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EnglishReadingProblemsandSolutions

THESTUDYOFMIDLLESCHOOLSTUDENTS’ENGLISHREADINGPROBLEMSANDSOLUTIONS

AThesis

presentedto

theCollegeofForeignLanguages

ChongqingUniversityofPostsandTelecommunications

InPartialFulfillment

oftheRequirementsfortheDegree

BachelorofArts

by

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June2013

摘要

无论是在生活中还是在工作中，英语都得到广泛应用。

英语在中学教学中，也是一门很重要的学科，而作为一个英语学习者，听、说、读、写是其四项基本的能力很重要，尤其是英语阅读能力。

但是中学生的阅读能力并不理想，存在许多的问题。

本文首先探究了中学生在英语阅读中存在的问题，词汇贫乏，语法基础知识薄弱，缺乏对中西方文化背景的了解以及缺乏阅读技巧等，并分析其原因。

最后给出了解决对策，学生要从基础做好，积累词汇量，而老师应选好合适的阅读材料，注重中西文化结合的灌输，提高学生的几项关键的阅读技巧，如如何处理生词，如何利用浏览和跳读来提高阅读的效率等。

通过对中学生阅读问题的探讨以及对策的研究，解决中学生在阅读中存在的问题，达到提高中学生的英语阅读能力的目的。

关键词：

英语阅读技能；解决方案；中学生

ABSTRACT

Nowadays,nomatterinthedailylifeorinwork,Englishhasbeenwidelyused.Whatismore,Englishisanimportantsubjectinmiddleschool.Ofthefourbasicskills，listening，speaking，readingandwriting,EnglishreadingisthemostimportantoneinEnglishlearning.However,therearesomanyproblemsformiddleschoolstudentsinEnglishreading.Thisthesis，firstly,aimsatsummarizingwhatproblemsmiddleschoolstudentsusuallyencounterintheirreading,thelackofvocabulary,interest,readingskillsandthebackgroundknowledge;andsecondly,withalltheproblems,itistosuggestsomecorrespondingsolutionstothemaftersomepossiblereasonsareexplored,studentsshouldbuildupafirmvocabularyandaccumulatebackgroundknowledge,andteachersshouldchoosetheproperreadingmaterial,andfocusontheculturalknowledgeinthepassage,andteachthemsomemajorstrategiesofreading,suchasthestrategiesofdealingwithnewwords,andtheuseofskimmingandscanningtoimprovetheefficiencyofEnglishreading.

Byexploringtheproblemsofthemiddleschoolstudentsandthesolutions,thethesisisattendingtohelpthestudentstoimprovetheirEnglishreadingability.

Keywords:

Englishreadingskills,solutionandstrategy,middleschoolstudents

Outline

Title:

TheStudyofMiddleSchoolStudents’EnglishReadingProblemsandSolutions

ThesisStatement:

TherearemanyEnglishreadingproblemsformiddleschoolstudents,whichneedtobeawareofandbesolvedeagerlysothatthestudents’Englishreadingskillscanleapforwardtoahigherlevel.

1.Introduction

1.1TheImportanceofEnglishReading

1.2TheCurrentSituationofMiddleSchoolStudents’EnglishReading

1.3TheStructureofThisThesis

2.TheProblemsinEnglishReadingforMiddleSchoolStudents

2.1TheMajorProblemsinEnglishReadingamongMiddleSchoolStudents

2.1.1TheLackofVocabulary

2.1.2TheLackofInterestinEnglishReading

2.1.3TheLackofBackgroundKnowledgeofEnglish-SpokenCountries

2.1.4TheLackofEnglishReadingSkills

2.1.4.1TheLimitedSkillsofDealingwithUnfamiliarVocabularies

2.1.4.2TheLackofLogicalAnalysisAbility

2.1.4.3TheLooseControlofReadingSpeed

2.2SomeOtherProblemsConcerningEnglishReadingforMiddleSchoolStudents

3.TheCorrespondingSolutionstoSuchReadingProblems

3.1SeveralEffectiveWaysofMemorizingWords

3.2TheDevelopmentofReadingInterests

3.3TheAccumulationofBackgroundKnowledge

3.4SeveralReadingStrategies

4.Conclusion

Bibliography

1.Introduction

1.1TheImportanceofEnglishReading

Aseveryoneknows,Englishisaninternationallanguage;itiswidelyusedallovertheworld.ThereareovertwentycountriesspeakEnglishastheirofficiallanguageorsecondlanguage.Thenumberofthesepeopleisnearly800million,itmeansthatoneknowsEnglishtosomeextentineveryfivepersons;whatismore,60percentoftheradiobroadcastisinEnglishallovertheworld,andmostpeoplewhocareaboutthecurrentinternationalaffairsknowthatformostinternationalconferencesEnglishisthefirstlanguage,andEnglishisoneoftheofficiallanguagesfortheUnitedNations.LearningandusingEnglishhasbecomeacertaintrendinChina.Therefore,Englishisveryimportantinnearlyeveryaspect.Englishreadingisoneofthefourbasicskills,anditisthemostimportantoneinEnglishlearning.MostoftheadvancedscienceandtechnologymaterialiswritteninEnglish，soEnglishreadingisveryimportant.

1.2TheCurrentSituationofMiddleSchoolStudents’EnglishReading

AseveryEnglishteacherinmiddleschoolknows,EnglishreadingtakesupalargescoreproportioninanyexaminationrelatedtoEnglish.Forexample,theSeniorHighSchoolEntranceExaminationofWuhanhasincreasedtheproportionofEnglishreading,andEnglishreadingtakes60scoresinthecollegeentranceexaminationofHainanprovince.

