How to improve the ability of English reading

梁亞偉

l.?Introduction

To?learn?a?foreign?language?well?under?a?certain?kind?of?non-linguistic?Circumstance，?you?must?do?a?lot?of?reading.?As?we?all?know，?reading?has?been?playing?an?important?role?in?learning?a?foreign?language?all?the?time.

According?to?the?purpose?of?reading，?we?may?divide?reading?into?applied?language?reading?and?learning?language?reading.

II.?The?process?of?reading

Reading?is?a?sort?of?active?thought?process?through?the?use?of?the?reader'?linguistic?knowledge?and?background?knowledge?on?reading?materials.?In?my?opinion，the?process?of?reading?can?be?divided?into?three?levels?at?least.

l.?Literal?comprehension?level

As?for?this?kind?of?level，readers?just?need?to?understand?the?literal?meaning?of?the?essay，?such?as?identifying?and?recalling?the?general?idea，details?and?order?of?the?events，?typical?characteristic?and?causality.?All?the?abilities?listed?above?（grammatical?ability?and?linguistic?ability）?seem?quite?easy?for?most?beginners.

2.?Inferential?comprehension?level

During?this?special?stage，?readers?should?be?able?to?infer?the?word?meaning.?general?idea.?order.?details?and?typical?characteristic?according?to?the?structure?of'?the?reading?material.?To?finish?this?task?high-efficiently，?you?must?own?solid?essential?technique.?strong?apprehension?and?practical?reading?skills?as?well.

3.Evaluative?comprehension?level

Readers?should?be?capable?of?evaluating?the?merits?and?demerits?of?the?materials?by?virtue?of?experience.?Such?kind?of'?analysis?and?evaluation?include?the?accuracy?of?the?message，?possibility?of'?the?events，?authenticity?of?the?facts，?etc.

III.?Method～?of?developing?skills?of?reading?comprehension

Skills?of?reading?comprehension?can?be?trained?by?the?means?of'?intensive?readingand?extensive?reading.

l.?Intensive?reading

Intensive?reading?is?a?complicated?process.?On?the?one?hand，?it?refers?to?understanding?for?various?kinds?of?ideological?contents，?written?methods?and?connotation?of?concepts.?On?the?other?hand，?it's?connected?with?linguistic?structure?learning?through?the?use?of?linguistic?materials?chosen?from?texts.

Then?how?can?we?improve?our?ability?in?reading?comprehension？?Next，?I?will?give?some?suggestions?from?my?own?teaching?experience.

A.After?portraying?new?words?to?the?students，?I?usually?give?them?some?pre-reading?questions?and?post-reading?questions?in?order?to?help?them?understand?the?content?and?feedback?the?level?of'?reading?comprehension.

B.Explain?necessary?language?points?through?the?study?of?texts.?Analysis?of?Complex，?sentences?is?quite?difficult?for?middle?school?students.?As?a?teacher，?we?should?give?a?detailed?explanation?on?the?structure?of?sentences.?The?order?of?the?words?within?an?English?sentence?doesn't?usually?agree?with?that?of'?Chinese.?The?attributive?parts?in?English?are?often?put?behind?the?words?modified.?while?things?are?quite?different?from?Chinese?attributive?components.?As?for?those?complex?sentences?with?too?many?modifying?parts，?we?should?pick?out?the?subject?and?predicate?first.?And?then?try?to?differentiate?the?clauses。

C.Develop?the?students'?ability?of?looking?up?words?in?the?dictionaries?and?explaining?English?words?in?English.

D.Develop?the?students'?ability?of?giving?the?general?idea?oi'?the?materials?and?inducing?central?idea?of'?the?texts.?which?has?been?a?proper?method?in?training?the?students'?ability?01'?retelling?and?writing.?In?addition.?it's?necessary?to?expound?easy?rhetoric?to?students.?Through?knowledge?or?rhetoric，?students?may?deepen?understanding，?feelings?and?enjoyment?of'?the?texts.

2.Extensive?reading

As?a?teachers?should?replenish?a?certain?amount?of'?out-of-class?reading?materials.

Touching?the?field?of?outside?reading，?you?must?pay?attention?to?the?following?points：

A.Pay?attentionto?the?characteristic?of?reading.?---silent?reading?.

B.Try?to?overcome?the?habit?of?looking?back?repeatedly，

C.With?the?development?of?students'?reading?ability，ask?students?to?finish?the?reading?work?in?a?limited?time?or?record?the?time?needed?in?reading.

D.New?words?can't?be?avoided?in?outside?reading.?When?students?arc?engaged?in?taking?exams.?they?aren't?allowed?to?use?dictionaries.?We?can?guess?the?meaning?of?the?words.

How?can?the?readers?make?improvements?in?reading？

There?are?many?skills?to?improve?one's?ability?of?reading?comprehension.

One?of?the?most?important?skills?in?reading?is?the?knowledge?of'?word?.

In?order?to?improve?reading?ability，?it's?essential?to?memorize?words?and?master?the?ways?or?guessing?the?meaning?of'?words.?besides，?when?reading，?you?should?catch?the?phrases?as?a?unit?of?meaning?and?view?the?sentences?as?a?unit?of?meaning.?having?known?the?parts?of'?the?passage，?we?will?search?for?the?meaning?of?the?paragraph.

Make?inferences?while?reading?is?another?means?to?improve?reading?ability.

Finally，?trying?to?make?progress?in?speed?is?an?efficient?wav?to?improve?reading?ability?.

IV.?Conclusion

In?a?word，?reading?involves?muchknowledge?and?common?sense.?you?should?master?these?skills.?The?more?practice?you?do，?the?easier?you?get?the?information.