On how to improve high school English reading ability

[Abstract] reading ability in English language teaching plays an important role in the process, and reading ability not in a day. How to improve students' reading ability is worthy of a high school English teachers on the issue.

[Keywords:] Chen Ability to read English

In recent years, the college entrance examination in English reading ability of the candidate proposition increasingly high demand, mainly in the following areas: increasing the amount of reading, increase the number of words, guessing meaning heavier weight, strengthen the discourse, discourse analysis of how to improve students' reading level of understanding and problem-solving ability to adapt to new requirements? I think in the teaching process, teachers should be based on entrance reading comprehension test requirements, test characteristics, there is a conscious students to master reading skills, this is the key solution.

First, the accumulation of basic vocabulary, to lay the foundation in English reading
1, a certain vocabulary is prerequisite reading
Vocabulary is composed of the smallest unit of the Article, the National English Test requires candidates to master the 3000-4000 words, six exam requires candidates to master the 5000-6000 term. Shows that the vocabulary of English language proficiency is a measure of an important aspect of a high school around 3,000 students to master the vocabulary, reading English Articles are generally not much problem.

2 to remember the word for the benchmark textbook
Some of the students to read the Article, the students all words are recorded, and some even back to the dictionary, which are not desirable, I suggested a word-based textbooks, especially the word middle, as they are the most commonly used English words words, but also appear frequently in reading words.

3, memory, attention skills when
According to psychology, law, first day of the demerits of the thing, repeat the memory can remember the next day 70%, if not repeat the next day, but will forget to go to repeat the third day 70%, so the next day is critical. Also, remember to concentrate when his mouth read, a mental note, eyes, ears to listen, even create a sentence the way that memory is even more firmly.

Second, expand the amount of reading to enrich students' cultural background knowledge of English
Last year, the college entrance examination papers in English reading comprehension pArt of the previous years, still selected five Articles. Selection highlights the contemporary discourse and cultural color, reflecting the <<English curriculum standards>> stated that "cultural awareness" five articles covering narrative, expository, argumentative and other sports, the new topic, there are times sense of authentic language, clarity, compact structure, in chronoLogical order, spatial order and Logical reasoning, a greater complexity and therefore, students read articles, to have some background knowledge is also very important, it is the reading comprehension catalyst, because the language is the carrier of culture, discourse can not exist independently from the cultural background. Cultural background knowledge acquisition in addition to teaching the text read, the more English by reading books.

See more in order to identify broad. This sentence in the process of learning English can come in handy and we can be more in the learning process to select some English essays as reading the contents of training, over time, they can expand their knowledge and improve reading skills.

1. Select their own reading level and considerable material
Reading material is too simple, no room for thinking, do not need to be able to make the material after the exercise, reach training. Materials too difficult, too many words, it will produce boring boredom, difficult to stick to it, so choose their own reading level appropriate reading materials is very important.

2. With the same interest in reading each article
<<Entrance exam outline>> said: "The selection principle is that reading comprehension wide range of topics can include biographies, social, cultural and everyday knowledge, science knowledge, etc., but the background knowledge related to students should be able to understand." So students can not read their own preferences, to extensive reading.

Third, the study questions the kinds of questions, to master reading skills and strategies
Entrance is basically only four questions in English, meaning that the speculation problem, details of the problem, determine the problem and the math reasoning. Therefore, the usual training in reading a reading is very important.

1. Look casual working, read the article with questions
Read the casual working, one must master the type of problem is to distinguish between subjective and objective information on issues or questions. Objective information on the topic can be found directly from the article, answer questions and to examine the subjective judgments of the emotional tone of the article, the authors did not add the statement throughout the text view and understanding of the central idea, etc., such practice must be from the author's attitude, intention and the entire article for a deeper reasoning, etc. Secondly, understand questions and casual working the information contained in the various options, then targeted to scan read the article, locate the relevant information quickly, and then integrate the relevant information, screening, analysis, comparison, well-founded to eliminate interference items, select the correct answer. This law strengthened to read targeted to improve the accuracy of the theme to do, saving valuable time, particularly for use in the form of graphics and advertising, posters, presentations and other types of travel articles.

2, speed-reading the full text to understand the subject to the effect, do the problems quickly to useful information needed to locate
In recent years, the entrance reading speed is about 40 words per minute or so, candidates must be in a very limited time to use skim, scan, speed reading techniques such as jump, search for key words, topic sentences, capture time and space, order, plot , figures, ideas, and clarify the article context, to grasp the essence of discourse. quick to make useful information needed to issue positioning. Subject to the effect problem should pay attention to the beginning and end, to deepen understanding of the first sentence and last sentence of the paragraph. Subject to the effect that problems test candidates are reading the article on the purpose and effect of the grasp. this problem more difficult in the difficult students that reading the instructions, demonstration or science articles, the topic sentence is often the opening section of sentence paragraphs. also summarized or reasoning of the article, topic sentences and more at the end of the paragraph, so that the reading method focused on the vital role to play. In peacetime training must pay particular attention.

