HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR READING COMPREHENSION

Inductive method the “quality” and “measure” The reading ability

Nowadays with development of knowledge and social changes and improvements， technology is progressing by leaps and bounds， and the 21st century will be a knowledge-Based economy age、 And English education has raised a higher claim on reading ability， and information will become the “leading role”、 The K、S、 Goodman in 1972 points out: It is right that reading is a kind of form that proceed to handle of information which are three mutually relevant but each distinguishing information， namely formal， syntax semantic information、 In the reading we obtain mainly the information、 A reading of individual ability of high and low come to a decision he can quickly and efficiently absorb the useful information、 The reading ability is the two aspects of abilities that generally point to the reading speed and comprehension、 The “lay emphasizes to educate the reading ability， in order to study and apply English、” It’s a concrete item in middle school English teaching、 The reading ability is the foundation of the self-educated ability， again is a means that educate the self-educated ability of the students、 At the same time from these practical activities of language that train the students the ability that the language and cultural information of the linguistics proceed to extract， analyses and synthetically ability of application、 So that， in high school in the English teaching we should pay attention to the educating of the reading ability、

Reading is a complicacy of the perception、 Along with the development of psychology， psycholinguistic， application the linguistics is right with the development， people deep into continuously the research and studying of theories in reading、 At the beginning of the 1980’s， The Carle brings up “the modern diagram type theory”、 This kind of theory announces to reveal the innate character of reading and emphasize to reading substantially is with the certain process that hand over with each other function between a reader with its background knowledge and the word information of certain material、 The research expresses reading still suffer to the reading habit， the mental state of the reading， the reading technical ability， the reading strategy etc、 Moreover Jeremy Harmer divided the reading technical ability into the first technical ability (include Predictive skills， scanning， skimming) and the second technical abilities (include the Extracting detailed the information and discourse patterns; Deducing meaning from context、) First technical ability is the first reading that should have technical ability， lay emphasis to obtain the information; Second technical ability is the second reading that should have technical ability， since is beneficial to study the words， and control the construction of text、 Therefore， according to the different reading purpose choice and combine the different reading technical， we must train the students to adjust appropriately the reading speed， let the students form the good reading habit， till get the good result of reading at last、

However， in the high school the students read very slowly and their comprehension is not good、 For this kind of phenomenon there are a few reasons in training reading ability at present: First， the backward teaching thought and method、 We just emphasize the teaching of language knowledge， the development for English thought for information for letting the students passively accepting some words， grammars…etc、 Neglecting the reading technique and method， neglecting the message that the reading material express， tie up the students the development of with the reading ability and exaltation、 Two， the language factor limited English reading ability’s information、 The language factor is to point the letter of alphabet， words， phrase， useful expression， grammar rule…etc、 Generally the certain language knowledge become the foundation of language ability、 At education the reading ability process both can’t be one-sided; Three， the un-language factor also hampered the ability’s development and exaltation of English reading、 Latest development， students that the un-language factor includes the bad reading of habit， the ill-health mental state and the indigence’s language culture background knowledge etc…、 Understand directly and quickly the world’s technology development the students must have the better ability to read、 And also have the certain ability if self-educated， in studying and working later they will make more progress、

So， how to overcome the above blemish， and how to improve the reading ability? First， reading is positive and active comprehension and a process to accept information、 From the formality， it is an one-way speech exchanges， both the author and the reader that are parents participate in speech social intercourse activity in substance、 Therefore reading is a positive， complicated intelligential activity、 The purpose of reading is helpful to comprehend the thought that the author express in the text、 So the comprehensive ability is an important aspect of reading、 Its degree can be divided into three level of structure by shallowly into deeply: Literal comprehension---This is the premise that know the information of the article appearance; Inferential comprehension---comprehend clearly the author’s implication; Critical comprehension—the contests that the author expressed his own viewpoint、 In the teaching， we discover a part of students usually only remain in the surface comprehension， it’s very difficult to deep into the last two level of structure、 Therefore， to change this kind of present condition， and improve the students the reading ability， the teacher must change the teaching way of thinking and teaching method， according to the three level of structures of the reading and comprehension and design the teaching process， from easily to difficultly， make the students go deep into the comprehensive level of structure continuously and complete gradually the chinning from the knowledge level to the ability level、 More practice， less speaking、 Regarding the students as the center， educate the students’ independence in study， independence spirit of investigation; make use of stir up to rise the creative consciousness in the language、

