Unit2TheUnitedKingdomBriefStatementsBasedonThisUnitThisunitcentersontheUnitedKingdom,includingitsgeography,especiallythehistoricalinfluenceongeography,historicalattractionsandtraditionalfestivals.Thestudentsshouldbeencouragedtopracticetalkingaboutcountries.Thewholeunitcanbedividedintosevenparts:warmingup,reading,listeningandspeaking,languagefocusing,readingandwriting,grammar,andassessment.InWarmingup,thereisaquizforthestudentstodo,whichwillarousethestudents’interestinknowingaboutthedetailedinformationabouttheUnitedKingdom.Whilecheckingtheanswers,theteachercanaddmoreknowledgeabouttheUK,topreparethestudentsforthefollowingprocesses.Inthispart,theteachershouldalsohelpthestudentstodealwiththenewwordsandexpressionsthatwillappearintheReadingpassage.Groupdiscussionandbrainstormingwillbeusedinthisperiodtohelpthestudentstocommunicatewitheachotherusingtheirpreviousknowledge.InPre-reading,thestudentsareprovidedwiththreequestionsrelatedtotheUK,whichcanactasanintroductiontotheReadingpassage.IntheReadingpassage,thestudentswilllearnaboutthehistoricalinfluenceupongeographyintheUKandgetageneralideaabouttheprocessofthecombinationoftheUK.TheywillalsolearnaboutthehistoricalattractionsleftbytheinvadersinEnglandandLondon.Inreadingthepassagethestudentsshouldalsopayspecialattentiontothetechniquesofwritingapassageofhumangeography.InPost-readingpart,thestudentswilldothreeactivities.ThefirstoneistoanswerthreequestionsaccordingtotheReadingpassage.Secondly,thestudentsareaskedtodivideEnglandintothreedistrictsonamap,whichisbasedonthedeeperunderstandingofthepassage.Thirdly,aftergettingthegeneralideaofthepassage,thestudentsshouldwriteasummaryofthepassageinabout50words.InLearningaboutlanguage,thestudentsareencouragedtolearnsomeimportantwordsandexpressionsinthepassageandtrytousetheminthespecificcontexts.Inthisunitthestudentswilllearntousethepastparticipleastheobjectcomplement,throughsomeexamplesandexercises.Whilepractisingusingthelanguage,thestudentswilllearnaboutSightseeinginLondon....
