This paper aims at proposing some instructional suggestions for incorporating critical reading strategy into Chinese EFL class rooms. It analyzes the current situation of college English reading instruction and points...This paper aims at proposing some instructional suggestions for incorporating critical reading strategy into Chinese EFL class rooms. It analyzes the current situation of college English reading instruction and points out the possibilities and significance of teaching crit ical reading to L2 learners. It attempts to raise both English language teachers'and students'awareness in using critical reading strategy and to provide them with some feasible suggestions for applying this strategy into the real classroom practice.展开更多
Based on the perspective of the schema theory and modern education technology,In this paper,the method of ran dom experimnet is used to measure how two types of schema instruction‘video clip’and‘multimedia coursew...Based on the perspective of the schema theory and modern education technology,In this paper,the method of ran dom experimnet is used to measure how two types of schema instruction‘video clip’and‘multimedia courseware’influence Chinese college students’reading comprehension of English argumentation.The results illustrate the schema instruction can not only develop the students’sensibility of English argumentation structure,but also activate the schema in students’memory.Mul timedia courseware instruction is superior to video clip instruction.The paper proposes its viewpoints concerned.展开更多
This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is imp...This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is implemented based on these literature re-views.The aim of the experiment is to explore the impact of the application of cooperative learning strategies.It mainly discussedthe following questions:(1)Can the group cooperative learning improve students'reading achievement?(2)What factors contributeto the success/failure of cooperative learning?(3)What are the favorite cooperative learning models in reading classes?The experi-ment proved that cooperative learning does not truly improve art students’reading achievement in independent college,but it real-ly has a positive role in promoting the students'learning interest,motivation and emotional attitude.The experiment also indicatesthat cooperative learning is still a valuable teaching strategy for applying,and GI,LT,TGT and other cooperative learning modelare welcomed by classmates.展开更多
Reading plays an essential role in English skills. This study aims to help English teachers find better ways to facilitate students' reading. Learners' native or first language(L1) may be beneficial to their s...Reading plays an essential role in English skills. This study aims to help English teachers find better ways to facilitate students' reading. Learners' native or first language(L1) may be beneficial to their second language(L2) reading by understanding language transfer and their types of schemata between L1 and L2. Meanwhile, some implications are given to the reading teachers in this paper.展开更多
During the active process of reading, strategies involved will affect the process of reading comprehension, and the reader should intentionally regulate and control the reading process and adopt appropriate strategies...During the active process of reading, strategies involved will affect the process of reading comprehension, and the reader should intentionally regulate and control the reading process and adopt appropriate strategies to solve the problems during it. The purpose of this paper is to determine the use of metacognitive strategies in reading by the PE & Art majors through questionnaire. According to the result of the questionnaire, the PE & Art majors do use some metacognitive strategies in their reading, while nearly half of them do not often use metacognitive strategies in their reading. For this phenomenon, the author gives some constructive suggestions for the English majors about how to apply the metacognitive strategies in their reading: 1) preparing and planning in pre-reading; 2) monitoring and self-questioning in while-reading; 3) evaluating and adjusting in post-reading.展开更多
Teaching English reading lessons is not an easy task if students are not motivated. To encounter the problem, critical reading pedagogy are discussed for the benefits of teachers and students. Critical reading pedagog...Teaching English reading lessons is not an easy task if students are not motivated. To encounter the problem, critical reading pedagogy are discussed for the benefits of teachers and students. Critical reading pedagogy, as it is discussed, will improve the teaching of English reading to some extent.展开更多
Chinese college students reading in a foreign language seem to read with less understanding and at a considerably slower speed. The factors that hinder Chinese college students' English reading were analyzed at th...Chinese college students reading in a foreign language seem to read with less understanding and at a considerably slower speed. The factors that hinder Chinese college students' English reading were analyzed at the lexical level, the syntactic level,and the discourse level. And then, several reading strategies were recommended to overcome such reading difficulties.展开更多
This paper examines reading comprehensions in 2005 MET. Statistic analysis shows that the MET in 2005 have certain validity,but there are some problems existing in these tests. The paper lists the problems and suggest...This paper examines reading comprehensions in 2005 MET. Statistic analysis shows that the MET in 2005 have certain validity,but there are some problems existing in these tests. The paper lists the problems and suggests some methods. The writer hopes that test-designers can pay much attention to them so as to improve the tests quality.展开更多
To improve students’English reading ability and lay a solid foundation for specialized courses of Sino-foreign Cooperative Education in HVS,TBLT is used in English reading teaching,referring to Jane Willis’s task-ba...To improve students’English reading ability and lay a solid foundation for specialized courses of Sino-foreign Cooperative Education in HVS,TBLT is used in English reading teaching,referring to Jane Willis’s task-based teaching mode.Through interview,questionnaire,test and data analysis,the results have been found that TBLT in English reading teaching can arouse students’interest and enthusiasm and improve their reading competence more effectively,which is helpful for English reading teaching of Sino-foreign Cooperative Education in HVS.展开更多
The process of reading is an interactive process between the writer and readers. However, some traditional teaching of English reading fail to attach importance to the interactive process. And the teaching cannot have...The process of reading is an interactive process between the writer and readers. However, some traditional teaching of English reading fail to attach importance to the interactive process. And the teaching cannot have a good efficiency. In this paper, the enthymeme is applied in the teaching of English reading and it can provide a new perspective for the teaching of English reading.展开更多
Schema theory plays an important role in College English reading teaching.During the reading courses,teachers should try to activate the students' background knowledge and build up the rhetorical schema by using t...Schema theory plays an important role in College English reading teaching.During the reading courses,teachers should try to activate the students' background knowledge and build up the rhetorical schema by using topic sentences and key words of a text,which can help the students get a better understanding of the text.展开更多
In order to examine the effect of cooperative learning in teaching reading for Chinese non-English majors,an experiment was done on cooperative learning in reading course.After a four-month experiment,a conclusion was...In order to examine the effect of cooperative learning in teaching reading for Chinese non-English majors,an experiment was done on cooperative learning in reading course.After a four-month experiment,a conclusion was drawn that there really existed significant difference in the English reading proficiency between students who received cooperative learning instruction and those who adopted non-cooperative learning instruction.This paper concludes that according to the statistics,cooperative learning is an efficient way to improve students' reading proficiency.展开更多
文摘This paper aims at proposing some instructional suggestions for incorporating critical reading strategy into Chinese EFL class rooms. It analyzes the current situation of college English reading instruction and points out the possibilities and significance of teaching crit ical reading to L2 learners. It attempts to raise both English language teachers'and students'awareness in using critical reading strategy and to provide them with some feasible suggestions for applying this strategy into the real classroom practice.
