3． A sample lesson plan for Using Language
(SHOWING OUR FEELINGS)

Aims
To help students read the passage SHOWING OUR FEELINGS.
To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing.
Procedures

I. Warming up
Read aloud to warm up: Let’s warm up by reading aloud to the recording of the text SHOWING OUR FEELINGS.

II. Guided reading
1. Reading and translating
Read the text SHOWING OUR FEELINGS and translate it into Chinese paragraph by paragraph. He Jing. You are to do paragraph 1, please. ….
 
2. Reading and underlining
Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.
Collocations from SHOWING OUR FEELINGS
Show all kinds of feeling, turn one’s back to…, show anger, close one’s hand, shake… at…, a universal facial expression, put…at ease, hide feelings, lose face, nod the head up and down, look away from…, hold one’s arms across one’s chest, protest…from …, turn toward…, roll one’s eyes, show respect for…, use gestures, give a hug to sb., stand close to…, with…open, look directly at…, look sb. in the eye, tell the truth, be wrong about…

3. Doing exercises
Now you are going to do exercises No. 1 and 2 on page 30 following the article.
The importance of body language
People can not live without each other, we are social beings. As soon as we are in contact with others we are communicating. For this we can make use of spoken and written language. In these ways we make the content of a message clear to each other. However we can also communicate without words. This kind of communication tells us something about the relationship between people. Often this is more important than getting the content of the message across. The communication about this non spoken communication, which tells us something about the relationship between people, is called Meta-Communication. Communicating about communication!

4. Writing
Turn to page 31. Make a list of three positive body language expressions and three negative body language expressions.
Non-verbal communication, or body language
o Refers to messaging without words
In a personal spoken message
o According to Albert Mehrabian, in Psychology Today (1968), of the total message
 7% is conveyed by the words
 38% by the vocal tones, and
 55% by facial and body expression
o Reading body language is an important skill

5. Listening, writing
Turn to page 31 and do the listening and writing exercises No. 1 and 2.
Positive gesture clusters - 1
●Acceptance
o Hand to chest
o Open arms and hands
o Touching gestures
o Moving closer, one to another
o Preening
o Sitting on one leg (for female)

Positive gesture clusters - 2
●Confidence
o Steepling (fingers touching like a church steeple)
o Hands behind back, authority position
o Back stiffened
o Hands in coat pockets with thumbs out
o Hands on lapels of coat
●Expectancy
o Rubbing palms
o Jingling money openly
o Crossed fingers
o Moving closer
Positive gesture clusters - 3
●Cooperation, readiness, openness
o Open hands
o Hands on hips
o Hands on mid-thigh while seated
o Sitting on edge of chair
o Arms spread, gripping edge of table or desk
o Moving closer
o Sprinter's position
o Hand-to-face gestures
Positive gesture clusters - 4
●Evaluation
o Hand-to-face gestures
o Head tilted
o Stroking chin
o Peering over glasses
o Taking glasses off, and cleaning
o Putting eye glass ear piece in mouth
o Pipe smoker gestures
o Getting up from table and walking around
o Putting hand to bridge of nose
Positive gesture clusters - 5
●Reassurance
o Touching
o Pinching flesh
o Chewing pen or pencil
o Rubbing over thumb
o Touching back of chair on entering room
o Biting finger nails
o Hands in pockets
Positive gesture clusters - 6
●Self-control
o Holding arm behind back
o Gripping wrist
o Locked ankles
Clenched hands

6. Speaking and writing
Discuss Lin Pei’s behaviour with your partner. Then write some advice for Lin Pei.