How to Foster Students’Reading Ability.docVIP

How to Foster Students’Reading Ability 　　【Abstract】As reading is the main source of acquiring knowledge， the teaching of reading is regarded as the backbone of language teaching. This paper makes a proposal for a more effective approach to reading ability hazed on the requirements of the new syllabus and the needs of the society. 　　【Key words】reading； ability； teaching； effective approach 　　【摘要】阅读是获得信息的主要来源，因此阅读是教学中必不可少且至关重要的环节。该论文通过简介影响阅读的因素，探讨如何从各方面有效培养学生阅读能力已达到学习语言的目的。 　　【关键词】阅读 能力 教学 有效 　　I. Introduction 　　Reading could help cooperation and exchange with foreign countries in economy， culture， science and technology. And reading for relaxation and enjoyment can add to ones quality of life. So only people who have reading ability can master the knowledge and make full use of it. A schools goal should be to enable students to read independably. So how to foster the students reading ability is very important. 　　II. Some Factors Affecting Reading 　　There exist many factors affecting reading comprehension. Some are objective such as linguistic difficulty， organizational structure and its length， the two noticeable factors are background knowledge and culture. The simplest way to provide background knowledge is to introduce something about the text topic， source and author， etc. to students. In this way， students can connect their own experiences and provide more background knowledge for each other. Some are subjective residing in the readers， for example， physical factor， intellectual factor， emotional factor and educational factor. 　　III. Fostering The Students Reading Ability 　　Fostering reading ability depends not only on teachers but also students. Yet the teachers guidance through reading lesson mainly makes the students have reading ability. For teachers， we should arouse students’ interest， choose reading materials， foster students’ reading skills and so on. 　　1. Reading Interest 　　Interest is the best teacher. Emotion could arouse students enth