Unit 1 How do you study for a test

The First Period

Ⅰ. Analysis of the Teaching Material

1. Status and Function

In this unit, students learn to talk about how to study. Such topic is very useful to students. It’s helpful to raise learning interest of all the students. Either more or less advanced students will benefit a lot.

(1)The first period mainly gives students listening and oral practice using the target language "How do you study for a text? I study by doing…"

(2)The activities in the second period give students more listening and oral practice using more target language. They are helpful to improve students’ listening and speaking skills.

(3) In the third period, students learn to

get detailed information from an article. It is a basic reading skill and is

a great help to improve students’ reading skill.

(4) The fourth period not only introduces some new words but also provides students with many different kinds of activities. In this class, students learn to give advice to those who have difficulty in studying using the target language.

(5)The fifth period is designed to train students’ reading and writing skills.