Reading is an important art of literary,and vocabulary is the basis of understanding a passage.However,among L2 readers,their reading comprehension will be influenced by some unknown words in a negative way.Based on m...Reading is an important art of literary,and vocabulary is the basis of understanding a passage.However,among L2 readers,their reading comprehension will be influenced by some unknown words in a negative way.Based on my own exerience,the teacher in China often tells the meaning of difficult words at the beginning of a reading lesson,which is a way of exlicit teaching.展开更多
A troubled thing in English language reading is that it seems there are numerous new words,which may always make reading in English monotonous,and even let one lose interest in English learning.Hence this thesis tries...A troubled thing in English language reading is that it seems there are numerous new words,which may always make reading in English monotonous,and even let one lose interest in English learning.Hence this thesis tries to analyze the methods of how to guess unfamiliar words.展开更多
People across China have begun decorating their houses,pasting poetic couplets and auspicious words on the doors,buying new clothes,and getting ready to make dumplings.You guessed right-it’s time to celebrate the Spr...People across China have begun decorating their houses,pasting poetic couplets and auspicious words on the doors,buying new clothes,and getting ready to make dumplings.You guessed right-it’s time to celebrate the Spring Festival,and ring in the Chinese New Year-the Year of the Dragon.展开更多
In this essay, the author has endeavored to present a detailed review on Chern＇s article Chinese students＇ word-solving strategies in reading in English from the aspects of research methods, findings and arguments. ...In this essay, the author has endeavored to present a detailed review on Chern＇s article Chinese students＇ word-solving strategies in reading in English from the aspects of research methods, findings and arguments. We generally agree on the results she drew, which were as follows： （1） Chinese EFL learners were similar to learners from other L I language backgrounds in strategies use in reading; （2） Both high proficient learners and low proficient learners made more use of sentence-bound strategies and backward cues; （3） The use of forward cues differentiated the good learners from the poor learners; （4） The use of global cues correlated with subjects＇ proficiency level. However, there are some deficiencies as well. Chern over-emphasized the importance of guessing in reading, forbidding the use of dictionary or skipping. Therefore, she could not show the readers a full picture of how Chinese EFL learners discover meanings of unknown words in reading. Thus the author proposes that a further research should be conducted to see if other strategies will be employed in a real-life reading.展开更多
English word puzzles are fun.Do you enjoy them?Have a try.Do you know the words for different rooms in our home?Read the following and guess what room each of them is.
文摘Reading is an important art of literary,and vocabulary is the basis of understanding a passage.However,among L2 readers,their reading comprehension will be influenced by some unknown words in a negative way.Based on my own exerience,the teacher in China often tells the meaning of difficult words at the beginning of a reading lesson,which is a way of exlicit teaching.
文摘A troubled thing in English language reading is that it seems there are numerous new words,which may always make reading in English monotonous,and even let one lose interest in English learning.Hence this thesis tries to analyze the methods of how to guess unfamiliar words.
文摘People across China have begun decorating their houses,pasting poetic couplets and auspicious words on the doors,buying new clothes,and getting ready to make dumplings.You guessed right-it’s time to celebrate the Spring Festival,and ring in the Chinese New Year-the Year of the Dragon.
文摘In this essay, the author has endeavored to present a detailed review on Chern＇s article Chinese students＇ word-solving strategies in reading in English from the aspects of research methods, findings and arguments. We generally agree on the results she drew, which were as follows： （1） Chinese EFL learners were similar to learners from other L I language backgrounds in strategies use in reading; （2） Both high proficient learners and low proficient learners made more use of sentence-bound strategies and backward cues; （3） The use of forward cues differentiated the good learners from the poor learners; （4） The use of global cues correlated with subjects＇ proficiency level. However, there are some deficiencies as well. Chern over-emphasized the importance of guessing in reading, forbidding the use of dictionary or skipping. Therefore, she could not show the readers a full picture of how Chinese EFL learners discover meanings of unknown words in reading. Thus the author proposes that a further research should be conducted to see if other strategies will be employed in a real-life reading.
文摘English word puzzles are fun.Do you enjoy them?Have a try.Do you know the words for different rooms in our home?Read the following and guess what room each of them is.
