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1、English Teaching in Reading Skills王超论文Title: English Teaching in Reading SkillsAuthor: Wang ChaoSupervisor: Wu WenquanA Thesis Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of B.A. in EnglishSu Zhou College, Anhui ProvinceMay, 2011English Teaching in Reading SkillsOutline. Int

2、roduction. English Reading Ability1. Based on textbooks, to carry out the overall teaching (1) Pre-reading, teachers, and taught a number of difficult words or phrases,or impede the meaning of the word or phrase text(2) when read in order to read the details of the core, rational analysis of the nat

3、ure and structure of text features, take a different reading methods to improve students ability to access and process information, thus all-round way to improve students reading skills. Brief and Concise reading Careful selection and training of reading skills and methods.(1) Inspection(2) Predicti

4、on. Word-guessing Strengthen the extra-curricular reading, broaden their knowledge1. Timing of quantitative reading, improve reading speed2. Cultivate reading habits, improve reading efficiency4. Emphasis on the word, sentence, paragraph, step by step. SummaryEnglish Teaching in Reading SkillsAbstra

5、ct English reading skills is important and necessary for learning English, , reading ability is one about language comprehension. In todays English language learning and using English reading has an important position which is reflected in the reading skills development and training so that students

6、 have a truly comprehensive reading skills and ability which include the level of understanding and reading speed. As follows are my views about improving the English reading ability：First, based on books, to carry out the overall teaching; Second, through inspection, prediction, word-guessing metho

7、ds and techniques; Third, through extensive reading, timing reading to enhance students reading speed and ability.Key words: English reading , culture and training, the overall teaching, reading speed and ability 摘要：英语阅读技能，是学习英语的一项必备的重要条件，阅读能力是一项语言综合运用能力。在当今的英语学习、用应中占据举足轻重的地位。体现在阅读技能的的培养和训练，使学生具有真正全

8、面的阅读理解能力，其主要包括理解程度和阅读速度，本文就提高阅读能力浅谈几点看法：一、课本，开展整体教学；二、通过查阅，预测，猜词等方法和技巧；三、泛读，定时定量阅读提高学生阅读速度和能力。关键词：阅读能力、培养和训练、整体教学、阅读速度和能力1. Introduction As reading is a part of academic literacy, English teachers usually have high expectations of a students ability to cope with the demands of reading in English. Mo

9、st college students wish to read more books. Reading is a way for college students to be more knowledgeable and successful. However, it is also an activity that many college students dont enjoy very much. To succeed at schools, students need to possess a range of strategies and skills that support s

10、elf-directed learning. Traditionally, many of these strategies and skills, some of which are highly generic, are not explicitly taught to students in the expectation that students either already have these skills, or will naturally acquire and develop these skills in their course of study. In order

11、to improve the college students ability of English reading, we should answer the following questions: What are the English reading habits of students? How to become an effective reader? How to foster the English reading habits? 2. The characteristics of college students With the development of socie

12、ty, science and technology develop at high speed and the competition in the society become sharp. Studies in the past have shown that the exam-oriented educational system promotes rote learning, and so that there needs to be a paradigm shift in how the college students view education and about the w

13、ay they learn. Most college students read English materials only to pass exams and do not read for pleasure. However, the situation changes now. In order to become well-learnt people that the society needs, most college students long for extensive English reading, hoping to do preparation for the fu

14、ture job by this way. At the same time, the purposes of college students are to complete the studies and to obtain good results. In order to adapt to the demands of society and school, college students treat seeking knowledge as the first duty. They relate themselves to the society closely, hoping t

15、o enrich themselves through reading and become the learned persons who can face the challenges of the society. Therefore, the motivation of the majority of college students is definite. It is also obvious that the English reading materials gradually change from the paper materials to the electronic

16、reading materials. The Internet that opens another window for the college students becomes the most convenient tool for college students to get information. Now the serious problem is that college students can read on some level, but many do not read effectively. In other words, many college student

17、s take it for granted that they could understand concepts or lessons by memorizing the English words and information rather than understanding the ideas that are expressed by the words. Consequently, information is retained mainly for the purpose of passing an exam; memorization is mistaken for lear

18、ning.3. Effective English reading strategiesBecause a large portion of time at schools is spent on working with written sources, and because there are lots of English materials to be covered in a short amount of time, it is essential that reading behaviors of English majors should be both purposeful

19、 and efficient. Reading is talking and discussing with the reader himself, with the author and others. So as the readers, the first thing for the readers do is to accumulate information before reading. To ensure the good results of reading, the college students also need to develop effective reading

20、 strategies. Knowing how to read effectively involves accumulating background information before reading, selecting the English materials, understanding the structure of texts, how to read for different purposes, and how to reflect on your reading. 3.1 Accumulating background information before read

21、ingReading is a receptive language process. It is a psycholinguistic process in that it starts with a linguistic surface representation encoded by a writer and ends with meanings that the reader constructs. There is thus an essential interaction between language and thought in reading. The writer en

22、codes thoughts as language and the reader encodes the language to thought. Reading is not passive but active, and in fact an interactive process that has been recognized for some time in first or native language reading. In the English reading, it is a process that needs not only the college student

23、s active participation, predication and information processing, but also their prior experience and background knowledge. The cultural factors play an important role in the process of English reading. Some cultural factors cause problems in reading directly so as to confuse college students and hind

24、er their understanding. Other culture misunderstandings may dangle in their mind and prevent them from grasping the real meaning. Culture and language are closely related to each other. As one way of communication, reading English materials reflect cultural differences through the language in writte

25、n form. The readers should aware the cultural differences and try their best to accumulate background knowledge of all sorts. So the first piece of advice that will be given here is to do as much reading as the students can. College students in the school can make use of the library resources to sup

26、port their study and self-learning. The kinds of resources include English books, English journal articles, English magazines, etc., as well as a wide range of library services. Now thousands of books, magazines, journal articles and newspapers have electrical versions. It is no doubt that the colle

27、ge students task will be much easier if they know some websites they really want to find online. 3.2 Improving your English reading strategies3.2.1 Choice reading Choice reading is very important. Actually it is a process of selecting English materials. The reader should clearly recognize the classi

28、fication of the English books and should certainly know which type of English book he is reading. It is best if the reader know his purpose of reading before reading starts. It means that the reader should turn his attention to practical goals. To receive the information, the reader can read not onl

29、y the book title, the subtitle, the table of contents, but also the authors preface, the abstract introduction and the index. These are all the information that authors want to transmit to the reader. According to these clues, the college students can choose different types of English reading materi

30、als with the different demands. The college students should also be aware that different reading skills should be adopted when the English reading material are different. 3.2.2 How to select English sourcesIn order to get useful information, the college students had better answer the following two q

31、uestions: How well those English sources meet the purpose of reading? How reliably the author presents those ideas and information in the book? The college students have better read things they are interested in so that the hard work required for comprehension will seem much more pleasurableAlso，the

32、 college students will be much more eager to understand what they are reading，not only as a means to improve their reading comprehension，but also as a means to better understand the interesting subject-matter. The process of selecting an English source includes examining its publisher, its reference and its author(s). Depending on the readers purpose of reading, it can also involve assessing timeliness. Some ways of selecting English sources are follows:(i) Pay more attention to the timeliness When a book is published, it alw