InmiddleschoolsinthecontextofChina,thereareagreatnumberofproblemsconcerningEnglishlearning,especiallyEnglishreading.SoastoimprovetheirEnglishreadingability,theprimarystepistofindtheproblems.MiddleschoolstudentsarelackingofcapacitytorealizetheirproblemsandlearnEnglishinaproperway.Therefore,Englishteacherscanhelp.StudytheproblemsofthestudentsintheirEnglishlearningprocess,especiallyinthereadingpart.Andthen,helpthemtoanalyzetheproblemssothattosolvetheproblems.

1.3TheStructureofThisThesis

ThisthesisstudiestheproblemsandsolutionsconcerningEnglishreadingformiddleschoolstudents.Thefirstchapterintroducestheresearchbackground,andtheimportanceofthisstudy.Thesecondchaptercomesupwithseveraluniversalproblemsformiddleschoolstudents,andanalyzesthecausesconcerningEnglishreadingproblems,therearefivemainproblems.Thethirdchapterputsforwardcorrespondingsolutionstosuchreadingproblems.

2.TheProblemsinEnglishReadingforMiddleSchoolStudents

2.1TheMajorProblemsinEnglishReadingamongMiddleSchoolStudents

AsweallknowthatstudentsshouldbethemajorroleofEnglishlearningprocess.InordertolearnEnglishreadingwell,studentsandteachersneedtorealizetheproblemsinEnglishreading,andthenstudytheproblemsandtakemeasurestosolvethem.Nowwearegoingtodiscussthemainproblemsofthestudents,whichoughttodrawtheteachersandstudents’attention.Nowthatthestudentisthemainroleinteachingprocess,themainproblemscomefromthestudents.

2.1.1TheLackofVocabulary

VocabularyisafoundationalbutvitalfactorforEnglishlearnersineverylearningphrase,anditisalsocrucialinreadingpart.Aseveryonehasknown,sentences,paragraphsandpassagescanonlymakesenseontheconditionthatwordswithfixedmeaningandspecialfunctionareconnectedtogethersystematically.NowmiddleschoolstudentswhoarelearningEnglishasasecondlanguagearefacingauniversalvocabularyproblem.Theyarenotgoodatrememberingnewwordsanddistinguishingsimilarwords,letalonetheflexibleuseofthewordstheyhavelearnedalready.

Thelackofvocabularypreventsthemfromreadingsmoothly.Afewunfamiliarvocabulariescannotinfluencereadingprocessalot.However,itwillhaveseriousimpactonthespeedwhenunfamiliarwordsincreasetoahigherextent.Theinadequatevocabularyaffectsnotonlythereadingspeedandefficiencybutalsotheaccuracyofthemeaningofthepassage,becauseoncethestudentscomeacrossstrangewordsorphrases,usuallytheywillstopreadingandlookupadictionaryorothertoolbooks.Itwilldisruptthetempoofreading,afteroverandoveragain,theywilllosetheirpassiononEnglishreading.

Forthemiddleschoolstudents,theirvocabularyisveryconfined,butitistheimportantfoundationalfactorinEnglish.TheweaknessofthefoundationwillweakentheconfidenceandpassiononEnglishreadingofthestudents.

2.1.2TheLackofInterestinEnglishReading

InterestinEnglishreadingisavitalanddecisivefactor,whichdecideswhetherthestudentscanorcannotlearnEnglishwell.Learningactivelyorpassivelyisdecisivetothestudents’effectofteachingandlearningtoagreatextent.

MoststudentsstudyEnglishfortheexaminations,theydonotknowwhytheyarelearningEnglish,andtheyjustknowthattheirparentsandteacherstellthemthattheyshouldlearnit.TheyhavenointerestinEnglish,orsomeofthemaresuckersofwesternmoviesandtelevisionratherthanEnglishreading;orsomeofthemareinterestedinreadingthematerialoutofthecourseplan.TeachersarefailingtohelpthestudentstodeveloptheinterestsinEnglishreading.TheirchoiceofEnglishreadingmaterialshasagreatimpactonstudents’interestsandpassiononEnglishreading.Therefore,Englishteachersshouldtakepartofresponsibilityfortheinterestsofthestudents’inEnglishreading.Choosingtheappropriatereadingmaterialswhichcanappealtothestudentsisaproperwaytodevelopstudents’interestsinEnglish,anditwillmakeEnglishreadingmuchmoreeasily.

2.1.3TheLackofBackgroundKnowledgeofEnglish-SpokenCountries

Cultureisthesoulofalanguage,andlanguageisthecarrierofaculture.Readingcomprehensionisconstitutedbywordsandcertainstructure,withbackgroundinit.Soitisimportanttoknowaboutthebackground.（Zeng,Z.2010:

263）However,mostofthestudentshavelimitedbackgroundknowledge.EspeciallythestudentsintheruraldistricthavenotevenwatchedanEnglishmovieorlistenedtoanEnglishsong.Theycannotacquirethecultureofthosecountries,whichspeakEnglishasthefirstlanguage.WhenreadinganEnglishpassage，thestudentsalwaysthinkintheChinesepattern，theydonotknowhowtothinkinanotherway.Inotherwords,whenstudentsread,theymayknoweverysinglewordorstructureofthesentence.Buttheydon’tknowwhatthesentencemeansbecausetheyhavelittlebackgroundknowledge.EveryEnglisharticlemustcoverupwiththesocial-culturalknowledge.Theknow