One of the major problems in the education sector is the reading skills of learners.Students enrolled in the Alternative Learning System(ALS)also experienced this scenario due to several circumstances.This study focus...One of the major problems in the education sector is the reading skills of learners.Students enrolled in the Alternative Learning System(ALS)also experienced this scenario due to several circumstances.This study focused on the improvement of reading comprehension skills of ALS learners by means of project RICE(Reading Intervention and Comprehension Enhancement)as well as the issues and challenges.A quasi-experimental design was utilized in this study which was participated by 54 learners,composed of 27 learners under the experimental group and 27 under the control group.The result revealed that the learners in the experimental group changed from frustration level to instructional level after the implementation of project RICE while the learners in the control group changed from instructional level to inde-pendent level,thereby signifying a significant difference and the effectiveness of the project.Additionally,issues with time and resources were often encountered by the learners.展开更多
Conjunction contributes to organizing and managing stretches of discourse, indicating the way the information is arranged. Successfully identifying these discourse markers is of great benefit to the reader to extract ...Conjunction contributes to organizing and managing stretches of discourse, indicating the way the information is arranged. Successfully identifying these discourse markers is of great benefit to the reader to extract the required information from what he/she reads, especially for the candidates who are tested for their reading abilities in a given time, for these markers give clues to the reader and make the perception easier and save a lot of time. To teach students to explore reading skills and read su...展开更多
IntroductionWhen I taught extensive reading, I found many students didn’t know how to read more effi-ciently. They had difficulties in understanding the text as a whole. They didn’t know how toinfer something from w...IntroductionWhen I taught extensive reading, I found many students didn’t know how to read more effi-ciently. They had difficulties in understanding the text as a whole. They didn’t know how toinfer something from what they had read. After reading a text, they could answer correctly only5--6 out of the ten questions following it. Questions like "What is the author’s attitude?""What is the tone of this article?"or "How has the author organised his essay?" were difficultfor them.This article aims to present some suggetions for developing student’s reading skills.展开更多
With the development and application of CALL in the rural areas,the traditional class has undergone great changes.The study examines the effect of CALL in teaching three levels of reading skills in a secondary school....With the development and application of CALL in the rural areas,the traditional class has undergone great changes.The study examines the effect of CALL in teaching three levels of reading skills in a secondary school.It involves two groups of Grade seven students received the same twenty reading lessons respectively.One is through a CALL-led method and another is informed by a teacher without the help of technology devices.Both qualitative and quantitative methods and procedures were employed through pretests and post-tests and interviews and classroom observation.The study reveals that CALL-led method is more efficient than the traditional way.展开更多
Primary education,guided by the cultivation of disciplinary core literacy,places a greater emphasis on students’autonomy and is committed to promoting students’all-round development.English reading is one of the mai...Primary education,guided by the cultivation of disciplinary core literacy,places a greater emphasis on students’autonomy and is committed to promoting students’all-round development.English reading is one of the main ways for students to acquire English knowledge.Although it is a fundamental learning point in English teaching,it poses challenges to English teaching in primary schools.This paper makes a detailed analysis of the current state of English reading education for primary school students from the perspective of core literacy,and then proposes effective strategies for improving students’English reading skills.展开更多
Introduction In teaching English teachers accept the view that reading skills are important. At present in China, however, the teaching of reading is, by and large, unsatisfactory. One reason for this, I think, is tha...Introduction In teaching English teachers accept the view that reading skills are important. At present in China, however, the teaching of reading is, by and large, unsatisfactory. One reason for this, I think, is that current textbooks lack appropriate tasks designed to teach reading skills. This paper will therefore first evaluate the textbook typically used, then look at ways of creating tasks and finally offer examples of tasks created from teaching in a Chinese senior middle school.展开更多
Ⅰ.Introduction The training of reading ability is very important in a comprehension lesson of English as asecond language teaching. It refers to many factors, some are inherent in the reading material(its linguistic ...Ⅰ.Introduction The training of reading ability is very important in a comprehension lesson of English as asecond language teaching. It refers to many factors, some are inherent in the reading material(its linguistic difficulties, its contents, its length, its types, etc.); some are present in the展开更多
Based on M.A.K.Halliday's systemic-functional grammar,the paper puts forward some ideas on how to develop reading skills,analyzing how the ideational,interpersonal and textual functions are reflected and their int...Based on M.A.K.Halliday's systemic-functional grammar,the paper puts forward some ideas on how to develop reading skills,analyzing how the ideational,interpersonal and textual functions are reflected and their interrelationship in reading materials,with an attempt to improve the reading ability.展开更多
Reading is a pertinent skill of the four basic language skills. English teaching and learning in Nigeria cannot but be given all special attention since it is the major language of administration, economics, religious...Reading is a pertinent skill of the four basic language skills. English teaching and learning in Nigeria cannot but be given all special attention since it is the major language of administration, economics, religious propagation, and others in the nation. This paper has traced the treatment of reading aspect of English in the Nigerian Junior Secondary Schools using the teachers, students, and the nation＇s curriculum as instrument of operation. Some of the problems militating against effective teaching of reading skill in English were identified and discussed. Recommendations for achieving effective language teaching and learning focusing on English reading skill were highlighted. In the end, English teachers＇ attention is drawn on better ways of teaching reading as an important skill of the English language education展开更多
