Teaching Each Other Gestures
Laura Domae
GRADE LEVEL: | SHS (any grade/any level) |
SKILLS: | Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing, Presentation |
TIME: | 65 minutes |
MATERIALS: | Can You Guess the Gesture? worksheets, pieces of paper with one gesture written on each (one for each student) |
OBJECTIVES:
1. To learn about gestures used in other countries
2. To be exposed to the differences in the meaning of gestures between other countries and Japan
PROCEDURE:
1. Introduction – Start by writing the word “Gestures” on the board and explain to students that gestures are a way of communicating with others without necessarily using words. Show some examples.
2. Warm-up – Next hand out a small piece of paper with a gesture written on each. Students will read their gesture and be sure not to show anyone else their paper. Students will all stand up and walk around the classroom, while acting out the gesture and looking for other students who are doing the same gesture. The purpose of the game is for the students to eventually find their group of 6/7 students who received the same gesture paper.
3. Body of Lesson – Then hand out Can You Guess the Gesture? worksheets. Read aloud all of the words and explain them in English. Get students to write the Japanese word(s) beside the English so that they will remember the meaning. The ALT will say “number 1” and then act out a gesture. Students will write the number 1 on the line beside the gesture they believe the ALT is acting out. Proceed through numbers two to twelve. Repeat if necessary. Ask students to volunteer to come up to the board and write the answers.
4. Closure – Finally put students back into their gesture groups and ask each group to think of a Japanese gesture. Each group will present their gesture while the JTE, ALT and other students try and decipher its meaning.
NOTES:
- During the warm-up activity choose gestures that SHS students will know to avoid confusion and wasting time
- I got my students to write the Japanese word beside each English word on the Can You Guess the Gesture? worksheet so that the activity went smoothly and they could easily locate which gesture I was acting out
- Students loved that I was acting out all of these gestures and found it very entertaining (eg. talk to the hand, loser) even though some of the gestures are a bit dated
WORKSHEETS and HANDOUTS:
The handouts for this lesson plan are here
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