论阅读能力培养在大学英语综合教学中的首要性

On the priority of emphasizing reading comprehension in teaching college English

本文根据中国学生学习英语的特点,提出:大学英语教学应采取以阅读为主的原则.因为学生的语言能力只有通过阅读才能获得,他们所学到的词汇和语法知识也只有通过阅读才能得到巩固.阅读不仅能获得知识,提高理解能力,而且还能提高综合运用能力,特别是写作和翻译能力.

Based on the characteristics of Chinese learners of English, this paper argues that reading should be regarded as the most important thing in College English teaching, because reading can not only broaden students' world knowledge, develop their language competence in vocabulary, grammar and reading comprehension, but can also enhance their comprehensive performance in writing and translation.