This arricle is a research into the relationship between language and culture, cultural elements implied in vocabulary, and the way to widen a student’s ken of cultural background information in Extensive Reading cla...This arricle is a research into the relationship between language and culture, cultural elements implied in vocabulary, and the way to widen a student’s ken of cultural background information in Extensive Reading class of English.展开更多
This paper conducts the analysis on development of the basic English extensive reading system and the applications on the reading teaching of sports news. Extensive reading of text or material is dead and cannot provi...This paper conducts the analysis on development of the basic English extensive reading system and the applications on the reading teaching of sports news. Extensive reading of text or material is dead and cannot provide a teaching model. How to talk about what to proceed from reality, according to the principle of gradual and orderly, according to the level of the students and the ability to accept. English newspapers as fresh language, popular novel, close to the life of a corpus source that is the college English teaching has always attached importance to the reference materials. According to the rhetorical characteristics of English newspapers, we set the course, it is best to learn some rhetorical knowledge after the students to open the course, English majors can learn after the rhetoric can also be extended as the rhetoric class and homework. This paper proposes the new idea of dealing with mentioned issues that will promote the development of reading teaching of sports news.展开更多
This is a review of the article "Extensive Reading in English: habits and attitudes of a group of Italian university EFL students". This review is concerned with such aspects as the title of the article, the proble...This is a review of the article "Extensive Reading in English: habits and attitudes of a group of Italian university EFL students". This review is concerned with such aspects as the title of the article, the problem dealt with in the article, research methods, subjects, use of tables, conclusions based on data analysis and the significance of the study.展开更多
Reading is not only the most effective way to get the knowledge of the language but also the only way to improve the language skills of English learners.However,the vast majority of students'reading ability are fa...Reading is not only the most effective way to get the knowledge of the language but also the only way to improve the language skills of English learners.However,the vast majority of students'reading ability are far apart from the curriculum standards in reality.Reading English newspaper helps to mobilize the enthusiasm of students'reading,and improve their reading ability.It forms a bridge between learning and real life.It extends the English reading from the teaching materials and guides students to a lot of extracurricular reading,creating a new reading space for students.展开更多
Systemic Functional Linguistics is known to people by its special functionalism and social meaning. The study of Systemic Functional Linguistics is also accepted by more and more people. In addition, it means a lot to...Systemic Functional Linguistics is known to people by its special functionalism and social meaning. The study of Systemic Functional Linguistics is also accepted by more and more people. In addition, it means a lot to the learning of lexis, English writing and extensive reading.展开更多
This paper examines the problems existing in Extensive Reading Teaching for Vocational Business English Majors and analyses the contributing factors for the time-consuming and inefficient Extensive Reading Teaching.Ba...This paper examines the problems existing in Extensive Reading Teaching for Vocational Business English Majors and analyses the contributing factors for the time-consuming and inefficient Extensive Reading Teaching.Based on the analysis,the author points out some solutions from the following several aspects:the teachers’ roles,the choice of textbooks and the organization of the class as well as the integrated design of the class activities,be carried out in the student-centered class to be practical and helpful in the Extensive Reading Teaching.展开更多
Reading is very important in language learning. Learners can understand and have a feeling of other countries' customs. In the reading process, students will acquire knowledge and know foreign countries' backg...Reading is very important in language learning. Learners can understand and have a feeling of other countries' customs. In the reading process, students will acquire knowledge and know foreign countries' background culture. Reading is the main skill and task in English teaching. It is an absolutely necessary part in English Test. Teacher should master the useful reading strategies to teach the students in order to improve their reading ability. This paper analysis the main problems of the traditional ways to teach English reading and give some suggestions to future teaching.展开更多
Motivated by the continued growth of research on extensive reading and positive results from a variety of studies (e.g. Bell,2001; Nash &Yuan,1992; Nation, 1997), an investigation is conducted on the impact of ext...Motivated by the continued growth of research on extensive reading and positive results from a variety of studies (e.g. Bell,2001; Nash &Yuan,1992; Nation, 1997), an investigation is conducted on the impact of extensive reading on college students’ writing per-formance over a 20-week period. Data are collected from multiple sources, mainly including teacher and learners’ diaries, together with aninterview and writing tests. The results of the study show that extensive reading can enhance learners’ writing skills and promote a positiveattitude toward writing.展开更多
One of the common problems for L2 learners in ESL reading is that the text is either too difficult to understand or too simple to challenge,particularly the extracurricular reading material.The Little Prince and Pride...One of the common problems for L2 learners in ESL reading is that the text is either too difficult to understand or too simple to challenge,particularly the extracurricular reading material.The Little Prince and Pride and Prejudice are typically listed in the key reading materials for L2 learners.Contrary to the popularity,a large number of L2 learners find it is hard to complete due to the low text coverage with existing vocabulary.The corpus has become an important language research tool to store language materials according to the specific goals and the way through certain technical means.This paper is going to explore the text coverage of The Little Prince and Pride and Prejudice by range analysis,and comparing with English Curriculum Standards to figure out suitable reading targets of these two materials.展开更多
