英语阅读情况调查

1、英语阅读情况调查英语阅读情况调查第一组第一组娄辛悦娄辛悦 徐宏亮徐宏亮 胡玉伟胡玉伟 王丽娟王丽娟 nResearch Topic阅读策略使用与英语阅读成绩的相关性研究nResearch Instruments1. A reading comprehension test2. A questionnaire QuestionnairenSources of the theoretical frameworkn1. Insights from Andrew Cohens SBI materialsn2. Insights from Prof Wens lectures and booksn3.

2、Insights from reflections of our own teaching experiencenVariableStrategy for English Reading nTypes of respondentsnSophomore non-English majorsnConceptual definitionStrategies: Actions taken to facilitate the accomplishment of language learning tasks (Rubins definition)nOperational definitionEnglis

3、h reading strategies: Actions taken to facilitate the accomplishment of English reading.CategoriesnWord attack strategiesForm-focusednword formationMeaning-focusednGuessing the meaning of unknown wordsnLooking up in the dictionariesnGiving upnSentence-focused strategiesForm-focusednAnalyzing the sen

4、tence structuresMeaning-focusednIgnoring the sentence structure nDiscourse-based strategiesPredicting Getting main ideas Getting the deeper meanings nI. Word attack strategiesn1. I turn to dictionaries when coming across new words in the English reading.n2. I guess the meanings of new words in conte

5、xt when reading in English.n3. When I read English articles, I skip the words that are new to me.n4. I guess the meaning of new words by analyzing their roots or prefixes or suffixes. n5. I use simple words to replace difficult ones in sentence understanding.Items in questionnaireItems in questionna

6、irenII. Sentence-focused strategiesn6. I pause and analyze the structure of sentences when reading in English.n7. I do not bother with the grammatical structure of sentences while reading in English.n8. I ignore the sentences with complicated structures.n9. I try to grasp the general idea of a sente

7、nce before going to read the next sentence.n10. I try to understand complicated sentences by analyzing their structure. nIII. Discourse-based strategiesn11. I predict the main idea of the whole passage from its title or subtitles.n12. I predict the main idea of the whole passage from key words.n13.

8、I grasp the main idea of the material while reading English.n14. I try to guess the main ideas of the text on the basis of pictures, charts or figures.nIII. Discourse-based strategiesn15. I grasp the gist of the reading material through quickly reading the first and the last paragraphs.n16. I try to

9、 interpret the writers intention while reading in English.n17. I do not pay attention to the implied meaning of the reading material.nTypes of information we would like to obtain:Factual questions: gender, name, majorBehavior questions: actions (strategies students use in English reading)nTypes of scaling techniques we would like to employ:Frequency scaleWe would like to ask the respondents to