unitreadingShowingourfeelings.ppt

Using Language Reading & talking Showing Our FeelingsListen to the recording first and try to understand the words or phrases connected to BODY LANGUAGE and the expressions of personal emotions and reactions.ReadingTrue or False statements1.Body language is never as important as spoken language.2.2. If you are angry at a person, you might turn your back to him or her.3.3. You can threaten a person by refusing to speak.4.4.If you stand with our arms across your body, you are always protecting yourself from being physically attacked.FFFT5. If you sit looking away from a person, or with your back turned, you are saying you are not interested in that person.6. You should not greet your new boss by giving her or him a hug.7. Body language is the same all over the world.8. Most people can understand each other if they try.FTTTRead the passage again and try to discuss the following questions in a small group. Refer the correct statements above to help you1.How can we know others’ feelings, even if they don’t speak to us?2.2. Why should we be careful of our own body language? 3.3. Why is it important to watch others as well as listen to them?1.How can we know others’ feelings, even if they don’t speak to us?We can watch the expressions on people’s faces; we can look at whether they face us or look away; we can observe how they hold their arms and hands; we can see whether they are close to or far away from others. Are they smiling,frowning, shrugging, holding their arms in front of them or touching other people?2. Why should we be careful of our own body language?We need to communicate without being misunderstood. We can’t be impolite in other cultures.3. Why is it important to watch others as well as listen to them?We need to watch other people because they may be communicating one idea in words and a different one in body language.。