英语阅读策略skimming非英语专业学生阅读策略研究

英语阅读策略skimming非英语专业学生阅读策略研究 摘 要：本文对山西医科大学二年级三个本科班学生的英语阅读策略掌握过程进行了研究。结果显示，在通过阅读策略训练后，学生阅读效率有一定的提高，肯定了英语阅读策略的作用。 关键词：阅读策略；调查；阅读训练；建议 Abstract:This paper reports a study conducted among three classes of Shanxi Medical university sophomores on English reading strategies in order to find which strategies could be gained by training. The results indicate that students reading proficiency could be improved by training. . Key words: reading strategies;investigation;reading training;suggestions An Investigation into English Reading Strategies among College Non-English Majors 1. Background Reading is known as one of the most important information input in second language learning. While students lack enough correct input especially after class. So, reading is naturally regarded as the most efficient method for students. 2. Present Study Many studies on reading skills were conducted to improve reading, for example, discourse structure and reading : Beck, McKeown, Sinatraq & Loxterman 1991; strategy instruction and reading development: Brown, Pressley, Van Meter & Schuder 1996; Fluency training on reading process: Stahl, Heubach & Cramond 1997; effects of individual learner differences on reading development: Guthrie, Wigfield, Metsala & Cox 1999. In China, plenty of researches on English reading are doing in recent years. Twenty-seven articles were collected from year xx to xx. Five of these investigations were being carried out under reading practice, and the rest were not. 3. Research Design 3.1 Subjects Subjects are all non-English majors in Shanxi Medical University in grade two from three different classes taught by the same English teacher. Students are divided into three levels aording to the mean marks of the past two terms English test scores. Group A consists of students whose mean score is above 75; Group B consists of students whose mean score is between 60(60 included) and 75(75 included); Group C consists of students whose mean score is below 60. Twenty-seven students are in Group One; seventy-three in Group Two; sixteen in Group Three. 3.2Study Tools Study tools are reading material of CET4 (xx-xx), questionnaire, spss13.0 and interview questions. 3.3 Before the Experiment In the beginning, concept of reading and ten reading strategies were introduced to students. Ben E Johnson stated in Reading Edge (1998): Reading is a process of constructing meaning from written texts. It is a plex skill requiring the coordination of a number of interrelated sources of information. And Reading is the process of constructing meaning through the dynamic interaction among readers existing knowledge, the information suggested by the