Unit 3 reading English 12

Paragraph 5 : Paragraph 3 4: : Paragraph Paragraph 12 : : got your friend’s attention, Once you have Paragraph There are, however, some social situations where you shouldn’t point at gav[r]

Match the action with the suitable picture

e raising the hands

c jumping up and down

g waving

a clapping the hands f nodding his head

b pointing to the board d whistling

Forms of

non-verbal communicati

on

Some ways of socializing

socialize/ socialise with (v) /’səʊʃəlaɪz/

1 What are the people

in the pictures doing ?

In picture 1: They are shaking hands and greeting each other

In picture 2: They are waving to say goodbye

I BEFORE YOU READ UNIT 3: WAYS OF SOCIALISING

A- READING

2 What will you do and/ or say if

- you want to get your teacher’s attention in class?

- you need to ask someone a question, but they are busy talking to someone else?

question?

UNIT 3: WAYS OF SOCIALISING

non-verbal forms of communication Let us look

at non-verbal communication in English Probably the most common way of attracting someone’s

attention is by waving For example, if we are at a noisy party and see a friend come in the door about

20 metres away, we might raise our hand and wave

to her as a signal that we see her

chú ý của ai

Paragraph 2

But how hard can we gave in a situation like this ? Suppose you are at the airport and you see your brother get off the plane and begin walking towards you If you are excited,

you might jump up and down and wave as hard as you can to attract his attention This

is the instance where big, obvious verbal signals are appropriate

non-UNIT 3: WAYS OF SOCIALISING

Paragraph 3

There are, however, some social situations

where smaller non-verbal signals are more

appropriate In a restaurant, for example, if

we want to attract the attention of our waiter,

we have several choices We can wait until

he passes near us, catch his eye, and nod

slightly to let him know we would like him to

come to our table or we can raise our hand

slightly to show that we need assistance We

do not whistle or clap our hands to get the

person attention That is considered impolite

and even rude

UNIT 3: WAYS OF SOCIALISING

Paragraph 4

In most social situations where some

informality is allowed, a brief raise of

the hand and a small wave is fine For instance, if you are walking across the schoolyard and see your teacher

approaching you, a small friendly

wave to attract his or her attention is appropriate

Grade 12 UNIT 3: WAYS OF SOCIALISING

Paragraph 5

Once you have got your friend’s attention, you shouldn’t point at the person or thing you want her to look at A slight nod will do Pointing at someone is usually considered rude Of course, there are times when

pointing is perfectly acceptable, such as when a teacher wants to get someone’s attention in class The teacher often points

to the students and says, “David, would you read the next sentence please?” Pointing here is not impolite; it simply a way to get someone’s attention

UNIT 3: WAYS OF SOCIALISING

A- READING

Grade 12

NEW WORDS

 verbal /'vɜ:bəl/ (adj) >< non-verbal (adj)

bằng lời nói >< không bằng lời

 formality /fɔ:'mæləti/(n) >< informality (n)

Sự trang trọng >< Sự không trang trọng

 rude /ru:d/ (adj) thô lỗ

 attract someone’s attention:

giao lưu, hòa nhập xã hội

UNIT 3: WAYS OF SOCIALISING

A- READING

Paragraph 1 :

To attract someone’s attention so that we might

speak to that person, we can use either verbal or

non-verbal forms of communication Let us look

at non-verbal communication in English

Probably the most common way of attracting

someone’s attention is by waving For example,

if we are at a noisy party and see a friend come

in the door about 20 metres away, we might

raise our hand and wave to her as a signal that

we see her

Paragraph 2 :

But how hard can we gave in a situation like

this ? Suppose you are at the airport and you

see your brother get off the plane and begin

walking towards you If you are excited,

you might jump up and down and wave as

hard as you can to attract his attention This

is the instance where big, obvious

non-verbal signals are appropriate

Paragraph 3 :

There are, however, some social situations where

smaller non-verbal signals are more appropriate In a restaurant, for example, if we want to attract the

attention of our waiter, we have several choices We can wait until he passes near us, catch his eye, and

nod slightly to let him know we would like him to

come to our table or we can raise our hand slightly

to show that we need assistance We do not whistle

or clap our hands to get the person attention That is considered impolite and even rude.

