Analysis of Senior English for China Student’s Book 2A & One Instructional Design.docx

《Analysis of Senior English for China Student’s Book 2A & One Instructional Design.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《Analysis of Senior English for China Student’s Book 2A & One Instructional Design.docx（8页珍藏版）》请在淘文阁 - 分享文档赚钱的网站上搜索。

1、Analysis of Senior English for China Students Book 2A & One Instructional Design Analysis of Senior English for China Students Book 2A. External Analysis1. External Features1) Size:890mm*1194mm2) Price:15.253) Publication: The book is published by People Education Press in June, 2004. The chief edit

2、or is Liu Daoyi.4) The cover: The main colours are blue and white. There is a picture of the Big Ben on the bottom, and a picture of the Imperial Palace on the top, which are related to the topic about art and architecture discussed in the book.5) Pictures: In each unit, there are various pictures c

3、losely related to the topics, which can arouse students interest and draw their attention. 2. General Impression1) Intended Audience： students in the first semester of second grade in senior high school, who is capable to understand long passages and abstract grammar rules on the basis of former kno

4、wledge and a larger vocabulary.2) General Purposes：A. To provide students with various kinds of English-learning materialsB. To help students improve their skills of listening, speaking, reading and writingC. To propose an approach to foreign culturesD. To help students set up correct personal and c

5、ultural values3. Contents and Appendices1) Contents: It contains 10 units. There are the titles, topics, functional items, structure, reading, writing the page of the workbook, and the start page number of every unit.2) Appendices: It contains five parts. They are Notes to the texts, Grammar, Words

6、and expressions in each unit, Vocabulary, and Irregular verbs.4. Advantages and Disadvantages1) AdvantagesA. The design of this book is succinct and natural.B. The price is acceptable and reasonable, meeting the stipulation of the Ministry of Education.C. Different colors are used to divide the book

7、 into several parts clearly.D. The Contents and Appendices give a brief introduction of the whole book.2) DisadvantagesA. The book is a little thick so that students will find it not convenient to carry with and not interesting to learn as a textbook.B. The text layouts in this book arent appropriat

8、e. a) The font size of Reading text is too small, and its little leading makes the text too crowded to take notes.b) The margin values are not appropriate. As a result, the space on the left and right edges are so little that the sentences look like longer than they really are, which will leave the

9、impression as a boring book on students.Internal Analysis1. Section Arrangement1) The first part10 unitsThere are 10 units with different topics, which help students learn more about culture and society. In each unit, it contains:A. Goals: In the very beginning of each unit, there are several goals

10、to guide teachers to know the teaching points of this unit and have a rudimentary knowledge of it.B. Warming up: There are several pictures and questions that can lead students to broach the subject.C. Listening: It includes some listening materials closely related to the topic and exercises attache

11、d to the listening materials in order to improve students listening ability, widen the scope of students knowledge.D. Speaking: It requires students to work in pairs to discuss the given topics so as to improve their oral English and communication ability.E. Pre-reading: There are some questions abo

12、ut the following text for students to think about when they are reading the text.F. Reading: It is the most important part of a unit because it contains new words and grammar rules that students should master, and help students to set up correct values.G. Post-reading：Students need to answer several

13、 questions on the basis of understanding the former text.H. Language study: It contains the exercises of new words and grammar rules in this unit.I. Integrating skills: It includes a text with some questions and a writing task, and both of them are related to the topic.J. Checkpoint: It is the revie

14、w of the grammar rules that students have learnt in this unit.2) WorkbookIn this part there are various exercises aimed at improving students integrative competence.It contains:A. Listening: practices for listeningB. Talking: Students express their opinions in the given situations in order to elevat

15、e their ability of English expression.C. Practicing: There are a large amount of exercises aimed at the vocabulary and grammar to help students reinforce what they have learnt.D. Integrating skills: There is a text with questions for students to work in pairs and a writing task related to the text.E

16、. Assessing: It is self-assessment form to help students know their strengths and weakness.3) AppendicesA. Notes to the texts: There are the notes for the long sentences in the text and background knowledge.B. Grammar: It contains the grammar rules of the whole book.C. Words and expressions in each

17、unitD. VocabularyE. Irregular verbsThe Book10 Units (P1-P80)Workbook(P81-P150)Appendices(P151-P197)GoalsWarming-upListeningSpeakingPre-ReadingReadingPost-ReadingLanguage StudyIntegrating SkillsCheckpointReadingWritingWord StudyGrammarListeningTalkingPracticingIntegrating SkillsAssessingVocabularyGra

18、mmarReadingWritingNotes to the textGrammarWords and expressions in each unitVocabularyIrregular verbs 2. Language Input1) The language is authentic and conforms to the logic of native speakers.2) It is very bookish and can be a good example for writing. However it cant be applied into real communica

19、tion in our daily life.3) Generally the sentences in this book are too long and complicated for students to understand.4) There is only one type of writing in this book and all the texts are essays. 3. Contents1) There are various topics closely related to every aspect of our life, such as the topic

20、s of first aid and news media.2) Some information and texts are out of date, which cant attract students attention and refresh students with the most recent message about the topics.3) The structure of the content isnt reasonableA. The insertion part of every text is so long that it will take almost

21、 30 minutes and students may find hard to concentrate on the following text after it.B. There are too many exercises of words and grammar and not enough chances for students to practice their listening and speaking or work in pairs, which ignores the cultivation for pupils of emotional attitudes and

22、 a sense of value.4. Activity1) It covers all the skills that students need to have and teachers can choose which parts to cover.2) The form is generally unitary. Teachers are more dominant than students, which reduces students interest of English learning. . The Comparison between This Book to New

23、Senior English for China Students BookThe BooksSenior English for China Students Book 2ANew Senior English for China Students BookSimilarities1)The basic knowledge students need to acquire is the same such as words and grammar rules.2)They share the same framework. For example, there are three parts

24、units, workbook and appendices, both in the two books.3)The topics in the two books are approximately the same.Differences1) A communicative syllabus2) Unreasonable arrangement 3) Outdated materials4) Too much bookish language rarely used in daily life 1) A task-based syllabus2) Scientific arrangement and activities Can be easily applied in class3) Up-to-date materials4) The authentic language used in daily life