The Improvement of Students’ English Reading Skill

TheImprovementofStudents’EnglishReadingSkillsinMiddleSchool英语专业毕业论文TheImprovementofStudents’EnglishReadingSkillsinMiddleSchoolAcknowledgementIammostlygratefultoMr,withoutwhosesupportthisprojectwouldnotimplemented.Iamalsogratefultomycolleaguesfortheirtimespentonbrainstorming.Noamountofthinkswillbeadequateformystudents,withoutwhosewillingparticipationintheprojectimplementationitwouldhaveremainedonpaper.Lastbutnottheleast,bigthankstomymotherandfather,withoutwhosesupport,Iwouldnothaveself-confidencetofinishthisproject.Abstract―Readingisanactiveprocess.Itconstantlyinvolvesguessing,predicting,checkingandaskingoneselfquestions.‖―Readingistheabilitytounderstandthewrittenwordsandrespondtotheminproperways.‖―Readingmeansgettingmeaningoutofagiventext.‖(GuYueguo,1998,p.101)Thesereflectthenatureofreading,thatis,readingisanactiveprocess,duringwhichthereadertriestounderstandthemeaningofagiventest.MainHeadingsoftheProjectReport1.Introduction2.SummaryofthePreliminaryResearch2.1Problem2.2Problemanalysis2.3Projectobjective2.4Projecthypothesis2.5Possiblesolutions2.6Projectrationale3.Implementationofthesolutions4.Researchdesign5.DataAnalysis6.problemsunsolved7.ConclusionReferencesAppendix1.Thetimetableoftheproject2.Thequestionnaireforproblemanalysis3.Thesecondpost-trialquestionnaire4.Teachingnotes5.Teachingdiaries6.Processreports1.Introduction―Themostbasiceducationalskillisreading.Themostbasicobligationofanyschoolistoteachreading‖---PresidentGeorgeW.Bush.ReadingisanimportantelementinEnglishlearning.However,manystudentsarenotgoodatit.Theyoftengethalftheresultwithtwicetheeffort.Nowletusdiscussitandexplorethewaysofimprovingreadingskills.IhopeIcansolvetheproblemsthathavetroubledmeforsometimethroughtheactionresearchsothatIcanapplymyknowledgeandtheoryintopractice,whichIlearnedfromChaohuTVUniversity.2.SummaryofthePreliminaryResearchThispartofmystudywasconductedduringSep8,2021---Oct.5,2021.2.1ProblemTheproblemIhaveinmyteachingandthestudentsreferredisthatmostofthestudentscan’tdowellinEnglishreading.Theydon’tknowhowtoreadwell.2.2ProblemanalysisInmyteaching,theproblemidentifiedwasreallyaseriousproblem.Mypreliminaryresearchconfirmedthattherearethreemainreasonswhystudentscan’tdothereadingwell.First,someofmystudentsdidn’tfeelinterestedinreading.Secondly,studentsarelackofreading.Moststudentshavefeltoverloadedbecauseofheavierhomeworkassignments,sotheydon’thavemuchtimetodoreadingpractice.Thirdly,manystudentsarelackofreadingskills.TheseproblemshavebeentroublingmeforalongtimeandnowIdeterminetofindasolutiontotheproblem.2.2.1AnalyticmethodThroughcarefulanalysis,Iwasledtosomequestions.Forinstance,IfoundmanyofmystudentsareverypoorinEnglishreading,andIwantedtoknowwhyitshouldbethecaseandwhethertheythoughtitwasimportantandnecessarytopracticeEnglishreadingornot?Iftheythoughtitwasimportantandnecessary,theproblemwasactuallycausedbymyself,notbymystudents.ProbablyIdidn’temphasizetheskillsofEnglishreading.,ormaybetheskillsofdoingreadingpracticeIsaidweretoolittle.2.2.2CauseanalysisInthissituation,Iaskedmyselfaseriesofquestionsandtriedtoprovidesomeanswerstothem.WhyweremanyofmystudentssopoorinEnglishreading.?Inordertoknowmoreaboutthisissue,Idesignedacauseexplorationprocedurelikethis:QuestionsAnswersIsitbecausetheydonotlikereadingpractice?NoIsitbecausetheyarenotmotivated?PossiblyyesIsitbecausetheydon’tlikethepresentteachingmethods?PossiblyyesIsitbecausetheydon’tknowtoomuchreadingskills?Yes2.2.3QuestionnairesurveyWhydoweread?Dowereadintheclassroomforthesamereasonsaswedointherealworld?―Weusuallyhaveapurposeinreading:thereissomethingwewanttofindout,someinformationwewanttocheckorclarity,someopinionswewanttomatchagainstourown,etc.Wealsohaveapurposeinreadingwhenwereadstoriesforpleasure:wewanttofindouthowthestorydevelops,whathappensnext.‖(Doff,198,p.170)―Ifyourstudentshavenoneedtousetheforeignlanguageoutsidetheclassroom,thentheonlyfunctionoftheforeignlanguageforthemseemstobe:tobelearnt.Similarlytheonlyreasonforreadingitis:tolearntoreadit.‖(Nuttall,1982,p.3)Studentsthereforeneedtobemadeawarethatthereisnotjustonewayofreading,thereareseveralaccordingtodifferentpurposes.Thatiswhytheyneedtopracticedifferentreadingskills.TheaimofEnglishteachinginmiddleschoolistotrainthestudentstolisten,speak,readandwrite.ReadingisoneofthefouressentialskillsinEnglishlanguagelearning,foritisanimportantwayofgaininginformation.AsourcountyjoinstheWorldTradeOrganization,wewillhavemorechancestocommunicatewithothercountries.ItisnecessaryforthestudentstoreadEnglisharticlesquicklyandwidelytogainalargequantityofusefulinformation.Accordingtotheteachingsyllabus,thestudentsshouldreadindependentlysomematerialseasierthanthetextwiththehelpofdictionary.Soteachersshoulddotheirbesttotrainstudentstobecomeefficientreaders,teachthemhowtoreadforinformationandenjoyment.AsteachersofEnglish,weshouldhelpthemdevelopprogressivelytheirabilitytoreadmoreandmorefluentlyandwidelyandhelpthemmakegoodpreparationsfortheiradvancedstudyinfuture.Furthermore,therearealotofreadingexercisesinanexaminationtoday.Butallthesereadingsmustbedo