This study aimed at investigating the effect of a proposed EFL （English as a Foreign Language） training program on the teachers＇ reading practices in Mafraq. This program was developed by the researcher according t...This study aimed at investigating the effect of a proposed EFL （English as a Foreign Language） training program on the teachers＇ reading practices in Mafraq. This program was developed by the researcher according to the ninth-grade EFL teachers＇ needs. The participants of the study were 20 ninth-grade females EFL teachers who represented the experimental and control groups （10 teachers in each group）. They were randomly chosen from 10 schools in the Northwestern Badia Directorate of Education. To achieve the purposes of the study, the researcher designed a needs analysis questionnaire, a training program, a pre and post observation checklist, and a pre and post received knowledge test for teachers. Proper statistical analysis was used to analyze the results of the research questions. The results of the study showed that teachers were in need to be trained on 20 reading comprehension practices to be able to teach reading comprehension effectively. Besides, there were statistically significant differences at the level of （a = 0.05） between the means scores of the ninth-grade teachers＇ performance of the control and experimental groups on the post observation checklist and on the post received knowledge test in favor of the experimental group due to the training program.展开更多
In furtherance of their most recent research on the textbook of the course LC （language and communication） 4001 Reading Skills Development in English for Graduate Studies （2012）, the co-authors carried out a follo...In furtherance of their most recent research on the textbook of the course LC （language and communication） 4001 Reading Skills Development in English for Graduate Studies （2012）, the co-authors carried out a follow-up work on read-aloud approach as some students voiced a sense of dissatisfaction with regard to such means which was primarily used in the LC 4001 class taking place from August 8 to November 27, 2012. In the current study, the data were garnered from 37 students enrolling in LC 4001 from January 8 to May 7, 2013. Based on the questionnaire, the findings revealed that a large number of the English reading learners acknowledged the mounting importance of English as a linguafranca in the region of 84% and 16% at the ＂most＂ and ＂much＂ levels, respectively. Likewise, around 90% of the participants had a positive attitude toward such pedagogical method, while only 10% disliked it. Concerning the academic reading curriculum for higher English reading competence, students＇ different language learning backgrounds and personal excitement caused by reading-aloud activities should be taken on board. Any activity introduced into the classroom should be explicitly stated to the students at the beginning of the course. Using any instructional approach without clear explanations or precautions may seriously upset learners partially or even completely obstruct their effective learning展开更多
In this paper, the author explores the significance of reading material to the reading class in terms of the teachers＇ teaching achievement and the improvement in students＇ reading skills. Some common problems with ...In this paper, the author explores the significance of reading material to the reading class in terms of the teachers＇ teaching achievement and the improvement in students＇ reading skills. Some common problems with reading material are presented and some suggestions are provided on how teachers should do with the reading material.展开更多
The course of Intensive Reading is one of the key courses for the students who major in English at the tertiary level in China. This paper presents the writers＇ experiment of the communicative approach adopted in the...The course of Intensive Reading is one of the key courses for the students who major in English at the tertiary level in China. This paper presents the writers＇ experiment of the communicative approach adopted in the course and discusses its effectiveness. The experiment focuses on the teaching of texts. The effectiveness of the approach is discussed drawing on the analysis of the questionnaire.展开更多
文摘One of the major problems in the education sector is the reading skills of learners.Students enrolled in the Alternative Learning System(ALS)also experienced this scenario due to several circumstances.This study focused on the improvement of reading comprehension skills of ALS learners by means of project RICE(Reading Intervention and Comprehension Enhancement)as well as the issues and challenges.A quasi-experimental design was utilized in this study which was participated by 54 learners,composed of 27 learners under the experimental group and 27 under the control group.The result revealed that the learners in the experimental group changed from frustration level to instructional level after the implementation of project RICE while the learners in the control group changed from instructional level to inde-pendent level,thereby signifying a significant difference and the effectiveness of the project.Additionally,issues with time and resources were often encountered by the learners.
文摘Conjunction contributes to organizing and managing stretches of discourse, indicating the way the information is arranged. Successfully identifying these discourse markers is of great benefit to the reader to extract the required information from what he/she reads, especially for the candidates who are tested for their reading abilities in a given time, for these markers give clues to the reader and make the perception easier and save a lot of time. To teach students to explore reading skills and read su...
文摘IntroductionWhen I taught extensive reading, I found many students didn’t know how to read more effi-ciently. They had difficulties in understanding the text as a whole. They didn’t know how toinfer something from what they had read. After reading a text, they could answer correctly only5--6 out of the ten questions following it. Questions like "What is the author’s attitude?""What is the tone of this article?"or "How has the author organised his essay?" were difficultfor them.This article aims to present some suggetions for developing student’s reading skills.
