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1、背景知识对英语阅读理解能力的影响和积累方法背景知识对英语阅读理解能力的影响和积累方法来源:中国论文下载中心[08-05-2116:07:00]作者:张丽琴编辑:studa07141.IntroductionAstheinternationalcommunicationandcooperationhaveincreased,Englishbecomesmoreandmoreimportantinmodernsociety.Itbecomesamainwaytoacquireadvancedcultureandscientifictechnology.Learnin
2、gEnglishhasneverbeenofmoreimportanceinoursocietythantoday.However,readingisoftenconsideredthemostdifficultintermsofliteracy,accuracy,andefficiency.Generallyspeaking,improvingreadingskillsrequiresmoretimeoftrainingthanimprovinglisteningorspeaking.WhatmakesEFLlearnersfeelthatreadingist
3、hemostdifficultcoursetohandle?WhatfactorsaffectthereadingcomprehensionofEFLlearners?ThisessayconsidersthatbackgroundknowledgeisthekeyfactoraffectingreadingcomprehensionofEFLlearners.Thisessayfirstlygivesabriefintroductionoftwokindsofbackgroundknowledge,contentbackgroundknowledgeandfo
4、rmalbackgroundknowledge,andthendiscusseshowbackgroundknowledgeaffectsreadingcomprehensionofEFLlearners.Atlast,itwillpresentsometechniquesonhowtobuildupone’sbackgroundknowledge,especiallyformalbackgroundknowledge.2.TheTheoryofBackgroundKnowledgeThetechnicaltermforbackgroundknowledgeis
5、schematatheory.“Schematatheorydescribeshowknowledgeisrepresentedandhownewknowledgeisintegratedwithanetworkofpriorknowledge.Apowerfulfeatureofschematheoryisthatithelpsexplainhownewlearningisintegratedwithanindividual’sexistingknowledge.Itexplainshowwelearn,modify,anduseinformationweac
6、quirethroughourexperiences.”[1]P241Therearetwotypesofschemata(apluralformofschema)orbackgroundknowledge,contentschemataandformalschemata.2.1ContentSchemata“Contentschemataareclaimedtobebackgroundknowledgeaboutthecontentareaofatext---atextaboutwashingclothes,celebratingNewYear’sEveinH
7、awaii,buildingacanoe,orabouttheeconomyofMexico,thehistoryofCanada,problemsofnuclear,etc.Inotherwords,contentschematarefertoone’sgeneralknowledgeoftheworld.”[2]P45Possessingenoughknowledgeabouttheareaofatopicwillsignificantlyaidthecomprehensionofthetext.Forexample,agroupofChineseEFLle
8、arnerswithsu