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Cognitive Style and English Reading Ability 认知方式与英语阅读能力 Shen Wei (申蔚) First Military Medical University TC, Guangzhou Abstract A second language learner’s cognitive style is one of the many factors that may influence his/her success in second language acquisition (SLA). One of cognitive styles, Field Independence (FI) has been chosen in the present study because it seems to attract most attention in SLA. The present study attempts to investigate the roles that FI plays in the reading ability, one of the most important skills in SLA. In the present study, the reading ability refers to the