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1、OnHowtoImproveUndergraduates’ReadingAbility【摘要】英语阅读能力是英语学习者学习英语的关键。在大学英语教学当中,阅读理解是非常重要的,而且对于很多大学生来说,阅读理解又是基本技能和学习目标。本文通过分析影响阅读能力的因素,探讨如何提高大学生的英语阅读能力。【关键词】大学英语阅读技能教学方法ⅰthesituation&problemsinreadingforundergraduatesenglishreadingisthemostfrequentactivityinlanguagelearning,it’
2、salsoawaytoimproveotherlanguageskills.onlyabundanceofreadingcanimprovelistening,speaking,writingetc.readingteachingplaysanimportantroleincollegeenglishteaching,buttherearestillsomeproblemsinenglishreadingforundergraduates.1.basiclanguageknowledgebarrierbasiclanguageknowledge
3、includespronunciation,vocabularyandgrammar.vocabularydirectlyinfluencesthestudents’understandinginreading,sovocabularymainlyinfluencesone’sreadingability.althoughcollegestudentshaveaccumulatedacertainextentwordswhentheyentercollege,theystillcan’tusewordsfreelyandmostofthemar
4、elackofwords.duetopoorvocabulary,theyoftenhavetostopreadingtoguessthemeaningofwordswhiletheyarereadingwhichslowdowntheirreadingspeedandfinallyinfluencetheunderstandingofthepassage.studentshavelearnedgrammarinmiddleschool,butlotsofstudentscannotmakeaclearsenseofgrammarandthey
5、couldnotanalyzelongsentencesandcomplicatedsentenceswhichmaycausesomemisunderstandings.poorvocabularyandgrammararetwobiggestbarriersinreadingactivityforcollegestudents.2.culturalbackgroundknowledgebarrierinreadingprocess,culturedifferencesmayconfusereaders.ifonecannotundersta
6、ndthebackgroundinformationofthepassage,theycanonlygettheliterallymeaningwhichismeaningless.thereisaculturalgapbetweenenglishspeakingcountriesandchina.westernersandchinesehavedifferenthistory,geography,religionandculturewhichmakealotofdifferencesinaspectsoflife.thesedifferenc
7、esshowinmanyfieldsandwhatweoftenmeetisidioms.englisharticlesinvolvenotonlyabundanceofinformationabouthistory,culture,religion,customs,politics,butalsoscientificknowledge.ifstudentsdon’tknowthesedifferences,theycannotunderstandthepassagecorrectly.3.badreadinghabitslotsofstude
8、ntsusedtoreadthewordsquietlyandusetheirpenstopointwordswhiletheyaredoingrea