A Study of English Reading Teaching for Middle Schools 英语专业毕业论文.docVIP

A Study of English reading teaching for Middle Schools I.Introduction As we all know, the purpose of learning a foreign language is mainly for communication. Styles of communication contain oral form and written form. Listening and speaking fall into oral form while reading and writing are parts of the written form. From the angle of language skills, reading and listening are skills of comprehension. Yet speaking and writing are skills of expression. Oral form usually goes first and written form later. That’s to say, receptive skills (including listening and reading) are even more important than productive skills (including speaking and writing). What is more, the emphasis of three skills has been placed on reading.. Without reading, little can be conveyed, not mentioning other skills of languages. II. Theory Reading is very important in our English teaching, How can we teach reading? Usually we used to deal with the pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading stages separately. And we need to be aware of the fact that this three-stage approach should not be carried out mechanically for every text. In some cases, the teacher may cut the pre-reading stage and lead students directly into the text, if the text is interesting. In other cases, post-reading work may be necessary, especially if you feel you have “exhausted” the topic in the while-reading activities. However, the advantages of adopting the three-stage approach in teaching a reading lesson are obvious: firstly it takes into consideration and makes use of students previous knowledge of the language and of the world and uses this as a basis for involvement, motivation and progress; and secondly, it integrates the practice of all four language skills in teaching a reading class. III. What can we do to help students to improve their reading skills? III. 1 Importance of reading. Reading is very important to middle school students. So in the broad sense English reading can be divided into two types: In