Brief Analysis of Chinese Students’ Errors in English Reading

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1、BriefAnalysisofChineseStudents’ErrorsinEnglishReading　　Abstract：Onthebasisofthetheoriesofpsycholinguisticperspectiveinlanguageteachingandcommunicativeapproachinlanguagelearning，thispaperanalysesbrieflysometangibleerrorsfortheChinesestudentsintheirreadinginlinewitht

2、heauthor’sownteachingexperiences.Thepaperisanattemptatovercomingtheobstaclesexistingbetweenthetextwritersandthetextreadersandenablingthelattertobecomeeffectivereaders.　　Keywords：psycholinguistic；communicative；errors；readingcomprehension　　1Instruction　　Englishreadin

3、ghasalwaysbeenconsideredoneofthemostimportantpartsofforeignlanguagelearning.Withoutreading，nothingcanbedoneinthedevelopmentofthecompetenceinlistening，speaking，writingandtranslating.Readingcourses，orrather，intensivereadingones，fillupalargecomponentofthecurricula.Obv

4、iously，studentsandteachershouldpaygreatattentiontotheimportanceofreadingcourses.Andwhatisreading？HowcanChinesestudentsachieveproficientreading？6　　2SomeTangibleErrorsinReadingComprehension　　TheChineselanguageistotallydifferentfromtheEnglishlanguage.Theformerbelongst

5、otheSino-TibetanlanguagefamilyandthelattertotheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamily.Therefore，WhenChineselearnersattempttounderstandatextinEnglish，theyfacelinguisticproblemsinvariousrespects：spelling，gender，verbforms，tensesandwordorder.Inadditiontothese，I’dliketodiscusssome

6、otherobstaclesbetweenwritersandreaders.　　2.1Lexicalandsyntacticalerrors　　Wordssuchas“imaginative”and“imaginary”and“respectable”areoftenmisunderstoodandmisusedbyChineselearnersasintheirmothertonguewordshavevirtuallynoinflexions.Inmyclassroom，however，Ihavefoundmystud

7、entsmoreliabletostumbleoverarticlesandprepositions.IbelievethereasonisthattheseparticlesareneverusedintheChineselanguageandhencedifficulttohandle.Forexample：　　Thepresidentsaidatapressconferencedominatedbyquestionsonyesterday’selectionresultsthathecouldnotexplainwhy

8、theRepublicanshadsufferedsuchawidespreaddefeat，whichintheendwoulddeprivetheRepublicanPartyoflong-heldsuperiorityintheHouse.6　　It’snoteasyforaChin