思维导图对英语专业学生阅读能力有效性的研究分析-a research and analysis of the effectiveness of mind mapping on english majors reading ability.docxVIP

AnEmpiricalStudyontheEffectivenessoftheMindMappingonEnglishMajors’ReadingComprehensionAThesisSubmittedtotheSchoolofForeignLanguagesShenyangNormalUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegreeofMasterofArtsByWangJingjingUndertheSupervisionofAssociateProfessorWuJinpingJune2014AcknowledgementsTherearemanypeoplewhohelpedmeintheprocessofmythesiswriting,soIintendedtoshowgreatthanksandrespectstothem.Firstofall,itismostgratefulthatmysupervisorMsWugavemesomuchadviceandsupportintheprocessofselectingthetopicandthecontentsofthethesis.Duringthecompletionofthisthesis,MsWualwaysputforwardinvaluablesuggestionsandspecificcommentsonmythesis.Secondly,Imustgivegenuinethankstoalltheteacherswhohavetaughtmeduringmypostgraduatestudyinthefieldofappliedlinguistics.Theirknowledgeandlecturesbroadenedmysightandenlightenedmyinterestinappliedlinguistics.Finally,Iwanttoexpressmysincerethankstomyfamilyandmyfriends.Withouttheirhelpandsupportintheprocessofcompletingthethesis,Icouldnotfinishthethesisintheend.AbstractReadingremainsaveryimportantpositionamongthefiveskillsoflistening,speaking,reading,writingandtranslating.ItisquitevitalforstudentstobecomeindependentandefficientEnglishreaders,cultivateagoodhabitofreading,increasetheabilityofcommunicativecompetence,andbroadentheirinsights.ThisthesisaimsatstudyingtheeffectivenessoftheMindMappingonEnglishmajors‘readingcomprehension.Meanwhile,thestudyintendstoprovideanewandefficienttoolforEnglishmajorsinreadingcomprehensionandforteachersinEnglishteaching.TheresearcherhaschosentwoparallelclassesofEnglishmajorsinthethirdyearofthestudyassubjectsintheexperiment,andemployedtheinstrumentsofquestionnaires,interview,andteststotestifytheeffectivenessofMindMappingonEnglishmajors‘readingcomprehension.TheexperimentalclasswastaughtbyMindMappingwhilethecontrolclasswastaughtbythetraditionalreadingmethods.FromthedataoftestsanalyzedbySPSS,theexperimentalclasshadmademuchmoreprogressinreadingcomprehensionthanthecontrolclass.Fromthepost-questionnaireandtheinterview,