Example: In 2005 the national college entrance examination - Chongqing volume E articles (the topic sentence in first paragraph)
In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competi-tion.Some value it highly, believing that responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competiton is bad.that it sets one person against another, that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people. ...

71. What does this passage mainly talk about?
A. Competition helps to set up self-respect.

B. Opinions about competition are different among people.

C. Competition is harmful to personal qualitity development.

D. Failures are necessary experience in conpetition.

Answer and resolve: the first sentence of the text selected B. has proposed a central argument. Links to free download http://www.hi138.com 3. Read the details, straighten out the idea and article thread
Article is by no means unrelated sentences chaotic piling up, the author of the text, there are pulse-based, such as: narrative and many more people-centered, time or space for clues, according to the occurrence, development, end to start the story, argumentative contains arguments, arguments, conclusions three elements, by explaining, for example, to elaborate ideas.

4. Logical reasoning, good deep understanding of problems
In practice, reading, and sometimes the author does not say the intent of the students according to the literal meaning, through the Logic of discourse, on the details of the suggested scrutiny of the author's attitude and understanding of the article implies, this is commonly referred to as deep understanding. deep understanding of major issues, including general (central idea, add titles, etc. and reasoning to determine the problem is the difficulty of reading comprehension, problem is a deep understanding of creative thinking activities, it must be faithful to the original, the article should provide clues to the facts and based on inference based on the known unknown, can not be imagined, random speculation, which requires students to the surface of the text information analysis, mining and Logical reasoning, not factual, sweeping, and only thoroughly understand the literal meaning of the article, the premise of reasoning have and infrastructure.

Common reasoning to determine the kinds of questions are: ① details Tuiduan Ti, ② causal Tuiduan Ti; ③ character, mood situation, attitudes and viewpoints Tuiduan Ti, ④ chapter structure Tuiduan Ti, ⑤ article structure Tuiduan Ti; ⑥ prediction problem.

5. Word-guessing Wu Yi, to remove stumbling block to read
Guess the word is the application of the importance of English ability, but also the kinds of questions commonly used in college entrance examination, which not only requires accurate understanding of the context, but also a large amount of extensive reading, to grasp or understand more extra-curricular vocabulary to enable students to learn. " follow it ", no syntax is defined, with the position, contrast, cause and effect, common sense, context, word formation and other clues to determine meaning.

(1 guess, by definition and interpretation of the word (as defined in law)
Example: Annealing is a way of making metal softer by heating it and then letting it cool very slowly.

Analysis: The sentence given to a clear definition of annealing, or "annealing."
(2 to guess the word based on parity relations (with counterpoint)
Example: They traveled a long way, at last got to a castle, a large building in old times.

Analysis: appositive part of a large building in old times give the exact meaning castle, the "castle."
(3 based on comparison between word-guessing (contrast
Example: She is usually prompt for all her class, but today she arrived in the middle of her first class.

Analysis: but the word table turning, but after so mean the opposite. Means the last part of her today "section on the half to come," so the reverse inference can be drawn She usually always "on time" Conclusion.

(4 to guess the word based on causality (cause and effect method
Example: The lack of movement caused the muscles to weaken.Sometimes the weakness was permanent.So the player could never play the sport again.

Analysis: results from the back, "never again movement", you can speculate permanent.

(5 to guess the word based on experience and common sense (common sense method)
Example: All the houses in the city collapsed during the strong earthquake.

Analysis: We know from experience, a strong earthquake is the house collapsed. Accordingly, it is easy to guess collaps-ed is "collapse" mean.

(6 According to the knowledge of word formation (prefixes, suffixes, compound, derivative, etc. guess the word (word-formation
Example: Perhaps, we can see some possibilities for next fifty years. But the next hundred?
possibility of the same root term is possible, given possibility can be judged accordingly means "possibility."
In short, the English reading ability is a complex process of progressive, to develop the habit of reading English, gradual, sustained, extensive hunting, the practice makes perfect, students should be more practice, more thinking, and constantly improve the analysis and judgments, and reasoning ability, increased overall understanding, and ultimately improve reading skills.

[References]
[1] <<Full-time average high school English syllabus>>
[2] <<entrance English exam description>>
[3] <<Full-time average high school textbooks, teachers, teaching English Volume III book "
[4] national college entrance examination questions in English

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