Secondly， while we are reading， we should pay attention to the “inductive method” of the application、 For the aim of reading we can obtain the written information， we needn’t adopt the way of the consecutive analysis for the handling of material、 We should put main emphasis onto educating the students the ability to read quickly， and the ability to generalize the decree、 From different the type of literature and theme in the teaching reading， there are a few advice that we can adopt: One， induce the verb， and show the process of an affair; Two， induce time， stress affairs、 For some articles， particularly some which reflect history person or the story article of affairs， and can induce the material with time clues; Three， induce the person， stress individual、 To aim primarily at the variety’s article of the person role， in reading we can pass to analyze the person， induce its words and actions， and come to stress the character; Four， induce the cause and effect， stress center、 For reflecting the article， the society， environment， the ecosystem of nature etc like we can grasp the center according to its antecedent and consequence; Five， induce the difference， contrast the comprehension、

Thirdly， at the beginning of reading， the students usually read very slowly、 The comprehension ability is not good、 Lacking of valid reading techniques and method、 This is a main cause for this phenomenon、 The appropriate usage of the reading technique and method， it will rise the half effort and double result、 So that， we must train and lead the students the main reading technique in the reading technique and method、 We can have a try from these aspects: One， Prediction: Predict mostly contents and words of the article that involve from the headline， then read the first， second segment of the article， with the verification or on time rectify to estimate article、 Hold tight the Topic the Sentence， Key Words， Open---ended question at the sane time、 It is in favor of to arouse the background knowledge of the students， and raise the reality’s social intercourse function， and further comprehend the article from the whole、 Two， Skimming: view quickly the whole text， and appreciate the fist of the article， and discover the author’s standpoint and intention， with controlling the literary piece construction， so that they can hold tightly the Central idea in the text、 Particularly notice the tow paragraphs of the beginning and ending， and the two sentences of the beginning and ending in each paragraph， (usually topic sentence in conclusion)、 Certainly， if there is chart or vice-Headline in the text， we also should notice that they can provide the suggestions， help the reader comprehend、 Three， Scanning: On the foundation of viewing of the whole text， proceeds to check and read， then answer the problem of the individual details、 Four， from the context we can identify the meaning of a word、 In other words， the technique to guess the word meaning、 Generally we can get the meaning of a word from the antonym and the synonym in the context、 Sometimes we can get it from the language; we can still distinguish the meaning according to the construction of the phrase and the word formation (for example the root， the stem， the prefix and the suffix)、 All these could improve effectively the reading method and technique of the ability、 The teacher should proceed more consciously to train the students in the reading、

In short， the purpose guide the students fast in search of the topic， hold tightly the gist， and solve the shallow layer and the deep layer problem， hold the whole construction; Further join together comprehension and acquisition of the word-sentence、 It is more helpful to solve the ability of logical thought in comprehension and acquisition、 At the same time reading is a perfect system continuously that master homogonously reading the technique and method、 We can develop English scholastic ability to improve continuously the reading ability， enrich the language knowledge and increase the ability to use the language、 Certainly， the “in deep freeze three Chinese feet， not a day it is cold、” It is a complicated process that educates the reading ability of students’ English and we needn’t act too hastily、 The interest is a motive， to educate the students’ reading interest; to lead the reading technique， and educate the student to become a good reading habit， the reading ability of the students would be improved gradually、