TeachingPlan(45mins) By王曉玲TeachingMaterialLivinginaConnectedWorld(theoptionalcourseforgrade2students)whichaimstocultivatestudents’comprehensivecompetenceinlisteningandspeakingaswellasstudents’abilityofcooperation,criticalthinkingandgrouplearning.2.TargetStudentsSeniorHighSchoolstudents(Grade2),whohavebetterintegratingskillsthanGrade1&2studentsandneedtofurtherdeveloptheirabilitytothinkcritically,expressideasclearly,cooperatesmoothlyandlearningroups.TeachingContents(45mins)Lesson7:CulturalDifferencesTeachingObjectivesLanguageCompetenceTotrainstudents’abilitytograspthemaininformationwhilewatching Englishvideos.ToencouragestudentstoexpresstheirideasinEnglish.Tohelpstudentstolearnsomewordsincidentally:context,well-being,credit, mentor.(2)CultureAwareness1)Tohelpstudentstoknowthedifferencebetweenwesternculturesandeasterncultures(individualvs.context)better.2)Toremindstudentsofbeingconfidentabouttheirowncultureaswellasrespectothercultures.(3)ThinkingQuality1)Tohelpstudentstothinklogicallyandcritically.2)Toimprovestudents'abilitytoanalyzeandsolveproblems.3)Tohelpstudentstoobserveandunderstandtheworldfromacross-culturalperspective.LearningAbilityTotrainstudents’abilitytolearningroupsandeffectively.Totrainstudents’abilitytomakefulluseofsourcesavailable.Totrainstudents’abilitytocooperatewitheachother.MainPointsandDifficultPointsToleadstudentstoworkingingroupsandcooperatingwitheachother.Toguidestudentstothinklogicallyandcritically.Toleadstudentstosolvingtheproblemproperly.TeachingMethodTask-basedLanguageTeachingTeachingAidsMulti-mediadevice,blackboardandchalk8.TeachingProceduresStep1.Lead-in:Begintheclasswithanactivity“Isyourbraineastorwest”toarousestudents’interest.(8mins)Greetthestudents.Let’shaveafunactivity(atest).Checktheanswers.Explaintheresultstothestudents.Leadtotoday’stopic—CulturalDifferences(individualvs.context).Step2.Watchavideotoknowthedifferencebetter.(5mins)1)Watchthevideoandtrytofillintheblanks.2)Watchthevideoagainandcompletethetable.3)Checktheanswers.Step3.FindouthowthisMevs.Wedifferenceshapesourbehavior.(7mins)Beforewatchingthevideo,guesstheanswersandwritedownthepredictionsonthehandout.Watchthevideoandchecktheanswers.Step4.ViewandDescribe(12mins)Giveanexampletothestudentsusingonepairofthepictures.Workingroupsononepairofthepictures(Step1,thinkofasituationinwhichpeopleinwesternculturesandeasternculturesdothingsdifferently.Step2,describehowtheydothingsseparately).Asksixgroupstosharetheirideaswiththewholeclass.Step5.AskstudentstohelpMegantosolveherproblem.(12mins)AskstudentstofindoutwhatMegan’sproblemis.WorkingroupstodiscusswhatadvicetogivetoMegan.Asksomegroupstosharetheirideaswiththewholeclass.Leadstudentstoreachtheconclusion:seekcommongroundwhilereservingdifferences.Step6.Homework.(1min)Doresearchononeofthefollowingtopicstoknowmoreaboutthedifferencesbetweenwesternandeasterncultures.Nextweek,giveapresentation(within7minutes)totheclass.Twogroupsworktogethertodoonetopic.Topics:(1)Food(Group1&2)(2)Etiquette(Group3&4)(3)Bodylanguage(Group5&6)(4)Interpersonalrelationship(Group7&8)(5)Second