文摘With the development and application of CALL in the rural areas,the traditional class has undergone great changes.The study examines the effect of CALL in teaching three levels of reading skills in a secondary school.It involves two groups of Grade seven students received the same twenty reading lessons respectively.One is through a CALL-led method and another is informed by a teacher without the help of technology devices.Both qualitative and quantitative methods and procedures were employed through pretests and post-tests and interviews and classroom observation.The study reveals that CALL-led method is more efficient than the traditional way.
文摘Primary education,guided by the cultivation of disciplinary core literacy,places a greater emphasis on students’autonomy and is committed to promoting students’all-round development.English reading is one of the main ways for students to acquire English knowledge.Although it is a fundamental learning point in English teaching,it poses challenges to English teaching in primary schools.This paper makes a detailed analysis of the current state of English reading education for primary school students from the perspective of core literacy,and then proposes effective strategies for improving students’English reading skills.
文摘Introduction In teaching English teachers accept the view that reading skills are important. At present in China, however, the teaching of reading is, by and large, unsatisfactory. One reason for this, I think, is that current textbooks lack appropriate tasks designed to teach reading skills. This paper will therefore first evaluate the textbook typically used, then look at ways of creating tasks and finally offer examples of tasks created from teaching in a Chinese senior middle school.
文摘Ⅰ.Introduction The training of reading ability is very important in a comprehension lesson of English as asecond language teaching. It refers to many factors, some are inherent in the reading material(its linguistic difficulties, its contents, its length, its types, etc.); some are present in the
文摘Based on M.A.K.Halliday's systemic-functional grammar,the paper puts forward some ideas on how to develop reading skills,analyzing how the ideational,interpersonal and textual functions are reflected and their interrelationship in reading materials,with an attempt to improve the reading ability.
文摘Reading is a pertinent skill of the four basic language skills. English teaching and learning in Nigeria cannot but be given all special attention since it is the major language of administration, economics, religious propagation, and others in the nation. This paper has traced the treatment of reading aspect of English in the Nigerian Junior Secondary Schools using the teachers, students, and the nation＇s curriculum as instrument of operation. Some of the problems militating against effective teaching of reading skill in English were identified and discussed. Recommendations for achieving effective language teaching and learning focusing on English reading skill were highlighted. In the end, English teachers＇ attention is drawn on better ways of teaching reading as an important skill of the English language education
文摘This study aimed at investigating the effect of a proposed EFL （English as a Foreign Language） training program on the teachers＇ reading practices in Mafraq. This program was developed by the researcher according to the ninth-grade EFL teachers＇ needs. The participants of the study were 20 ninth-grade females EFL teachers who represented the experimental and control groups （10 teachers in each group）. They were randomly chosen from 10 schools in the Northwestern Badia Directorate of Education. To achieve the purposes of the study, the researcher designed a needs analysis questionnaire, a training program, a pre and post observation checklist, and a pre and post received knowledge test for teachers. Proper statistical analysis was used to analyze the results of the research questions. The results of the study showed that teachers were in need to be trained on 20 reading comprehension practices to be able to teach reading comprehension effectively. Besides, there were statistically significant differences at the level of （a = 0.05） between the means scores of the ninth-grade teachers＇ performance of the control and experimental groups on the post observation checklist and on the post received knowledge test in favor of the experimental group due to the training program.
文摘In furtherance of their most recent research on the textbook of the course LC （language and communication） 4001 Reading Skills Development in English for Graduate Studies （2012）, the co-authors carried out a follow-up work on read-aloud approach as some students voiced a sense of dissatisfaction with regard to such means which was primarily used in the LC 4001 class taking place from August 8 to November 27, 2012. In the current study, the data were garnered from 37 students enrolling in LC 4001 from January 8 to May 7, 2013. Based on the questionnaire, the findings revealed that a large number of the English reading learners acknowledged the mounting importance of English as a linguafranca in the region of 84% and 16% at the ＂most＂ and ＂much＂ levels, respectively. Likewise, around 90% of the participants had a positive attitude toward such pedagogical method, while only 10% disliked it. Concerning the academic reading curriculum for higher English reading competence, students＇ different language learning backgrounds and personal excitement caused by reading-aloud activities should be taken on board. Any activity introduced into the classroom should be explicitly stated to the students at the beginning of the course. Using any instructional approach without clear explanations or precautions may seriously upset learners partially or even completely obstruct their effective learning
文摘In this paper, the author explores the significance of reading material to the reading class in terms of the teachers＇ teaching achievement and the improvement in students＇ reading skills. Some common problems with reading material are presented and some suggestions are provided on how teachers should do with the reading material.
文摘The course of Intensive Reading is one of the key courses for the students who major in English at the tertiary level in China. This paper presents the writers＇ experiment of the communicative approach adopted in the course and discusses its effectiveness. The experiment focuses on the teaching of texts. The effectiveness of the approach is discussed drawing on the analysis of the questionnaire.
