The ultimate goal of comprehensive English is to train students to acquire the ability to communicate in English. But the traditional way of lecture class can not meet the demand of the goal. It is agreed that the bes...The ultimate goal of comprehensive English is to train students to acquire the ability to communicate in English. But the traditional way of lecture class can not meet the demand of the goal. It is agreed that the best efficiency in comprehensive English class comes from effective cooperation between the teacher and students and also among students. Therefore, communicative methodology is widely promoted.展开更多
The present study attempts to identify the major factors influencing EFL reading comprehension by drawing on the data collected from questionnaire and tests. The findings indicate that reading comprehension is compose...The present study attempts to identify the major factors influencing EFL reading comprehension by drawing on the data collected from questionnaire and tests. The findings indicate that reading comprehension is composed of three major components: "Schema", "Vocabulary", and "Motivation & Purpose". These three components are made up of the following six factors respectively: "textual schema", "extra-textual schema", "vocabulary guessing", "vocabulary noticing", "motivation" and "purpose". Among the major components of reading comprehension, the four factors of "textual schema", "vocabulary guessing", "vocabulary noticing" and "motivation" are significantly correlated with reading comprehension.展开更多
文摘The ultimate goal of comprehensive English is to train students to acquire the ability to communicate in English. But the traditional way of lecture class can not meet the demand of the goal. It is agreed that the best efficiency in comprehensive English class comes from effective cooperation between the teacher and students and also among students. Therefore, communicative methodology is widely promoted.
文摘The present study attempts to identify the major factors influencing EFL reading comprehension by drawing on the data collected from questionnaire and tests. The findings indicate that reading comprehension is composed of three major components: "Schema", "Vocabulary", and "Motivation & Purpose". These three components are made up of the following six factors respectively: "textual schema", "extra-textual schema", "vocabulary guessing", "vocabulary noticing", "motivation" and "purpose". Among the major components of reading comprehension, the four factors of "textual schema", "vocabulary guessing", "vocabulary noticing" and "motivation" are significantly correlated with reading comprehension.