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1、A Study of the Difficulties and Strategies in English Reading of the Non-English MajorsAbstract: English reading always plays an important role in English learning. But the non-English majors usually can not pay enough attentions on English reading, so there are still many problems in English readin
2、g hindering the improvement of their English level. By means of a self-designed questionnaire, this paper aims to reveal the basic English reading condition of the non-English majors in Shandong agricultural university. And based on the result of the investigation, I analyze the difficulties they fa
3、ced in English reading and advance some corresponding solving strategies on how to improve the non-English majors English reading ability in the light of these problems.Key Words: non-English majors; English reading; difficulties; strategies非英语专业本科生英语阅读的困难及对策摘 要: 英语阅读在英语学习中一直起着至关重要的作用,但对于非英语专业本科生,由于
4、平时对英语的重视程度不够,所以英语阅读方面仍存在很多问题阻碍英语水平的提高。为了帮助非英语专业的同学更好的提升英语阅读水平,本文通过调查问卷的形式对山东农业大学不同的非英语专业本科生进行了调查,在此基础上对他们在英语阅读中面临的困难及成因进行分析,并针对这些问题就如何提高非英语专业本科生英语阅读能力提出了相应的解决策略。关键词:非英语专业;英语阅读;困难;策略1. A Brief Introduction of the Importance of English Reading In the contemporary society, English, as an international
5、language, becomes more and more important in todays increasingly high degree of internationalization and extensive degree of the exchanges between China and the rest of the world. But as the learning of a language, the students reading ability largely reflects the level of the comprehensive ability
6、of English and the ability to adapt to the demands of the era in the future. English reading is one of the most basic and important English abilities. Reading is the important way of acquiring knowledge, understanding the world, and developing intelligence and emotions. Developing reading ability ca
7、n help expand your vocabulary, enrich your language knowledge and improve your language skills. English reading skill is not only one of the important language skills but also one of the learning skills students must master. English reading ability is the basis and prerequisite of developing other l
8、anguage skills and is also one of the important symbols to measure ones English levels. It is an important goal of learning a foreign language. By mastering the English reading ability, students can understand the education, science, polity of the latest development within the scope of the world and
9、 can also lay the solid foundation for better integrating into the international community.2. The Condition of the Studies on English ReadingThe study on English reading strategies should be based on the research of learning strategies. Since the 1970s, many foreign researchers have paid attention o
10、n the importance role the learning strategy plays in language learning, such as Rubin (1975), Naiman (1978), Stern (1975), etc. Since the 1980s, Chinese scholars also began to pay close attention on the learning of English learning strategies, such as Wen Qiufang (1984), Lv Zhongshe (1998), Liu Jink
11、ai (2002), etc. There are also some researches aiming at English reading strategies, but the number of the researches of reading strategies for non-English majors is very small. In view of this condition, the paper makes an investigation into the English reading condition of the non-English majors i
12、n Shandong agricultural university by means of a self-designed questionnaire.3. nvestigation Method3.1 Investigative QuestionsThis investigation is carried out by asking the non-English major students to answer the questionnaire. The questionnaire aims at the following problems: (1)The time used in
13、English reading and the reading materials; (2) The purpose of reading;(3) English reading difficulties and reasons.3.2 Investigative ObjectsThe objects of the investigation are the 60 seniors of non-English majors in Shandong agricultural university. And their ages rang from 19 to 22, with an averag
14、e age of 20.67, among which the number of the girls is 30 and the boys 30.3.3 Investigative InstrumentThis investigation is carried out by asking the non-English major students to answer the questionnaire. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, the questionnaire is written in Chinese. This
15、 questionnaire includes two parts: the first part is about the basic situations, including the age, sex, major and English level. The second part is mainly about the English reading purposes, time, materials and difficulties and so on.The questionnaire aims to investigate into the non-English majors
16、 of different English levels, and then a statistical analysis was made according to the results, thus we will find their problems in English reading and put forward the corresponding strategies.4. Investigation Results and the AnalysisThe investigation results show that: on the whole, the investigat
17、ive objects spend little time on English reading and read reference materials, newspapers and magazines mostly. The main reading purpose for most students is to improve their English level. The investigative objects biggest difficulty in English reading is too little time they spend on English readi
18、ng, and as a result of this, their interests in English decline and the English level lowers.4.1 Reading TimeThe time the investigative objects spend on English study and reading all is very little. The textbook learning and after-class reading time is only 2.7 h and 2.1 h on average respectively, s
19、o the English learning time on average is only 4.8 h weekly. Many students say that not understanding the meaning and the pressure coming from the learning of specialized courses lead to their unwilling to invest enough time and energy in English learning.The investigative objects time spent on afte
20、r-class reading is significantly less than on textbook learning. The majority of students think textbook learning is more important than after-class reading because most of the exam content com from the textbook. So learning the textbook well can be beneficial to improve ones test scores. On the oth
21、er hand, the teacher do not put forward any requirements for after-class reading, nor any forms of inspection. So the benefits of after-class English reading can not be seen apparently.4.2 Reading MaterialsReference materials: nearly half of the students choose to read reference materials. Most stud
22、ents think they can improve their English test scores by doing all kinds of English reference materials, especially for the nation-wide test, such as the CET-4 and CET-6.Newspapers and magazines: about 42.7% of the investigative objects read English magazines or newspapers in their leisure time, mai
23、nly including China Daily the 21st century English world English learning and the English salon. They choose these newspapers and magazines mainly because of their strong topicality, rich in content and the convenience for buying or borrowing. At the same time, the language in these domestic newspap
24、ers and magazines is usually simple and the content is familiar and easy to read, so it is natural for them to become students preferred after-class readings.Fictions: the majority of students are more interested in the novels, but because large numbers of the long novels sold need more time to read
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