Period2ReadingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodThisperiodisthehighlightofthewholeunit.Itlaysemphasisonreadingandunderstanding.Firsttheteachershouldcheckifthestudentshavemasteredthenewwordsandexpressionsbyaskingthemtofillintheblanksofsomesentencesbyusingsomeofthewordsandphrasesthatwillappearinthereadingpassage.Thispartcanhelpthestudentstolearnwordsandexpressionsbyheartinacertainlanguagesituation.TheninPre-readingpart,thestudentsareaskedtodistinguishthedifferencesbetweentheUK,GreatBritainandEngland.Hence,theteachercanleadtothetopicofthehistoricalinfluenceongeographyinthecountry.Providedwithtwosimplequestions:“DidthecountriesoftheUKunitepeacefullyorbywar?WhereshouldwegoifwewanttoappreciatesomehistoricalattractionsoftheUK?”,thestudentswillreadthepassagefastandfindtheanswersdirectlyinthepassage.Next,thestudentswillfirstlistentothetapewiththeirtextbooksclosed.Inordertomakethisstepefficient,theteacherwillprovidethemwithfivestatementsbasedonthepassage.Whilelistening,thestudentsshouldjudgewhetherthesestatementsaretrueorfalse.Ifitisfalse,thestudentsshouldcorrectit.Thenthestudentswillbegivenseveralminutestoreadthepassagesilently.Theyshoulddividethepassageintothreepartsandwritethemainideasofeachpart.Inordertohelpthestudentsunderstandthepassagebetter,theteachercanprovidesomecomprehendingexercises,includingansweringsomequestions,paraphrasingsomedifficultsentences.Astothesecond,thirdandsixthparagraphs,thestudentswillfinishtwotables,analyzingthedetails.Thepurposeofthisstepistotrainthestudents’abilityofreadingcomprehension,whichisaveryimportantskill.Atlast,thestudentswilldoaspeakingtaskinpairs.OneactsasavisitortoEnglandandtheotheractsasanativeEnglishman.ThevisitorisaskingthenativesomequestionsaboutthegeographytheUnitedKingdom.ThispartnotonlyhelpsthestudentstorevisewhatthehavelearnedinthispartbutalsoprovidesthemwithanopportunitytospeakinEnglish.TeachingImportantPointsImprovethestudents’readingability.Trainthestudents’abilitytograspkeyinformationwhilelistening...
