In Chian,intensive reading is one of the main methods for teaching English in colleges.One feature of the textbooks is that they all have large quantities of new words in each text,so vocabulary is one of the most imp...In Chian,intensive reading is one of the main methods for teaching English in colleges.One feature of the textbooks is that they all have large quantities of new words in each text,so vocabulary is one of the most important aspects of this,course.At the beginning of thisterm,I made a survey among students who entered our college last term.To the question"What is the greatest problem in your English studies”,18 out of the 21 students answeredthat they could not remember new words——vocabulary.This,to some extent,suggeststhat our approaches to vocabulary teaching should be展开更多
Many students have difficulties in obtaining the globalmeanings of texts.This paper proposes some suggestions on howto help students reach a deeper understanding of texts in intensivereading classrooms within the fram...Many students have difficulties in obtaining the globalmeanings of texts.This paper proposes some suggestions on howto help students reach a deeper understanding of texts in intensivereading classrooms within the framework of modernpsycholinguistics.It mainly discusses the important effect ofprior knowledge on further understanding and provides threemethods to help solve this problem:make good use of pre-reading activities;enrich the students’background information;and analyze the structure of texts.展开更多
This paper is a product of intensive reading teaching reform practice held in Shantou Universityin 1998,under the instruction of Mr.Black(professor of New York City University).It summarises therational and procedures...This paper is a product of intensive reading teaching reform practice held in Shantou Universityin 1998,under the instruction of Mr.Black(professor of New York City University).It summarises therational and procedures we used in the teaching practice of intensive reading.Modes of top-down and bot-tom-up processing are introduced,procedures such as skimming,scanning,careful reading,writing,role-playing,presentation and practice are described,particular importance is attached to group work orpair work.The rationale and procedures we put forward in this paper are not revolutionary but a combi-nation of traditional Chinese teacher-centred mode with contemporary western student-centred approachin the teaching of intensive reading in China.However,they have been proved highly efficient and prac-tical,which makes this paper worth reading.展开更多
文摘In Chian,intensive reading is one of the main methods for teaching English in colleges.One feature of the textbooks is that they all have large quantities of new words in each text,so vocabulary is one of the most important aspects of this,course.At the beginning of thisterm,I made a survey among students who entered our college last term.To the question"What is the greatest problem in your English studies”,18 out of the 21 students answeredthat they could not remember new words——vocabulary.This,to some extent,suggeststhat our approaches to vocabulary teaching should be
文摘Many students have difficulties in obtaining the globalmeanings of texts.This paper proposes some suggestions on howto help students reach a deeper understanding of texts in intensivereading classrooms within the framework of modernpsycholinguistics.It mainly discusses the important effect ofprior knowledge on further understanding and provides threemethods to help solve this problem:make good use of pre-reading activities;enrich the students’background information;and analyze the structure of texts.
文摘This paper is a product of intensive reading teaching reform practice held in Shantou Universityin 1998,under the instruction of Mr.Black(professor of New York City University).It summarises therational and procedures we used in the teaching practice of intensive reading.Modes of top-down and bot-tom-up processing are introduced,procedures such as skimming,scanning,careful reading,writing,role-playing,presentation and practice are described,particular importance is attached to group work orpair work.The rationale and procedures we put forward in this paper are not revolutionary but a combi-nation of traditional Chinese teacher-centred mode with contemporary western student-centred approachin the teaching of intensive reading in China.However,they have been proved highly efficient and prac-tical,which makes this paper worth reading.
