SKILLS-BASED TEACHING OF READING COMPREHENSION

• 来源期刊: 中国应用语言学：英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 年，卷（期）: 1996,（2）
• 页码范围: 20-22
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: H319.3

摘要

IntroductionTeaching English reading in a non-English speaking situation is a very.challenging job.Despite greatefforts made,not much effect is shown.As the importance of reading comprehension is once againstressed,all the teachers and language workers in the college English world in China have been trying todeal with the issue of how best to teach reading comprehension.During the past few years,someimprovement has been made in this field.As ESL workers,we have been teaching English to Chinese medical students,and have also had theexperience of teaching English to Spanish speakers in the USA.What impresses us most is that no matterwhat native language our students speak,they are all very well motivated to learn English in order to meettheir specific needs.Our goal is not only to improve their English language competence,but to makethem become efficient English readers.