This unit is the third unit in the second volume of senior high On the move. This unit mainly talks about sports and health. It can be divided into five parts. The first one is Starting out. It aims to activate students’ existing background information and language knowledge. The second part is Understanding ideas. This section focuses on core language and structure through text and reading activities to help students to understand the topic and foster cultural consciousness. The third section is Using language and it is a comprehensive study and application of language skills. It helps students to understand and use grammar appropriately in spoken and written language. The fourth part is Developing ideas which provides students with a new reading discourse, helping to cultivate students critical and creative thinking. The last section is Presenting ideas. The goal of this section is to promote students’ review and mastery of what they have learned.
In a word, the topic of this unit is interesting and closely related to students’ real-life situations. Students’ global language competence will be improved after learning this unit.
二、学习者特征分析
On the one hand, Senior high students have a certain foundation of English and English learning competence. Also, they are interested in English learning and they have strong curiosity and motivation for knowledge.
On the other hand, due to the difficulty of the textbook, inadequate vocabulary, inadequate background knowledge, anxiety and nervousness, they have some problems in learning English. High school students in English learning should not simply accept the knowledge taught by the teacher, but should rationally think, understand, conclude and use the knowledge. Therefore, teachers should provide students with interesting teaching materials in order to motivate them. Also, it is important for teacher to teach them some effective language learning strategies.