In the context of the information age,modern electronic technology has gradually penetrated into every aspect of our lives,and the field of education is no exception.Especially in English reading teaching,the applicat...In the context of the information age,modern electronic technology has gradually penetrated into every aspect of our lives,and the field of education is no exception.Especially in English reading teaching,the application of electronic technology has provided unprecedented convenience and possibilities for teachers and students.However,just as every coin has two sides,modern electronic technology has also brought a series of challenges.Some students may overly rely on electronic devices for reading and overlook traditional paper-based reading methods,leading to a decline in reading comprehension ability.In addition,prolonged use of electronic devices can also have a negative impact on students’eyesight.Therefore,when using electronic technology for reading teaching,teachers need to pay attention to guiding students reasonably,balancing the use of electronic devices and traditional reading methods,and protecting students’vision and reading comprehension abilities.This article aims to explore the promotion and challenges of modern electronic technology in English reading teaching.展开更多
Reading is the key content of high school English teaching,which can improve students’mastery of words,grammar,and other knowledge,and can expand their horizons.British and American literature is the essence of Briti...Reading is the key content of high school English teaching,which can improve students’mastery of words,grammar,and other knowledge,and can expand their horizons.British and American literature is the essence of British and American culture,and its application in high school English reading teaching can help improve students’English proficiency.This paper outlines the problems of high school English teaching,analyzes the role of British and American literature in high school English reading teaching,and explores the infiltration methods of British and American literature in high school English reading teaching,in order to provide references for teachers.展开更多
Extensive reading(ER) is regarded as an essential way of language input for learners in EFL teaching context. Due to various practical factors, the implementation of ER instruction in China is still far from being sat...Extensive reading(ER) is regarded as an essential way of language input for learners in EFL teaching context. Due to various practical factors, the implementation of ER instruction in China is still far from being satisfactory. With an elaboration on the definition and pedagogical significance of ER, this paper unveils several major problems existing in the Chinese university English ER instruction and proposes respective solutions.展开更多
The process of reading is an interactive process between the writer and readers. However, some traditional teaching of English reading fail to attach importance to the interactive process. And the teaching cannot have...The process of reading is an interactive process between the writer and readers. However, some traditional teaching of English reading fail to attach importance to the interactive process. And the teaching cannot have a good efficiency. In this paper, the enthymeme is applied in the teaching of English reading and it can provide a new perspective for the teaching of English reading.展开更多
With the continuous development of the times, people’s thinking is constantly improving, and the importance of educa-tion is also increasing. As many new teaching models are emerging, the network course education rep...With the continuous development of the times, people’s thinking is constantly improving, and the importance of educa-tion is also increasing. As many new teaching models are emerging, the network course education represented by flipped classroomand MOOC education are increasingly attracting the attention of all walks of life with its unique advantages. The teaching of Eng-lish reading is a key point in College English education. However, the reality of College English reading education is not satisfacto-ry due to certain factors. This paper aims to discuss the implication of flipped classroom mode in college English reading teaching,hoping to provide references for the relevant parties.展开更多
In order to alter the reality of reading teaching, arouse students' reading interest and to improve their reading competence, the author conducted an empirical research on the application of Task-Based Approach to...In order to alter the reality of reading teaching, arouse students' reading interest and to improve their reading competence, the author conducted an empirical research on the application of Task-Based Approach to junior middle school English reading teaching. The research aims to encourage students to take an active part in class, stimulate their reading interest, and to improve their reading competence by students' complement of reading tasks; furthermore, it probes into the difficulties about the application of Task-Based Approach to practical teaching so that it can provide reference for teachers' improvement of teaching methods.展开更多
This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is imp...This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is implemented based on these literature re-views.The aim of the experiment is to explore the impact of the application of cooperative learning strategies.It mainly discussedthe following questions:(1)Can the group cooperative learning improve students'reading achievement?(2)What factors contributeto the success/failure of cooperative learning?(3)What are the favorite cooperative learning models in reading classes?The experi-ment proved that cooperative learning does not truly improve art students’reading achievement in independent college,but it real-ly has a positive role in promoting the students'learning interest,motivation and emotional attitude.The experiment also indicatesthat cooperative learning is still a valuable teaching strategy for applying,and GI,LT,TGT and other cooperative learning modelare welcomed by classmates.展开更多
