口语微课教案Cultural-difference

1/5微课课程设计学校：福建幼儿师范高等专科学校设计者：温海花时间：2014.6.18所属学科：英语教学课程：英语口语专业：英语专业适用对象：学习交际英语的学生主题：HowdifferentistheEastfromtheWest一、整体设计思路和教学特色1.设计思路成功的英语交际不仅需要正确的语法和词汇，更需要交际文化知识来避免文化冲突导致的交际障碍。因此，本微课围绕中西文化的主要差异，结合日常生活中的社交场景，从总体上指导如何应对不同文化下的交际，同时达到提高学生跨文化交际意识的目的。2.教学特色特色一，把中西文化差异点和实际生活场景相结合，在交际案例中学会文化差异和跨文化交际的技巧，提高口语交际能力，兼具实用性和趣味性；特色二，突出对跨文化交际能力的培养，文化素质以及社交综合素质的培养，将应试教育和素质教育相结合。二、教学目标分析1.知识与技能学生能记住中西方主要的文化差异点，并学会如何在实际生活中应对文化差异带来的日常交际问题2.情感、态度和价值观培养中西文化差异意识；主动了解西方的文化来正确的学习交际英语。四、教学方法采取导入--分析--对比--总结的教学模式，并采用循序渐进的任务教学法和启发式教学法。通过导入电影《刮痧》的跨文化语言场景，多方位启发学生思考，引导并分析影响英语交际的主要文化差异点，再通过对比式教学让学生理解交际用语中的文化差异。最后再次联系《刮痧》，总结强调文化遵从和理解对跨文化交际的重要性。五、教学过程2/5Toknowanother’slanguageandnothiscultureisaverywaytomakeafluentfoolofone’sself.---WinstonBrembeckThisclearlyshowsthatsecondlanguagelearningrequiresthelearnerstopossessbothEnglishculturalknowledgeandlanguagecompetence.Conflictsmayoccurbecausepeoplefromdifferentculturalbackgrounddon’tseeeyetoeyewitheachotheronmanythings.Nowlet’swatchanexcerptfromthefilmGuaSha.Thenthinkaboutthefollowingquestions.Step1.Warm-up倒入电影片段《刮痧》，提出问题：1.WhatdifferencebetweentheChinesecultureandtheAmericancultureisbeingportrayedinthisexcerpt?2.Inyouropinion,isthereatypicalChineseorWesterner?Ifthereis,whatarethefeaturesofatypicalChinese?Andwhatarethetypicalfeaturesofawesterner?Ifthereisn’t,whynot?Teacher(T):Conflictsmayoccurbecausepeoplefromdifferentculturalbackgrounddon’tseeeyetoeyewitheachotheronmanythings.Soit’simportantforustoknowhowdifferenttheEastfromtheWest.That’swhatmakesthecommunicationsucceed.Step2.FirstResponse:Workinpairs.HowwouldyourespondtotheWesternerinthefollowingsituations?Choosefromthetwoanswersandgivereasonsforyourchoices.1.You’rewearinganewdress.Anexchangestudentinyourclasscomplimentsyou,“youlookgreat!”Yousay__a.It’snothingb.ThankyouComments:BeinghumbleisconsideredtobeanimportantvirtueinChineseculture.Sowhenbeingcomplimented,Chinesetendtotakeahumbleattitudebysaying“没什么，过奖了；哪里，哪里！NO,no.Justsoso!Youareflatteringme”,whilewesternerstendtoappreciateitbyjustsaying“thankyou”.2.Youarehavingaworkinglunchwiththeforeignexpertofyourschool.He’s3/5English.Whenaskedwhetherhewantstotrysomebeancurd,hesays,“No,thanks!”Yousay__a.Dotrysome.It’sthechef’srecommendation.b.Ok.Comments:Bysaying“尝一点吧，这是大厨推荐的哦!”,theChinesewanttoshowhiskindnessandhospitality.Buttothewesterner,heistryingtoimposehisideaonhim,whichwouldmakehimuncomfortable.“Respectanddonotimposeyourselfonothers”isanimportantruleindealingwithinterpersonalrelationship.3.Theforeignexpertofyourschool,whoisfromtheUS,introducesherteenagesontoyouandmentions,“Hewantstostarthisownbusiness.”Yousaytotheboy___a.Isthatpossible?Youaretooyoung,I’mafraid.b.Awesome!Comments:Westernersbelievethatit’simportanttoencouragechildrennomatterhowimpossiblethedreamsounds.It’snormalforChinesetosay“是吗？恐怕你太小了吧！”withoutanymeaningofoffending.Butthewesternersmaythinkthatyouarelaughingattheboy’sfancy,whichwouldbetakenasextremelyimpolite.小结：Let’sseethedifferencebetweenChinesecomplimentsandEnglishcompliments.Step3.AnalyzingCulturaldifferencesCanyouexplaintheculturaldifferencesaccordingtothefollowingcases.CaseOne:NoStand-upWhenYourLeaderComesInWhenmybosscameintomyofficeforthefirsttime,Istoodupimmediatelytoshowmyrespect.Thebossmisunderstoodmybehavior,thoughtIwasgoingout,andsaidhewouldtailwithmeinawhile.Iwasaccustomedtorespectingallthoseinauthority.Atanacademicconference,aforeignexpertcameinlate,andunfortunatelyhadtostandbehindme,Iofferedmyseattohim.Hesaid“Thanks”andsatdown.Duringtheconference,hekeptturningaroundandlookingatme,whichmademefeelillatease.Whentheconferencewasover,hecameoverandapologizedtome,“Ithoughtyouwereleavingtheconference.Youdon’thavetoofferme.”CaseTwo:NoHelpforOldPeople4/5Mylandladywasover70andwegotalongverywell.Oncewhenwewereascendingthestairstogether,Istretchedoutmyhandstogivehersomehelp.Shesaid,“Icandoit.Thankyou.”Ithoughtshewasjustbeingpolite,soIescortedhertothetopfloor.Herfaceshowedthatshecoulddonothingaboutmyover-kindness.Soonafter,Isawhergoingupthestairsalone,Iforgotmypreviouslessonandpracticed“LeiFeng”onceagain.Thistime,half-jokinglyandhalf-seriously,sheaskedme,“Youngman,doyouthinkIamoldanduseless?WhenIhavetomovemyselfonawheelchair,I’llaskyouforhelp.”Istoodthere,blushedandpuzzled.Comments:IndividualismVS.CollectivismIndividualismisthemostimportantfeatureinwesternculture,inwhichpeoplevalueequalityandindependence.Thewesternersdon’tsharetheChineseideaaboutsocialrelationship,whichemphasizeshierarchyandharmoniousinterpersonalrelationship.Theybelievethatallpeopleareequalandshouldhavethesamerightsandopportunities.Theybelievethatone’sdestinyisnotdecidedbyhisbirth,race,orcolor.Everyonehastheopportunitytobeoneinauthoritybyhisowneffort,likeLincolnandObama.Theimportanceofsocialrankingisminimal.Theypreferinformalrelationship,andaremostcomfortablewiththeirpeergroups.Chinesearemostcomfortableinthepresenceofhierarchyinwhichtheyknowtheirpositionandtherulesforbehaviorinthesituation.Peoplewhorespecttheoldandthehigherauthoritiesareconsideredtobequitecultivated.Thatiswhyincaseonewhenthebosscamein,the