Author(s)

Tianmei Yuan ¹, Xiaodong Zhu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Foreign Languages, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi, China

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ABSTRACT

Although Curriculum Standards are advocating integrated unit instruction, there are still some problems in English classroom instruction, such as fragmented knowledge teaching, stagnant assessment and so on. Unit instructional design based on big ideas can mediate that challenge and promote in-depth learning. This paper starts with reviewing prior research about big ideas and unit instruction. Based on this, it presents a three-level framework to scaffold unit instructional design around big ideas. Then it explores how to use the framework to design unit instruction. At last, some suggestions are provided on how to design unit instruction more effectively and efficiently.

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Tianmei Yuan, Xiaodong Zhu. On the Unit Instructional Design of the English Subject Based on Big Ideas. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2021) 5: 28-35. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2021.53004

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