POA theory is a foreign language classroom teaching theoretical system with the Chinese characteristics,which was constructed by the foreign language education expert who named Wen Qiufang.The method takes output as t...POA theory is a foreign language classroom teaching theoretical system with the Chinese characteristics,which was constructed by the foreign language education expert who named Wen Qiufang.The method takes output as the motivating target,introduces the teaching concept of"learning-using integrated principle",and adopts a new form of"motivating-enabling-assessing",which has reformed the mode of college foreign language classroom teaching.The traditional English reading teaching pays more attention to vocabulary interpretation,syntax analysis and reading skills,so it has been emerging a kind of"grammatical analysis"drawbacks.In view of this,the paper puts forward the thought of using"the production-oriented approach"to make innovation in the process of teaching design.The paper also discusses the application strategy of"production-oriented approach"in professional English reading teaching from three aspects.It requires designing the integral process of teaching,expanding a cooperative learning model and devising the specific tasks.Additionally,the paper points out that Professional English reading teaching should establish the learning task for students at the stage of"output-input".At the same time,the paper uses the development opportunity of"the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road"(B&R)as the starting point,which is combed with"cultural globalization"as the theme of reading teaching example.To activate the students'internal cognition and improve their reading ability,the author wants to explore effective strategies for establishing project in professional English reading teaching.The author has made a preliminary attempt in the guide of the method in the classroom,and has confirmed that it has practical feasibility.The teaching method is also applicable to professional English in military colleges and other languages teaching.It will help to promote the English teaching to realize the cultivation of students’comprehensive ability of using English,thinking ability,selflearning ability and comprehensive quality.展开更多
To improve students’English reading ability and lay a solid foundation for specialized courses of Sino-foreign Cooperative Education in HVS,TBLT is used in English reading teaching,referring to Jane Willis’s task-ba...To improve students’English reading ability and lay a solid foundation for specialized courses of Sino-foreign Cooperative Education in HVS,TBLT is used in English reading teaching,referring to Jane Willis’s task-based teaching mode.Through interview,questionnaire,test and data analysis,the results have been found that TBLT in English reading teaching can arouse students’interest and enthusiasm and improve their reading competence more effectively,which is helpful for English reading teaching of Sino-foreign Cooperative Education in HVS.展开更多
In recent 10 years, teaching English newspaper reading for English majors in China has got rapid development. At the same time, social demand for college students' English newspaper reading ability has also improved....In recent 10 years, teaching English newspaper reading for English majors in China has got rapid development. At the same time, social demand for college students' English newspaper reading ability has also improved. But the existing teaching effect of English newspaper reading course is not ideal. What is proposed in this paper is to apply the research-oriented teaching mode to the teaching of English newspaper reading and expound the three stages of pre-reading, reading, and after-reading respectively in order to subvert the teaching of reading class over which teachers dominate traditionally, to change the center of the double main bodies, to develop learners' intellectual and non-intellectual factors of comprehensive quality, and to improve their ability of discovering, researching, and solving the problems.展开更多
Reading is an effective means to cultivate junior high school students' comprehensive ability of using English and plays an important role in English study. Schema theory is a scientific reading theory advocated by m...Reading is an effective means to cultivate junior high school students' comprehensive ability of using English and plays an important role in English study. Schema theory is a scientific reading theory advocated by modern teaching, and it regards the reading comprehension as a process that readers' knowledge and skills interact with the information in the reading material. In this paper, a questionnaire is conducted to reveal the fact that students lack schemata in reading and then a proposal that language schema, content schema, and form schema be integrated to activate students' existing schemata in the process of reading is put forward展开更多
文摘This arricle is a research into the relationship between language and culture, cultural elements implied in vocabulary, and the way to widen a student’s ken of cultural background information in Extensive Reading class of English.
文摘This paper conducts the analysis on development of the basic English extensive reading system and the applications on the reading teaching of sports news. Extensive reading of text or material is dead and cannot provide a teaching model. How to talk about what to proceed from reality, according to the principle of gradual and orderly, according to the level of the students and the ability to accept. English newspapers as fresh language, popular novel, close to the life of a corpus source that is the college English teaching has always attached importance to the reference materials. According to the rhetorical characteristics of English newspapers, we set the course, it is best to learn some rhetorical knowledge after the students to open the course, English majors can learn after the rhetoric can also be extended as the rhetoric class and homework. This paper proposes the new idea of dealing with mentioned issues that will promote the development of reading teaching of sports news.