Paragraph 4 :

In most social situations where some

informality is allowed, a brief raise of the hand and a small wave is fine For instance, if you are walking across the schoolyard and see

your teacher approaching you, a small

friendly wave to attract his or her attention is appropriate.

Paragraph 5 :

Once you have got your friend’s attention,

you shouldn’t point at the person or thing you want her to look at A slight nod will do

Pointing at someone is usually considered

rude Of course, there are times when

pointing is perfectly acceptable, such as

when a teacher wants to get someone’s

attention in class The teacher often points to the students and says, “David, would you

read the next sentence please?” Pointing

here is not impolite; it simply a way to get

someone’s attention.

A B 1.To attract

2.To need 3.To catch 4.To nod 5.To say

Task 1 : Match a word in A with a phrase in

B to make a meaningful expression.

b

e c a d

A Attracting Attention : Non – verbal Cues

B Attracting Attention by Waving

C The Best Ways of Attracting Attention

Task 2 : Decide which of the three options below is the best title for the passage.

Key : A Attracting Attention : Non – verbal Cues

Ways of attracting somebody’s attention

TASK 3: Answer the following questions.

1 What can we do when we want to attract someone’s attention?

2 What are considered to be big, obvious non-verbal signals?

3 What can we do if we want to attract the waiter’s attention?

4 If you are walking across the schoolyard and see

your teacher approaching you, what can you do to attract his/her attention?

5 Why shouldn't you point at the person or thing you want your friend to look at once you’ve got his/her attention?

1 2 3

4 5 6

1 What can we do when we want to attract someone’s attention ?

→ We can use either verbal or non- verbal

communication

→ Jumping up and down and waving as

hard as you can.

2 What can considered to be big, obvious non – verbal signal ?

3 What can we do if we want to attract the waiter’s attention ?

→ We can wait until he passes near us,

catch his eye, nod slightly to let him know

we would like him to come to our table, or

we may raise our hand slightly to show that

we need assistance.

4 If you are walking across the schoolyard and see your teacher approaching you, What can you do

to attract her attention ?

→ You can use a small friendly wave to attract his or her

attention.

5 Why shouldn't you point at the person or thing ?

→ Because pointing at someone (it) is considered rude.

TASK 3: Questions - Answers

1 We can use either verbal or non- verbal

communication.

3 If we want to attract the waiter’s attention, we can

wait until he passes near us, catch his eye, and nod

slightly to let him know we would like him to come to

our table Or we can raise our hand slightly to show

that we need assistance.

4 You can use a small friendly wave to attract his or

Clapping hands Discuss the meaning of whistling Whistling and

hand – clapping in Vietnamese.

Work in groups of 4 and discuss the meanings of

whistling and hand-clapping in Vietnamese culture

* Hand-clapping:

-

- -

- -

UNIT 3: WAYS OF SOCIALISING

A- READING III AFTER YOU READ

Grade 12

When do people often whistle and clap hands?

* Whistling:

- When relaxing

- When wanting to attract other people’s attention

- When giving compliments (at a perfromance)

- When being happy, excited about something

* Hand-clapping:

- When giving compliments

- When encouraging somebody

-When showing your agreement with

somebody’s ideas, opinions

- When wanting to attract other people’s attention

- Giving signal to call some one to come,

Learn by heart the

new words

Prepare the new

lesson

What action does this picture tell you?

raising the hands

Jumping up and down

=> jump (v)

What action does this picture tell you?

What action does this picture tell you?

clapping the hands

=> clap the hands

What action does this picture tell you?

nodding his head

=> Nod (v, n)

waving What action does this picture tell you?

=> wave (v)

pointing to the board What action does this picture tell you?

=> point (v) to/ at

whistling What action does this picture tell you?

=> whistle (v)