How to Improve University Students’English Reading Ability

鄧招壽

【Abstract】As University Students English Reading Ability become more and more important， this paper studies the improvement of College Students English reading comprehension ability.

【Key words】Improve English Reading Ability

1. Preface

With the development of society， English reading not only appears in exams but also exists in looking information， getting Info， entertaining or chatting online. English articles are getting more and more， and the range of them is getting wider and wider. English， be the world nowadays international social intercourse language the success that it obtains is an unprecedented in history of. So improving students reading ability is of great urgency.

2. Some Suggestions to overcome the obstacles in reading

Reading is a kind of constructive thinking process. It not only includes the understanding of the literal meaning， but also includes the understanding of the implicit semantics. Reading ability contains analysis， evaluation and imagination. It is essential to strengthen students reading strategy In order to adapt to the needs of foreign language learning. In order to effectively improve students reading ability， we should find some pertinent countermeasures in the ordinary English studying implementation.

2.1 Update ideas， brave practice new teaching methods

The new curriculum revolution is not a change of a series of textbooks but a update of educational concepts， a change of the talent fostering mode to reform and all –round reform involves classroom teaching modes， students learning pattern and evaluation of teaching effects. Against this backdrop， we should strive to study education theories， change the educational ideas， strengthen study， widely practice under the guide of advanced theory and explore advanced and effective teaching methods.

2.2 Solve the problems of vocabulary and grammar， and lay a solid foundation in reading

Of course， it is insufficient for a vocabulary book to enlarge vocabulary， so， we should read more English articles at ordinary times to understand the words in the article. The understanding of vocabulary includes two forms， the understanding of Structural Words and notional word. At the same time， we should hold the clue of overall structure and distinguish the layer of sentence structure. Secondly， Structural relationship between modifier and modified ingredients should be recognized. In the last place， we also need to get the mood of the whole sentence， that is to say， what the meaning of the sentence is （derogatory or commendatory， Positive or negative）. Though grammar is relatively difficult to master， but as long as much more practice， long-term training， can solve this problem.endprint

2.3 Knowing of English culture background， and enlarging our scope of knowledge

According to Schema theory， background knowledge plays an important part in reading. The range of background information is quite wide and it includes culture， custom， geography， science and technology， etc. History of British &American Literature can help students understand those countries information. Actually Americans usually say ‘how are you doing？ —pretty well， rather than ‘how do you do？. After a period of training， students can understand more， and their reading ability will enhance significantly.

2.4 Stimulate reading interest， cultivate good reading habits

Everyone knows that if a person has no interest in something， easily imagining that he will not do it well. As Piaget psychologist puts “interest performs a regulatory function， freeing up or stopping the investment of energy in a person.” Everybody selecting Optional reading materials chooses some interesting ones. Some English joke or humorous short stories downloaded from the Internet will increase our reading interest and improve the quality. Good reading habits have great effect on improving reading ability. We can apply restricted time reading methods. It is proved that cap reading can be very good to improve our ability to read. So in the normal reading， it is necessary to overcome all kinds of bad reading habits， and regular cap reading training， and strive to improve reading speed.

2.5 Develop good psychological traits

It is essential for a true reader to have a good psychological quality. for fear of producing mental maladjustment In the process of reading， At the beginning of reading one should eliminate inferiority mentality， establish self-confidence， and believe oneself able to figure it out. In addition， we follow the principle of gradual improvement from easy to difficult through reading training. Of course， if your vocabulary is rich， you have certain self-confidence foundation， so good English foundation is good for eliminating psychological barrier.

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[2]Zhang，zhengdong，Huang，taiquan A bilingual Course of English Teaching Methodology[M].Science Press.2002.7.endprint