Unit4 Body language
reading
Come here !
Good ! / Great !
“No,You can not do that"
OK
She is deaf and dump, so body language plays a very important part in her life.
What is body language?
Body language is the movements or positions of our body that show other people what we are thinking or feeling.
Such as eye contact, facial expression, gesture, and posture.
Different ways to meet or part
handshake
a loving hug
a kiss on the cheek
nose- kiss
two palms together
bowing
Different countries have different body languages.
Different body languages has
the same meaning.
Same body language has the
different meanings.
Postures that have different meanings:
Japan
money
France
Zero
Brazil & Germany
rude
US
Nigeria
Germany & Japan
Great & good job
rude
Number one
Waving one’s
hand (s)
Shaking one’s head
or hand
Reading
Communication:
No problem?

Fast reading: find the characters and where they are from?
Julia Smith
Columbia
Canada
Ahmed Aziz
France
China
Which is the main idea of the text?

A. There are different customs in different countries.
B. Foreigners should follow the customs of the country where they are visiting.
C. People use body movements to send messages and different body movements have different meanings.
D. The importance of knowing customs.
Fast reading:

C) You are sent to Capital International Airport to meet international students.
A) Summary of body language.
B) Different peoples have different body language.
D) Examples of learned or cultural “body language”.
(Para1)
(Para 2 and 3)
(Para 4 )
(Para 5)
Part 1 :
Part 2:
Part 3:
Please divide the passage into four parts and find out the main idea of each part.
Part 4:
Tony Garcia (Columbia)

Julia Smith (Britain)

Akira Nagata (Japan)

George Cook (Canada)

Darlene Coulon (France)
Matching the people and the different ways of greeting (para2&5)
shakes hands and kisses others twice on each cheek

Bows

shakes hands

approaches others closely and touches their shoulder and kisses them on the cheek

does not stand very close to others or touch strangers
Careful reading :
Tony Garcia (Columbia)
Julia Smith (Britain)
Akira Nagata (Japan)
George Cook (Canada)
Englishmen often stand close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet.
Most people around the world now greet each other by kissing .
Japanese will bow to others as greeting.
People from Jordan will move very close to you as you introduce yourself to them.
Some body languages in some countries are good while some countries’ body language are bad.
Read the text carefully, then decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
T
F
T
F
F
don’t
shaking hands.
E.g. Ahmed Aziz
None of these actions is either good or bad.

Ways to greet each other
Approach others closely and are more likely to touch them.
Bow
Shake hands.
Shake hands and stand quite close to other men. Nod to women but do not shake hands with them.

Countries: Japan , Jordan , Columbia,
Canada
Columbia
Japan
Canada
Jordan
you
male or female
Male: Ahmed Aziz moves very close to you and ask you a question, and shakes your hands.
male
An Englishman and a man from Jordan meet for the first time, an interesting thing happens.
…
Discussion:
Guess why?
.English people usually do not stand very close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet.
.People from Jordan often move close to others (man), and shake their hands.
.Body language is very general, and not all members of all cultures behave the same way.
Homework
1. Get ready to retell the text in your own words.
2. Preview the next part.
Bye-bye