4.Which American gestures might be interpreted as obscene by other cultures? ·A-okay 。In the Middle East”:an obscene gesture Thumb up ·Afghanistan ·Pointing Japan
4. Which American gestures might be interpreted as obscene by other cultures? A-okay Thumb up Pointing In the Middle East” :an obscene gesture Afghanistan Japan
5.What might a smile mean in other cultures? oreans and Japanese 6.Why should I be careful when looking people from other cultures in the eye? 7.How does listening posture differ among cultures?
5. What might a smile mean in other cultures? Koreans and Japanese 6. Why should I be careful when looking people from other cultures in the eye? 7. How does listening posture differ among cultures?
Lead-in Activities Activity 4:Case Study There was a preschool in the United States, and the new teacher had just come,and she was to teach the children colors and parts of the body.And they had these outlines of the body, and she said,"Color the hands orange,color the feet purple,color the clothes green."The children followed the instructions well until she said,put brown eyes on the face."The children wouldn't do it.“Put a red mouth.”The children wouldn't do it.And everything that she asked them to do,every feature to put on this blank face the children refused to do.She just couldn't understand what was going on
There was a preschool in the United States, and the new teacher had just come, and she was to teach the children colors and parts of the body. And they had these outlines of the body, and she said, “Color the hands orange, color the feet purple, color the clothes green.” The children followed the instructions well until she said, “ put brown eyes on the face." The children wouldn't do it. “Put a red mouth.” The children wouldn't do it. And everything that she asked them to do, every feature to put on this blank face the children refused to do. She just couldn't understand what was going on. Lead-in Activities Activity 4: Case Study
Body language speaks louder than words
Body language speaks louder than words
Assignment: Work in groups to create a "survival gesture book for foreign visitors in China (the do's and taboos). Here is a sample from one of the groups
Assignment: Work in groups to create a “survival gesture book ” for foreign visitors in China (the do’s and taboos). Here is a sample from one of the groups