speaking ringing writing typing Spoken language Written language Body language Ways of communicating gesture facial expression action

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

Guess 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

Ways to greet someone without words: handshake

kiss bow hug

act it out without speaking “Hello” “Goodbye” “Come here” “Go away!” “surprised!” “tired.” “confused.” “Good luck!” “delighted!” “upset!” “sad!” “You’re great!”

I. Read the passage and divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea. Part 1. (Para. 1) Meet the visitors at the airport.

Part 2 (Para. 2 and 3) People from different countries express greetings in different ways. Part 3. (Para. 4) Different peoples have different body languages. Part 4. (Para. 5) Summary of body language.

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

Complete the chart with information from the passage.

Name Description Body Language To Whom Tony Garcia everyone no touching man from Japan man from Colombia kiss on the cheek Julia Smith woman from Britain everyone Akira Nagata bowing everyone

NameDescriptionBody Language To Whom George Cook to men to women shake hands and kiss twice on each cheek man from Canada shaking hands everyone Ahmed Aziz man from Jordan shaking hands nodding Darlene Coulon woman from France people she knows

Country/ Area Ways to greet each other Britain Canada Japan do not stand very close to others or touch strangers when they meet, shake hands shake hands bow

Spain, Italy, South American countries approach others closely and are more likely to touch them

Body language varies from culture to culture.

GestureCountryMeaning a circle with one’s thumb and index finger most countries Japan France Germany Brazil zero rude money OK

GestureCountryMeaning thumbs up the US Nigeria Germany Japan No.1 rude great / good job

GesturescountriesMeanings Kiss on the cheek A firm handshake A loving hug A bow / a nod of head Greet friends France Russia Other countries

Talk about body languages you usually use.