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1、提高阅读水平有效途径――阅读策略的有效使用ImprovingReadingProficiency――EffectiveUseofReadingStrategiesiAbstractInreadingteaching,howtoeffectivelyimprovestudents’readingproficiencyremainsanunsolvedissue.Nutall(2002)pointsoutthatstudiesonstudents’readingstrategiesusecanimprovetheirreadingproficie
2、ncyeffectively.However,onlyafewstudieswerecarriedoutinthisfieldinChina.Forthisreason,thisthesisinvestigatestheuseofreadingstrategiesbyfirst-yearnon-Englishmajors,andanalyzesthecorrelationbetweenreadingstrategiesandreadingproficiencysoastoprovidevaluablerecommendationsforcol
3、legeEnglishteachers.Tosecurethereliabilityoftheresultsinthisstudy,bothquantitativeandqualitativemethodsareemployed.Thequantitativedataarecollectedfromaquestionnaireansweredby82first-yearnon-EnglishmajorsatAnhuiCollegeofEducationandaspeciallydesignedreadingcomprehensiontestp
4、aperbasedonCET-4.Inqualitativeresearch,interviewswith8subjects,chosenfromvolunteersoutofthe82students,astheysharecertainfactors,suchasgender,readingscore,personality,learningstyleandmotivation,areemployedwiththeintentionoffurthertestingandexplainingthefindingsinquantitative
5、research.Majorfindingsinthestudycanbesummarizedasfollows:1)Beforetheyreceivesystematictrainingonreadingstrategies,first-yearnon-Englishmajorshaveacquiredsomeoftheminsecondaryschoolstudy,suchasskimmingandscanning,etc.2)Sofarasfirst-yearnon-Englishmajorsareconcerned,correlati
6、onbetweenreadingstrategies,especiallythoseconcerningstructureanalysis,andreadingproficiencycanbeidentified.3)Lowefficiencyintheuseofreadingstrategiesexistsamongfirst-yearnon-Englishmajors,includingthesuccessfulones.4)Successfulreadersaremoreconsciousinapplyingreadingstrateg
7、iesthanunsuccessfulreaders.Throughacomprehensiveestimationofreadingstrategiesuseamongfirst-yearnon-Englishmajors,thisthesisintendstoprovidevaluableandpracticaladviceforcollegeEnglishteachers:beforereadingteaching,teachersshouldfindouttherealreadingproficiencyoftheirstudents
8、andaccordinglydesigntheirteachingplans;duringthecourseofteaching,teachersneedtoacq