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Discussion about English Reading Strategies at Normal College 　　【Abstract】According to the result of the observation, the author finds out many problems about the reading teaching and studying at the normal college. In order to improve students’ English reading proficiency, she makes some suggestions about reading strategies. 　　【Key words】normal English; English reading proficiency; strategies 　　【中图分类号】H31 【文献标识码】A 【文章编号】2095-3089（2013）02-0120-02 　　Practical English is a compulsory course for every non?鄄English major at a normal college. Reading is the major skill in practical English teaching. Thus acquiring reading proficiency is of great importance to vocational college students. But the teaching and learning of it at vocational college are so far not satisfactory. It’s observed that a considerable number of students at vocational college rarely use reading strategies. On the other hand, teachers do not know how to use proper teaching strategies before asking students to read. The teaching strategies they use are monotonous, boring and insufficient. In short, we can find the following problems which exist in English reading teaching at vocational colleges in China according to the results of the study. 　　1)The teaching materials currently used in English reading class at normal college are not suitable for students. Generally, the reading materials are too difficult for the students. And the content of most materials are about adult world. The students as teenagers have few interest in these. This results in their motivation for English reading class is low. 　　2)Many teachers neglect activating students’ background knowledge before reading at college. In reading classroom, most questions provided by teachers are about new words. They hardly remind students of background knowledge. And the students lack enough social common senses because they have almost never read after class. 　　3)The students don’t have adequate English vocabulary. They encounter so