文摘This is a review of the article "Extensive Reading in English: habits and attitudes of a group of Italian university EFL students". This review is concerned with such aspects as the title of the article, the problem dealt with in the article, research methods, subjects, use of tables, conclusions based on data analysis and the significance of the study.
文摘Reading is not only the most effective way to get the knowledge of the language but also the only way to improve the language skills of English learners.However,the vast majority of students'reading ability are far apart from the curriculum standards in reality.Reading English newspaper helps to mobilize the enthusiasm of students'reading,and improve their reading ability.It forms a bridge between learning and real life.It extends the English reading from the teaching materials and guides students to a lot of extracurricular reading,creating a new reading space for students.
文摘Systemic Functional Linguistics is known to people by its special functionalism and social meaning. The study of Systemic Functional Linguistics is also accepted by more and more people. In addition, it means a lot to the learning of lexis, English writing and extensive reading.
文摘This paper examines the problems existing in Extensive Reading Teaching for Vocational Business English Majors and analyses the contributing factors for the time-consuming and inefficient Extensive Reading Teaching.Based on the analysis,the author points out some solutions from the following several aspects:the teachers’ roles,the choice of textbooks and the organization of the class as well as the integrated design of the class activities,be carried out in the student-centered class to be practical and helpful in the Extensive Reading Teaching.
文摘Reading is very important in language learning. Learners can understand and have a feeling of other countries' customs. In the reading process, students will acquire knowledge and know foreign countries' background culture. Reading is the main skill and task in English teaching. It is an absolutely necessary part in English Test. Teacher should master the useful reading strategies to teach the students in order to improve their reading ability. This paper analysis the main problems of the traditional ways to teach English reading and give some suggestions to future teaching.
文摘Motivated by the continued growth of research on extensive reading and positive results from a variety of studies (e.g. Bell,2001; Nash &Yuan,1992; Nation, 1997), an investigation is conducted on the impact of extensive reading on college students’ writing per-formance over a 20-week period. Data are collected from multiple sources, mainly including teacher and learners’ diaries, together with aninterview and writing tests. The results of the study show that extensive reading can enhance learners’ writing skills and promote a positiveattitude toward writing.
文摘One of the common problems for L2 learners in ESL reading is that the text is either too difficult to understand or too simple to challenge,particularly the extracurricular reading material.The Little Prince and Pride and Prejudice are typically listed in the key reading materials for L2 learners.Contrary to the popularity,a large number of L2 learners find it is hard to complete due to the low text coverage with existing vocabulary.The corpus has become an important language research tool to store language materials according to the specific goals and the way through certain technical means.This paper is going to explore the text coverage of The Little Prince and Pride and Prejudice by range analysis,and comparing with English Curriculum Standards to figure out suitable reading targets of these two materials.
文摘In the context of the information age,modern electronic technology has gradually penetrated into every aspect of our lives,and the field of education is no exception.Especially in English reading teaching,the application of electronic technology has provided unprecedented convenience and possibilities for teachers and students.However,just as every coin has two sides,modern electronic technology has also brought a series of challenges.Some students may overly rely on electronic devices for reading and overlook traditional paper-based reading methods,leading to a decline in reading comprehension ability.In addition,prolonged use of electronic devices can also have a negative impact on students’eyesight.Therefore,when using electronic technology for reading teaching,teachers need to pay attention to guiding students reasonably,balancing the use of electronic devices and traditional reading methods,and protecting students’vision and reading comprehension abilities.This article aims to explore the promotion and challenges of modern electronic technology in English reading teaching.
文摘Reading is the key content of high school English teaching,which can improve students’mastery of words,grammar,and other knowledge,and can expand their horizons.British and American literature is the essence of British and American culture,and its application in high school English reading teaching can help improve students’English proficiency.This paper outlines the problems of high school English teaching,analyzes the role of British and American literature in high school English reading teaching,and explores the infiltration methods of British and American literature in high school English reading teaching,in order to provide references for teachers.
文摘Extensive reading(ER) is regarded as an essential way of language input for learners in EFL teaching context. Due to various practical factors, the implementation of ER instruction in China is still far from being satisfactory. With an elaboration on the definition and pedagogical significance of ER, this paper unveils several major problems existing in the Chinese university English ER instruction and proposes respective solutions.
文摘The process of reading is an interactive process between the writer and readers. However, some traditional teaching of English reading fail to attach importance to the interactive process. And the teaching cannot have a good efficiency. In this paper, the enthymeme is applied in the teaching of English reading and it can provide a new perspective for the teaching of English reading.
