资源描述:
《最新2016背景知识对英语阅读理解能力的影响和积累方法—英语教学论文》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、精品文档欢迎来主页查询背景知识对英语阅读理解能力的影响和积累方法1.Introduction
Astheinternationalcommunicationandcooperationhaveincreased,Englishbecomesmoreandmoreimportantinmodernsociety.Itbecomesamainwaytoacquireadvancedcultureandscientifictechnology.LearningEnglishhasneverbeenofmoreimportanceinoursocietytha
2、ntoday.However,readingisoftenconsideredthemostdifficultintermsofliteracy,accuracy,andefficiency.Generallyspeaking,improvingreadingskillsrequiresmoretimeoftrainingthanimprovinglisteningorspeaking.WhatmakesEFLlearnersfeelthatreadingisthemostdifficultcoursetohandle?Whatfactorsaffec
3、tthereadingcomprehensionofEFLlearners?ThisessayconsidersthatbackgroundknowledgeisthekeyfactoraffectingreadingcomprehensionofEFLlearners.Thisessayfirstlygivesabriefintroductionoftwokindsofbackgroundknowledge,contentbackgroundknowledgeandformalbackgroundknowledge,andthendiscussesh
4、owbackgroundknowledgeaffectsreading更多精品文档,欢迎来我主页查询精品文档欢迎来主页查询comprehensionofEFLlearners.Atlast,itwillpresentsometechniquesonhowtobuildupone’sbackgroundknowledge,especiallyformalbackgroundknowledge.
2.TheTheoryofBackgroundKnowledgeThetechnicaltermforbackgroundknowledgeisschematat
5、heory.“Schematatheorydescribeshowknowledgeisrepresentedandhownewknowledgeisintegratedwithanetworkofpriorknowledge.Apowerfulfeatureofschematheoryisthatithelpsexplainhownewlearningisintegratedwithanindividual’sexistingknowledge.Itexplainshowwelearn,modify,anduseinformationweacquir
6、ethroughourexperiences.”[1]P241Therearetwotypesofschemata(apluralformofschema)orbackgroundknowledge,contentschemataandformalschemata.2.1ContentSchemata“Contentschemataareclaimedtobebackgroundknowledgeaboutthecontentareaofatext---atextaboutwashingclothes,celebratingNewYear’sEvein
7、Hawaii,buildingacanoe,orabouttheeconomyofMexico,thehistoryofCanada,更多精品文档,欢迎来我主页查询精品文档欢迎来主页查询problemsofnuclear,etc.Inotherwords,contentschematarefertoone’sgeneralknowledgeoftheworld.”[2]P45Possessingenoughknowledgeabouttheareaofatopicwillsignificantlyaidthecomprehensionofthetext
8、.Forexample,agroupofChineseEFLlearnerswithsuffi