L/O/G/O 华中师范大学外国语学院 杨 洋 新世纪大学英语系列教材 《综合教程》 第三册 第六单元

Text A: Culture Shock Unit 6 Intercultural Communication Book 3 Teaching material

Communicative goal: to talk about culture differences in class Knowledge goal: to grasp the main idea and the structure of Text A Emotional goal: to enhance students’ culture awareness Teaching goals

Communicative Approach Task-based Approach Audio-visual Approach Teaching Methods

Time allotment: Part I Pre-reading activities 30 minutes Part II Global reading 15 minutes Teaching procedure: Part I Pre-reading activities Activity 1: lead-in questionsActivity 1 Activity 2: some examples of cultural differencesActivity 2 Activity 3: culture clashes: A video clipActivity 3 Part II Global reading Activity 1: pre-reading questionActivity 1 Activity 2: global readingActivity 2 Teaching procedure

L/O/G/O Thanks!

What is culture and Intercultural Communication? Culture: Customs, arts, social institutions, etc of a particular group or people (Oxford); The culture of a particular organization or group consists of the habits of the people in it and the way they generally behave (Collins); The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group (wikipedia). Intercultural communication refers to interaction or communication between people from different cultural backgrounds. Activity 1: Lead-in Questions

Activity 2: Examples of culture differences

Giving and receiving gifts Responding to compliments Greeting others

Activity 3: Culture clashes: A video clip (The Joy Luck Club/ 《喜福会》 )

A Video clip from the movie The Joy Luck Club Watch video and discuss

Major Characters Waverly Jong Rich Shields Chinese immigrant Waverly’s boyfriend American Lindo’s daughter American- raised Chinese Lindo Jong

Waverly intends to find a right moment to tell her mother about her marriage plans, so she brings Rich to her mother’s birthday dinner. She hopes Rich would leave a good impression on her mother and thus win her favor, but Rich behaves unexpectedly throughout the dinner. Scenario

Directions Observe Rich’s behaviors and decide which of them are: appropriate inappropriate

__________________ appropriate Rich’s behaviors observation inappropriate __________________

appropriate Rich’s behaviors observation inappropriate __________________ _________________________ Shaking hands Bringing gifts Drinking impolitely Praising Lindo’s cooking Using chopsticks clumsily Eating with fingers Eating without considering others Criticizing Lindo’s famous dish to her face _________________________ Calling Lindo by her first name _________________________ Kissing Waverly in front of her patents

Suppose you were thrown into a strange culture, what would you feel? Activity 1: Pre-reading question Culture shock Fish Out of water

Text A Culture Shock

What When When Activity 2: Global Reading Who How How Why Why

What? Who? An occupational disease People who have been suddenly transplanted abroad Why? Lack of understanding of other people’s culture Lack of means of communication When People entering a strange culture When? When Get to know the people of the host country How?