文摘With the continuous development of the times, people’s thinking is constantly improving, and the importance of educa-tion is also increasing. As many new teaching models are emerging, the network course education represented by flipped classroomand MOOC education are increasingly attracting the attention of all walks of life with its unique advantages. The teaching of Eng-lish reading is a key point in College English education. However, the reality of College English reading education is not satisfacto-ry due to certain factors. This paper aims to discuss the implication of flipped classroom mode in college English reading teaching,hoping to provide references for the relevant parties.
文摘In order to alter the reality of reading teaching, arouse students' reading interest and to improve their reading competence, the author conducted an empirical research on the application of Task-Based Approach to junior middle school English reading teaching. The research aims to encourage students to take an active part in class, stimulate their reading interest, and to improve their reading competence by students' complement of reading tasks; furthermore, it probes into the difficulties about the application of Task-Based Approach to practical teaching so that it can provide reference for teachers' improvement of teaching methods.
文摘This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is implemented based on these literature re-views.The aim of the experiment is to explore the impact of the application of cooperative learning strategies.It mainly discussedthe following questions:(1)Can the group cooperative learning improve students'reading achievement?(2)What factors contributeto the success/failure of cooperative learning?(3)What are the favorite cooperative learning models in reading classes?The experi-ment proved that cooperative learning does not truly improve art students’reading achievement in independent college,but it real-ly has a positive role in promoting the students'learning interest,motivation and emotional attitude.The experiment also indicatesthat cooperative learning is still a valuable teaching strategy for applying,and GI,LT,TGT and other cooperative learning modelare welcomed by classmates.
文摘POA theory is a foreign language classroom teaching theoretical system with the Chinese characteristics,which was constructed by the foreign language education expert who named Wen Qiufang.The method takes output as the motivating target,introduces the teaching concept of"learning-using integrated principle",and adopts a new form of"motivating-enabling-assessing",which has reformed the mode of college foreign language classroom teaching.The traditional English reading teaching pays more attention to vocabulary interpretation,syntax analysis and reading skills,so it has been emerging a kind of"grammatical analysis"drawbacks.In view of this,the paper puts forward the thought of using"the production-oriented approach"to make innovation in the process of teaching design.The paper also discusses the application strategy of"production-oriented approach"in professional English reading teaching from three aspects.It requires designing the integral process of teaching,expanding a cooperative learning model and devising the specific tasks.Additionally,the paper points out that Professional English reading teaching should establish the learning task for students at the stage of"output-input".At the same time,the paper uses the development opportunity of"the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road"(B&R)as the starting point,which is combed with"cultural globalization"as the theme of reading teaching example.To activate the students'internal cognition and improve their reading ability,the author wants to explore effective strategies for establishing project in professional English reading teaching.The author has made a preliminary attempt in the guide of the method in the classroom,and has confirmed that it has practical feasibility.The teaching method is also applicable to professional English in military colleges and other languages teaching.It will help to promote the English teaching to realize the cultivation of students’comprehensive ability of using English,thinking ability,selflearning ability and comprehensive quality.
文摘To improve students’English reading ability and lay a solid foundation for specialized courses of Sino-foreign Cooperative Education in HVS,TBLT is used in English reading teaching,referring to Jane Willis’s task-based teaching mode.Through interview,questionnaire,test and data analysis,the results have been found that TBLT in English reading teaching can arouse students’interest and enthusiasm and improve their reading competence more effectively,which is helpful for English reading teaching of Sino-foreign Cooperative Education in HVS.
文摘In recent 10 years, teaching English newspaper reading for English majors in China has got rapid development. At the same time, social demand for college students' English newspaper reading ability has also improved. But the existing teaching effect of English newspaper reading course is not ideal. What is proposed in this paper is to apply the research-oriented teaching mode to the teaching of English newspaper reading and expound the three stages of pre-reading, reading, and after-reading respectively in order to subvert the teaching of reading class over which teachers dominate traditionally, to change the center of the double main bodies, to develop learners' intellectual and non-intellectual factors of comprehensive quality, and to improve their ability of discovering, researching, and solving the problems.
文摘Reading is an effective means to cultivate junior high school students' comprehensive ability of using English and plays an important role in English study. Schema theory is a scientific reading theory advocated by modern teaching, and it regards the reading comprehension as a process that readers' knowledge and skills interact with the information in the reading material. In this paper, a questionnaire is conducted to reveal the fact that students lack schemata in reading and then a proposal that language schema, content schema, and form schema be integrated to activate students' existing schemata in the process of reading is put forward