On How to Improve Undergraduates’ Reading Ability.docVIP

On How to Improve Undergraduates’ Reading Ability 【摘 要】英语阅读能力是英语学习者学习英语的关键。在大学英语教学当中，阅读理解是非常重要的，而且对于很多大学生来说，阅读理解又是基本技能和学习目标。本文通过分析影响阅读能力的因素，探讨如何提高大学生的英语阅读能力。 【关键词】大学英语 阅读技能 教学方法 ⅰ the situation problems in reading for undergraduates english reading is the most frequent activity in language learning, it’s also a way to improve other language skills. only abundance of reading can improve listening, speaking, writing etc. reading teaching plays an important role in college english teaching, but there are still some problems in english reading for undergraduates. 1．basic language knowledge barrier basic language knowledge includes pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. vocabulary directly influences the students’ understanding in reading, so vocabulary mainly influences one’s reading ability. although college students have accumulated a certain extent words when they enter college, they still can’t use words freely and most of them are lack of words. due to poor vocabulary, they often have to stop reading to guess the meaning of words while they are reading which slow down their reading speed and finally influence the understanding of the passage. students have learned grammar in middle school, but lots of students can not make a clear sense of grammar and they could not analyze long sentences and complicated sentences which may cause some misunderstandings. poor vocabulary and grammar are two biggest barriers in reading activity for college students. 2．cultural background knowledge barrier in reading process, culture differences may confuse readers. if one can not understand the background information of the passage, they can only get the literally meaning which is meaningless. there is a cultural gap between english speaking countries and china. westerners and chinese have different history, geography, religion and culture which make a lot of differences in aspects of life. these differences show in many fields and what we often meet is idioms. english articles invo