Analysis of the student books of New Senior English for China

【Abstract】： In recent years， students' overall quality of English has received much attention in China. The current textbook， the New Senior English for China is a typical example for this trend. In this thesis， we will have a close discussion on the student books of this set of textbooks .

【Key words】： the student books， integrated language skills， the role of student

1. A brief description of student books

The student books of New Senior English for China include a total of 11 books， respectively corresponding to module 1-5 high school compulsory courses and module 6-11 high school elective courses. Each unit consists of eight components： Warming-up， Pre-reading， Reading， Comprehending， Learning about language， Using language， Summing-up， and learning tips.

2. Teaching suggestions for the eight components of each unit

2.1 Warming-Up

The textbook designed various forms of activities before the reading part to activate students' background information. For example， in the warming-up of unit 2， module 2， the textbook designs questions about Olympic games so that the teacher can hold a knowledge contest of Olympics with prizes.

2.2 Pre-reading

This part usually lists a number of questions， which are closely related to the content of the reading material. For example， in the unit 2， module 2， the first activity of the pre-reading is to let students list the some differences between the ancient and modern Olympic Games.

2.3 Reading

This section provides the main reading part for each unit. Teacher can utilize it to train students reading skills such as skimming， scanning， fast reading， detailed reading and so on.

2.4 Comprehending

There are many forms of practice to test students' comprehending， such as matching， multiple-choice， True-1 and subjective item. And some of them can be employed in the fast reading.

2.5 Learning about language

This section includes two parts： Discovering useful words and expressions and Discovering useful structures. There are also various forms of vocabulary and grammar exercises.

2.6 Using language

This part creates a large number of meaningful authentic and semi-authentic scenarios that use the new language knowledge of the unit， which designed to cultivate students' ability to use English language comprehensively.

3.Conclusion

In this thesis， two main objectives have been pursued， one is to make introduction of the student books of New Senior English for China. The other is to give some suggestions on how to utilize this book to improve students’ language knowledge and abilities in a comprehensive way.

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