reading skills for college students.doc

[Abstract] Reading is one of the four important skills in English as a second or foreign language. It is also a skill that the students need to possess to support independent and self-directed learning. With the Information Age’s arrival, the English materials gradually change from paper materials to electronic ones. So, it becomes more and more important for English majors to speed up their reading in order to acquire as much information as possible. Thus, fostering a good English reading habit is essential for students. And being able to adopt different reading skills for different reading materials and purposes will also help the students read more effectively. The paper mainly concerns some English reading skills and discusses how to foster good English reading habits for college students. [Key Words] characteristics; English reading; make notes; foster the English reading habits? 浅谈大学英语阅读技巧【摘 要】阅读是学习第二外语的必须掌握的四项基本技能之一，也是大学生用于自学须掌握的学习策略和技巧。随着信息时代的到来，英语阅读材料渐渐由传统的纸质材料向电子读物转变，提高英语专业学生的阅读速度尽可能多的获取信息变的越来越重要。因此学生有必要养成良好的英语阅读习惯。学生能对不同的英语阅读材料和不同的阅读目的采用不同的阅读方法，也将有助于他们更加有效的阅读。本文主要叙述一些与大学生相关的英语阅读技巧，并且讨论了如何养成良好的英语阅读习惯。【关键词】 特点；英语阅读；做笔记；培养英语阅读习惯 1. Introduction ??? As reading is a part of academic literacy, English teachers usually have high expectations of a students ability to cope with the demands of reading in English. Most college students wish to read more books. Reading is a way for college students to be more knowledgeable and successful. However, it is also an activity that many college students don’t enjoy very much. To succeed at schools, students need to possess a range of strategies and skills that support self-directed learning. Traditionally, many of these strategies and skills, some of which are highly generic, are not explicitly taught to students in the expectation that students either already have these skills, or will naturally acquire and develop these skills in their course of study. In order to improve the college students’ ability of English readi