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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
