How to Enlarge Senior Students’ Vocabulary by Reading 如何扩大高中生英语词汇.doc

How to Enlarge Senior Students’ Vocabulary by Reading CONTENTS Abstract…………………………………………………………………………..…...i 摘要………………………………………...……………………..………………… ii 1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………..1 2 Some theories on English reading………………………..………………………..1 2.1 Constructivism theory………………….………………………………...….1 2.1.1 The main point of constructivism………………………………...…2 2.1.2 The guidance of constructivism in reading…………………………2 2.2 Input and output theory……………………………………………………...2 2.2.1 The relationship between input and output……………………...….3 2.2.2 The enlightenment of input theory in reading………………………3 2.2.3 The enlightenment of output theory in reading……………………..4 2.3 Schema theory……………………………………………………………….5 2.3.1 The types of schema……………………….………………………..5 Linguistic schema...……………………………………….5 Formal schema...…………………...……………………..5 Content schema...………………..………………………..6 2.3.2 The enlightenment of schema theory in reading……………..……..6 Pre-reading stage………………………………………….7 While-reading stage………………...……………………..7 Post-reading stage……………………………………...…7 3 The problems and obstacles in English reading…………………………………...8 3.1 The function of vocabulary in English learning……………………………..8 3.2 The problems in remembering words………………………………………..8 3.3 The obstacles and bad habits in English reading…………………………….9 3.3.1 Bad habit of reading word by word…………………………………9 3.3.2 Bad habit of “vocalization”……………………….………………...9 3.3.3 Bad habit of “sub vocalization”…..……..…..……………………9 3.3.4 Less practice in fast reading………………………..……………...10 3.3.5 The meaning of some idioms and literary quotations………..……10 3.3.6 The new words in reading…………………………………...…….10 4 How to enlarge vocabulary by reading……………………………………..…….10 4.1 Learning vocabulary and memorizing vocabulary by reading is an effect