeting when Chinese people meet each other. Suppose President Hu greeted President Bush in this way, how would Mr. Bush react to it? Q1: As we all know, different countries have different cultures and customs. Look at the following pictures. In which countries do people greet each other in the way like the people in each picture do? Q2: Why do people greet each other in different ways in different parts of the world? 1. Do you think it’s important to learn cultural differences between different nations? Why? 2. Have you ever experienced cultural differences in your life? Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions. Just focus on and identify the information needed to answer these questions. 1. What’s the style of the text? 2. How many subjects of cultural differences are mentioned in the text? 3. What are these subjects? Fill in a form about different reactions of people from different countries in different situations. 1. Do you know some other gestures which have different meanings in different parts of the world? 2. What else do you know About the cultural differences between China and other countries? 1. Comparison: Make comparisons between The Double Seventh Festival in China and Valentine’s Day in western countries and ask students which one they think is more interesting to them. 2. Discussion: Nowadays more and more Chinese young people are crazy about Western festivals like Valentine’s Day and gradually forget about Chinese traditional festivals. What’s your opinion?	Of course all the students will laugh and agree that Mr. Bush will be totally at a loss Students are asked to describe all the pictures to find out the differences in the ways of greeting.. Students will come to a conclusion that the reason lies in cultural differences Give students 4 mins to discuss with each other in pairs and share their opinions and experiences Students will read the text quickly and find out the answers to the three questions. Students will read the text carefully this time and fill in the blanks in the form. Give students 10mins to talk about these two questions in groups and then ask two or three groups to tell their opinions to the rest of the class. Give students 15mins to work in small groups and then present their ideas to all of us.	以胡锦涛主席会见布什总统的照片作为导入，假设胡主席用中国人最常用的问候方式打招呼，布什总统会是什么反应？以此吸引学生注意力，活跃课堂气氛。让学生了解各国打招呼的方式，增加跨文化知识，并得出结论，打招呼方式的不同源自各国间的文化差异，引出阅读文章的主题：Cultural Differences 提高学生口语交流能力，并给予个别同学机会，让他们与全班同学分享自己曾在国外受文化差异冲击的亲身经历，更具有说服力。培养学生快速阅读并迅速找到较简单问题答案的能力。并能形成对文章框架及大意的整体理解。培养学生精读能力。在仔细阅读过程中找到填表所需要的细节信息，同时对文章有更进一步的理解。此时学生的课外知识得以很好地发挥，给平时对各国文化感兴趣的同学以展示的平台。由文化差异引出身边关于中西方情人节对比的热议话题。从课文内容进一步延伸，弘扬爱国主义情感，让学生意识到没有必要盲从西方文化，我国传统文化对我们更有意义，更值得保护和流传。
教学反思	通过本课教学，锻炼了学生泛读、精度以及在课文中寻找细节信息的能力。并通过同桌及小组讨论，了解到更多文化差异方面的信息。既提高了学生的兴趣，也提高了他们跨文化交流的知识水平和能力。最后的讨论将学生的爱国情感提高到一个新的层面，有利于培养青少年不盲目接受西方文化，而要尊重及保护中国传统文化的意识。但由于一个课时内要完成Welcome和Reading两个部分，时间略显紧张，学生讨论的时间不够充分，只能给部分同学展示的机会，有些遗憾。