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.Andtheirskillsofreading,speaking,listeningandwritingwillbeimproved.InListeningandSpeaking,morechanceswillbegiventothestudentstolearnaboutsomefamouskingsandqueensinthehistoryoftheUK,andtheirachievements.Thestudentsareencouragedtogetmoreinformationaboutthecountryinordertounderstanditasawhole.ThetopicofSpeakingisaboutthehistoricalattractionsintheUK.Thestudentsshouldlearntointroducetovisitorsonetouristattractioninhisorherownhometown.Whilespeaking,thestudentsshouldtrytousesomeusefulexpressionswhileyoucannotfollowothers.TheninWritingpart,thestudentswillbeaskedtomakeapostertointroducethechosentouristattractiontoattractmorevisitors.Whilewriting,thestudentsshouldpayspecialattentiontothewords,especiallysomeverbsandadjectives.Thistaskishelpfulforthestudents’creativityandimagination.Itcanalsoimprovetheirwritingskills.Assessmentwillhelpthestudentstolookbackwhattheyhavelearnedandfocusonthedifficultandimportantpoints.So,thisunitwillbedividedintosevenperiodsasfollows:Period1WelcometotheUnitPeriod2ReadingPeriod3ReadingandWritingPeriod4LanguageFocusingPeriod5GrammarPeriod6ReadingandWritingPeriod7AssessmentKnowledgeaims:Keywordsinthisunit:unite,kingdom,consist,divide,puzzle,debate,clarify,relation,educational,legal,convenience,roughly,industrial,historical,attraction,collection,construct,influence,project,ar...