英语学习者的阅读模式与其阅读能力的相关度研究

A Study on the Correlation Between English Learners’Reading Model and Their English Reading Proficiency

阅读是一项包含诸多心理因素的复杂语言活动,是一个学习者积极寻找和构建意义的动态过程。基于心理语言学的过程模式,解析了自下而上、自上而下和交互等三种主要阅读模式的特征和缺陷。通过一项基于东北大学2012级非英语专业部分新生的量化研究,探究了学习者当前的阅读模式、阅读能力及二者之间的相关度。这有利于学习者从本质上理解阅读过程,定位自身的阅读模式,明晰阅读模式选择与阅读能力之间的关系,从而采取有针对性的阅读策略,最终提升自己的语言综合能力。

Reading is a rather complex linguistic activity involving varied psychological factors and it is a dynamic process in which learners actively understand and construct meanings. Based on the psycholinguistic process models, this paper analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of top-down reading model, bottom-up reading model as well as interactive reading model. Taking 268 Northeastern University non-English majors as the participants, this study explores quantitatively the learners＇ reading model preference, reading proficiency and their correlation, which might contribute to a fundamental understanding of reading process. In this way, learners could locate their own reading model and make clear the relationship between reading model preference and reading proficiency, thus selecting effective reading strategies and ultimately enhancing their comprehensive proficiency in English.