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1、非英语专业学生阅读策略研究Abstract:This paper reports a study conducted among three classes of Shanxi Medical university sophomores on English reading strategies in order to find which strategies could be gained by training. The results indicate that students reading proficiency could be improved by training. .K
2、ey words: reading strategies;investigation;reading training;suggestionsAn Investigation into English Reading Strategies among College Non-English Majors1. BackgroundReading is known as one of the most important information input in second language learning. While students lack enough correct input e
3、specially after class. So, reading is naturally regarded as the most efficient method for students.2. Present StudyMany studies on reading skills were conducted to improve reading, for example, discourse structure and reading : Beck, McKeown, Sinatraq & Loxterman 1991; strategy instruction and readi
4、ng development: Brown, Pressley, Van Meter & Schuder 1996; Fluency training on reading process: Stahl, Heubach & Cramond 1997; effects of individual learner differences on reading development: Guthrie, Wigfield, Metsala & Cox 1999.In China, plenty of researches on English reading are doing in recent
5、 years. Twenty-seven articles were collected from year 2006 to 2010. Five of these investigations were being carried out under reading practice, and the rest were not.3. Research Design3.1 SubjectsSubjects are all non-English majors in Shanxi Medical University in grade two from three different clas
6、ses taught by the same English teacher. Students are divided into three levels according to the mean marks of the past two terms English test scores. Group A consists of students whose mean score is above 75; Group B consists of students whose mean score is between 60(60 included) and 75(75 included
7、); Group C consists of students whose mean score is below 60. Twenty-seven students are in Group One; seventy-three in Group Two; sixteen in Group Three.3.2Study ToolsStudy tools are reading material of CET4 (2001-2009), questionnaire, spss13.0 and interview questions.3.3 Before the ExperimentIn the
8、 beginning, concept of reading and ten reading strategies were introduced to students. Ben E Johnson stated in Reading Edge (1998): Reading is a process of constructing meaning from written texts. It is a complex skill requiring the coordination of a number of interrelated sources of information. And Reading is the process of constructing meaning through the dynamic interaction among readers existing knowledge, the information suggested by the text being read and the context of the reading situation. Then, reading strategies in Urquhart and Weirs are introduced to students.