This paper,by adopting a qualitative research method,investigated the use of strategic reading activities by two female teachers in College English classes.Results showed that their commonly-used strategic reading act...This paper,by adopting a qualitative research method,investigated the use of strategic reading activities by two female teachers in College English classes.Results showed that their commonly-used strategic reading activities in college English classes reflected three types of reading comprehension strategies including use of prior knowledge,use of text elements with a high information value,and use of structure-marking elements in the text.Pedagogical implications were also discussed.展开更多
This paper not only introduces the purpose and description of the College English Test(CET) but also evaluates its va-lidity, reliability, authenticity, interactiveness, practicality and impact on the basis of the use...This paper not only introduces the purpose and description of the College English Test(CET) but also evaluates its va-lidity, reliability, authenticity, interactiveness, practicality and impact on the basis of the usefulness framework proposed by Bach-man & Palmer(1996).展开更多
文摘This paper,by adopting a qualitative research method,investigated the use of strategic reading activities by two female teachers in College English classes.Results showed that their commonly-used strategic reading activities in college English classes reflected three types of reading comprehension strategies including use of prior knowledge,use of text elements with a high information value,and use of structure-marking elements in the text.Pedagogical implications were also discussed.
文摘This paper not only introduces the purpose and description of the College English Test(CET) but also evaluates its va-lidity, reliability, authenticity, interactiveness, practicality and impact on the basis of the usefulness framework proposed by Bach-man & Palmer(1996).