Body Language
Warming up
What is body language?
Body language is one form of nonverbal communication (非言辞交际) without using words. Eye contact, facial expression, gesture, and posture (姿势), or the way you stand, are different kinds of body language.
Good!
Bad!
Come here!
Good luck!
Me?
I don’t know!
Body language varies from culture to culture.
show interest
rude or
disrespectful
zero
rude
money
OK
Comparison
Open one’s eye or mouth wide.
Reading
Communication:
No problem?
Predict what you think the topic will be?

Tony Garcia (Columbia)
Julia Smith (Britain)
George Cook (Canada)
Japanese- Akira Nagata
Reading comprehension
While reading, please try to divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea.
Part 1. (para. 1)
You are sent to Capital International Airport to meet this year’s international students.
Part 2 (para. 2 and 3 )
Examples of learned or cultural “body language”.
Part 3. (para. 4 )
Different peoples have different body languages.
Part 4. (para. 5)
Summary of body language.
Englishmen often stand close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet.
Most people around the world now greet each other by kissing .
Read the text carefully, then decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
F
F
Japanese will bow to others as greeting.
People from Jordan will move very close to you as you introduce yourself to them.
Some body languages in some countries are good while some countries’ body language are bad.
T
T
F
1. How do different international students behave when they greet people? Complete the chart with information from the passage .
Post reading
man from Colombia
kiss on the cheek
Julia Smith
woman from Britain
everyone
Akira Nagata
bowing
everyone
man from Canada
shaking hands
everyone
Ahmed Aziz
man from Jordan
shaking hands nodding
Darlene Coulon
woman from France
people she knows
1. What is the main idea of the text?
A. There are different customs in
different countries.
B. Foreigners should follow the
customs of the country where they
are visiting.
C. People use body movements to send
messages and different body
movements have different meanings.
D. The importance of knowing customs.
Choose the correct one.
2. If two men stand close to each other while talking, they cannot be from _____.
A. an Arab country B. USA
C. Britain D. Russia
3. What should a Chinese young man do when he meets his Russian friend in Moscow?
A. Kiss him.
B. Nod his head to his friend.
C. Shake hands with him.
D. Smile at him.
4. If you go to some Asian countries, which of the following can you do?
A. Touch the head of a boy.
B. Nod your head to others.
C. Sit with your feet pointing at
another person.
D. Kiss each other.
5. “Foreigners should follow these customs when they are visiting these countries.”
The underlined word here means ___.
A. habits B. fault
C. words D. performance