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Abs七ract Abstract Although learner strNegy training has already entered current language pedagogN with special journal issues，conferences，and textbooks devoted to the application of strategy training to language learning，there is still relatively little research into the effects of strategy training on learners and the learning process， especially in main—land China，a typical acquisition—poor environment Therefore，it is the purpose ofthis study to investigate into the effects of strategy training On students． This study focused on the investigation of the effects of training in five reading strategies：predicting，guessing，sunamarizing，semantic mapping and identifying cohesive devices and text structure，which were chosen based on the first phase of this study：a survey into the reading strategies of the subjects．This study was quasi-experimental in design and lasted for a whole semesten Two intact classes of 80 non—English majo,。freshmen took part in the study．One class was designated as experimental group and the other as control group．Both汀oups took part in the Same language program using the sgme textbook Meanwhile，the experimental group was trained in those five strategies． Pre。_test and post--test data were collected and compared to measure the effects of training on students’comprehension and recall．Results of the study indicated that reading strategy training is effective in improving sludents’performances on comprehension and recall across all proficiency levels，with the high achievement group benefited more from the training than the low achievement group The findings of lhis study seem to endorse the notion of integrating strategy training into normal language course cmziculunr Key Words：FL，T：strategy training；reading strategies；reading compl’ehension effects Acknowledgements 1 would like to extend my deepest appreciation to Prof．Li Zuowen，my thesis suDer“sor，who trust me and has been willing to take on a thesis of this type，whose enCOuragement、patience and u