文摘Based on the perspective of the schema theory and modern education technology,In this paper,the method of ran dom experimnet is used to measure how two types of schema instruction‘video clip’and‘multimedia courseware’influence Chinese college students’reading comprehension of English argumentation.The results illustrate the schema instruction can not only develop the students’sensibility of English argumentation structure,but also activate the schema in students’memory.Mul timedia courseware instruction is superior to video clip instruction.The paper proposes its viewpoints concerned.
文摘This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is implemented based on these literature re-views.The aim of the experiment is to explore the impact of the application of cooperative learning strategies.It mainly discussedthe following questions:(1)Can the group cooperative learning improve students'reading achievement?(2)What factors contributeto the success/failure of cooperative learning?(3)What are the favorite cooperative learning models in reading classes?The experi-ment proved that cooperative learning does not truly improve art students’reading achievement in independent college,but it real-ly has a positive role in promoting the students'learning interest,motivation and emotional attitude.The experiment also indicatesthat cooperative learning is still a valuable teaching strategy for applying,and GI,LT,TGT and other cooperative learning modelare welcomed by classmates.
文摘Reading plays an essential role in English skills. This study aims to help English teachers find better ways to facilitate students' reading. Learners' native or first language(L1) may be beneficial to their second language(L2) reading by understanding language transfer and their types of schemata between L1 and L2. Meanwhile, some implications are given to the reading teachers in this paper.
文摘During the active process of reading, strategies involved will affect the process of reading comprehension, and the reader should intentionally regulate and control the reading process and adopt appropriate strategies to solve the problems during it. The purpose of this paper is to determine the use of metacognitive strategies in reading by the PE & Art majors through questionnaire. According to the result of the questionnaire, the PE & Art majors do use some metacognitive strategies in their reading, while nearly half of them do not often use metacognitive strategies in their reading. For this phenomenon, the author gives some constructive suggestions for the English majors about how to apply the metacognitive strategies in their reading: 1) preparing and planning in pre-reading; 2) monitoring and self-questioning in while-reading; 3) evaluating and adjusting in post-reading.
文摘Teaching English reading lessons is not an easy task if students are not motivated. To encounter the problem, critical reading pedagogy are discussed for the benefits of teachers and students. Critical reading pedagogy, as it is discussed, will improve the teaching of English reading to some extent.
文摘Chinese college students reading in a foreign language seem to read with less understanding and at a considerably slower speed. The factors that hinder Chinese college students' English reading were analyzed at the lexical level, the syntactic level,and the discourse level. And then, several reading strategies were recommended to overcome such reading difficulties.
文摘This paper examines reading comprehensions in 2005 MET. Statistic analysis shows that the MET in 2005 have certain validity,but there are some problems existing in these tests. The paper lists the problems and suggests some methods. The writer hopes that test-designers can pay much attention to them so as to improve the tests quality.
文摘To improve students’English reading ability and lay a solid foundation for specialized courses of Sino-foreign Cooperative Education in HVS,TBLT is used in English reading teaching,referring to Jane Willis’s task-based teaching mode.Through interview,questionnaire,test and data analysis,the results have been found that TBLT in English reading teaching can arouse students’interest and enthusiasm and improve their reading competence more effectively,which is helpful for English reading teaching of Sino-foreign Cooperative Education in HVS.
文摘The process of reading is an interactive process between the writer and readers. However, some traditional teaching of English reading fail to attach importance to the interactive process. And the teaching cannot have a good efficiency. In this paper, the enthymeme is applied in the teaching of English reading and it can provide a new perspective for the teaching of English reading.
文摘Schema theory plays an important role in College English reading teaching.During the reading courses,teachers should try to activate the students' background knowledge and build up the rhetorical schema by using topic sentences and key words of a text,which can help the students get a better understanding of the text.
文摘In order to examine the effect of cooperative learning in teaching reading for Chinese non-English majors,an experiment was done on cooperative learning in reading course.After a four-month experiment,a conclusion was drawn that there really existed significant difference in the English reading proficiency between students who received cooperative learning instruction and those who adopted non-cooperative learning instruction.This paper concludes that according to the statistics,cooperative learning is an efficient way to improve students' reading proficiency.
