Some Remarks on Reading and the Teaching of Reading

Reading is one of the four important skills in English as a secoind or foreign language. However, many teachers often focus attention on grammatical or lexical issues like tenses, sentence structures or verbal idioms, To students reading is the main reason why they learn English. Through reading, our range of kowledge can be broadly widened. However, for a long time, the importance of the teaching of extensive reading has been neglected. This paper aims to give an analysis and my own empirical experience of the teaching of extensive reading. The first part is about the complex nature of reading, the second part dealing with some methods which I have applied in the teaching of reading.

Opening Remarks

On behalf of the Foundation of CAI Shidong （also Shih-tung Tsai） Award for plasma physics, I am grateful to the Editorial Board, Editor＇s Office and the Publisher of Plasma Science and Technology for suggesting the publication of this Special Section on the CAI Award. This Special Section consists of brief introductions to the late Academician Prolessor CAI and this Foundation in honour of him,

Welcome Remarks

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Opening Remarks:Perspectives of the International Cotton Genome Initiative

Thanks go to our hosts,the organizers,sponsors,and all participants who have put in great efforts to making the 2008 Research Conference of the International Cotton Genome Initiative(ICGI,

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