Lesson Plan
Region: Samtskhe-Javakheti
Town: Vale
Public School #2
Teacher: Natia Manvelishvili
Grade: VIII
Lesson Topic: Multicultural Understand
Saying it
without words
Body language in different cultures.
Overall Objective: Students will be able to identify the customs
of greeting people and carrying on conversation with people from: America,
Britain, France, Russia, Japan, China and the Arab world.
Language objective: Students will be able to know the definitions
of: facial, hug, bow, rude, respond and common and use these words in
sentences.
Civic Education
objectives: Students
will be able to complete a chart about customs in Georgia and English. On the
topic to communicate with people. To use pictures to help students to learn about
different cultures.
Class context and
needs: Secondary
grades
Materials: Attached
Activities: Warm up, pre-reading , while-reading, post-reading
questions, summary.
Assessment
Reflection
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Stage on lesson
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Activity
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Time
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Warm-up /pre-reading
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Ask
students to answer the questions with gestures, without words. For example
what gestures they use when:
1.
They want someone to be quiet?
2.
They say goodbye to people?
3.
They don’t know the answer or don’t know what to do?
4.
They are very surprised or shocked?
Next,
teacher tells to students the information about different customs.
For
example, in Georgia when we are very happy or when we meet to someone we
always smile. But the Japanese may smile when they are confused or angry.
People in other cultures may not smile at everyone to indicate ”Hallo”.
A
smile may be reserved for friends.
“Nod”- head up and down we say “Yes”. But in Bulgaria
and Greece this gesture means “No”.
And
teacher explains that we use words to communicate with people, but we also
use body language particularly gestures and facial expressions. And different
people have different body language.
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10 min
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Activity 1/ pre reading
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Give
them handout1 and students describe what they see the pictures.
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2 min
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Activity 2 / while-reading
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Gives
them handout 2 the text about “saying it without words”. They should read
text and write new words.
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10 min
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Activity 3 / while-reading
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Teacher
explains the new words with transcription and gives handout 3 and they should
match the words with explanations.
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5 min
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Activity 4 / while-reading
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Give
them handout 4 and students match these headings with paragraphs 1-4. (in the
handout 2)
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3 min
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Activity 5 / post-reading
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Give
them handout 5 answer the questions.
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10 min
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Feedback
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Use
the chart for pair work, handout 6. To the end of the lesson students write
what they understand. They compare how people in their country and in other countries
behave.
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5 min
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Handout1
Handout2
1 ____
Older
people in Britain usually-shake hands when
they meetfor the first time, but young people don't do this very often. In France, many people shake
hands every time they see each other
- they say the French spend 20 minutes a day shaking hands. In Britain, men often kiss women ftiends once
or twice on the cheek and women sometimes kiss each other too, but men don't usually kiss
each other. However, Russian men often kiss each
other, and men in the Arab world often hug and kiss each other on the cheek. Mean while, in Japan, people
bow when they meet each other;
neither men nor women kiss in
public.
2____
Americans usually
like people who smile and agree with them, but Australians are often more interested in people who disagree with them or have a different opinion. So sometimes Americans think 'Australians are rude and unfriendly, and some
Australians think polite,
friendly Americans are boring! In most of Europe it's friendly to smile at strangers, but in many Asian countries it isn't polite.
3____
In Western cultures, young people
and adults look each in the eye
during a conversation to show interest
and trust, but in many Asian countries,
it's rude to look people in the eye,
especially a superior, such as a teacher. In Britain and United States it isn't polite to stare at strangers, but Indians often look long and thoughtfully at people
they don't know;
4____
In Britain, it's polite to respond
during conversations and to make
comments to show that you're
Interested. But in of Northern
Europe, for example, Finland,
it's quite for people to stay silent when someone is talking to them. In China,
Japan, and Korea, young people don't
usually' start conversations with
adults and only speak if an adult speaks to them. In contrast, Americans encourage young
people to conversations.
Handout
3
Facial adj. --------a. not polite
Hug v. ------b. bend your body forward
Bow v. ------c. of the face
Rude adj. ------d. reply
Respond v.----e. put your arms round
Common adj.—f. usual
Handout 4
1.
Silence
2. Eye contact
3. Greeting
4. Facial expression
Handout 5
Answer the question
In which country or countries do…….
1. People shake hands a lot?
2. People not look superiors in the eye?
3. Young people
wait for adults to talk to them?
4. People sometimes not respond during
conversations?
5. Men put their arms round each other?
6. People often stare at strangers?
Handout
6
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How people in your
country (in Georgia) behave.
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How people in other
countries behave.
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How often do people
shake hand when they meet?
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What can you tell
about smile?
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How do you think is it
rude to look people in the eye?
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People use gestures
and facial expressions?
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