Metacognitive Strategy Use in English Reading Comprehension

Metacogonitive strategies are in connection with the reading process. It is essential for language learners to master a series of metacogonitive strategies. Teachers should conduct metacognitive training among students. Thus, students are sure to improve their reading proficiency with some metacognitive knowledge during the reading process.     

Metacognitive Strategy Use in English Reading Comprehension

Metacogonitive strategies are in connection with the reading process. It is essential for language learners to master a se?ries of metacogonitive strategies. Teachers should conduct metacognitive train...     

Internet in the Classroom: Effects on Reading Comprehension,Motivation and Metacognitive Awareness

This study examined the potential of entertainment-education (E-E) for promoting engagement with a science issue. It was assumed that certain entertaining features of a media experience increase viewers’ perceived knowledge about an issue. Drawing on different theoretical models of E-E and on persuasive effects of narrative media messages, three hypotheses and one research question were assessed in a survey among 103 participants, who were shown a movie about genetic engineering beforehand. Results suggested that the higher viewers’ transportation, identification, and enjoyment were, the more they actually felt informed. Viewers’ degree of transportation, though, revealed to be sufficient to explain their perceived knowledge.     

词汇知识与英语阅读能力的关系

以108名非英语专业大学本科生为研究对象,考查了词汇量、词汇深度与阅读能力的关系。运用SPSS11.0对测试数据做了相关性分析,结果表明:(l)词汇量、词汇深度和阅读间存在高度正相关关系;(2)词汇深度与阅读的相关程度大于词汇量与阅读的相关程度;(3)在所考查的词汇深度指标中,同义词和阅读的相关度最高,其次是形名搭配,再次是反义词,但动名搭配和阅读间没有发现显著性的相关关系。     

Reciprocal Effects between Reading Achievement and Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reading Motivation

ABSTRACT

Research on reading achievement and reading motivation has rarely addressed the question if and how they affect each other over time. In our study, we investigate the reciprocal effects between reading achievement and both intrinsic and extrinsic reading motivation during elementary school. We measured reading achievement and intrinsic and extrinsic reading motivation in 966 students at 3 points of measurement during 3rd and 4th grade. Consistent with previous research, cross-lagged panel analyses revealed positive reciprocal effects between reading achievement and intrinsic reading motivation. Effects of reading achievement on intrinsic reading motivation were found during Grades 3 and 4, whereas effects of intrinsic motivation were limited to Grade 3. No reciprocal effects between reading achievement and extrinsic reading motivation were found. We discuss the implications of our results for daily teaching practices and effective reading instruction.     

文化背景知识与英文阅读理解

通过文化遗产、社会历史、地理环境、传统意识、宗教信仰五方面对比,分析了中外语言的文化背景知识的差异,提出在英语阅读教学中,要结合英文内容所涉及的他国文化背景知识,理解文句的深层含义,借以提高英文阅读的质量。     

超常儿童内部动机与创造力的关系:课堂同伴互动的中介作用

探究课堂环境中的同伴因素在超常儿童内部动机与创造力关系中的影响对培养超常儿童创造力的教育实践有重要意义.本研究选取277名3-6年级普通班中的超常儿童,采用《学习自我调节量表》、《创造性课堂环境问卷》以及改编的创造力测评工具对其内部动机、课堂同伴互动水平及创造力水平进行评估,分析三者的相关关系,并建立结构方程模型,验证...     

Relationships Between Word Knowledge and Reading Comprehension in Third-Grade Children

The relationship between word knowledge and reading comprehension has been well documented in research; however, the nature of this relationship remains unclear. Researchers usually distinguish between 2 aspects of an individual's word knowledge: breadth and depth. In addition to these 2 factors, it may be important to also consider fluency in the study of word knowledge. Two hundred and three 3rd-grade students took part in a study that examined the relationships between 3 dimensions of word knowledge and reading comprehension. Confirmatory factor analyses, structural equation modeling, and hierarchical regression analyses show that a 2-factor model of breadth and depth/fluency provides the best fit to the data. Breadth has a stronger relationship to reading comprehension than does depth/fluency; however, the 2 dimensions of word knowledge have significant overlapping variance that contributes to the prediction of reading comprehension.     

关于工作记忆的个体差异与阅读理解的关系

工作记忆是执行认知任务时所涉及的一个对所需信息进行临时保持及操作的系统,它能同时储存和加工信息,其工作记忆容量有限。阅读理解是一个复杂的认知过程,是在头脑中形成语言描述的情境,用推理等活动揭示语言材料意义的过程。个体工作记忆阅读广度的差异反映了阅读能力的差异。只有进一步认识工作记忆的个体差异对阅读理解的影响,才能更好地发挥工作记忆对阅读理解的促进作用。     

英语教学中阅读与听力的相关性研究

对于中国的英语学习者来说,英语语言技能一般被分为听、说、读、写四个方面。其中读和听被称为领会式言语活动,写和说则被称为复用式言语活动。国内外研究者分别对阅读和听力都开展了大量的研究,但是对在外语教学中成人教育英语专业学生的阅读与听力的研究却很少。全文通过对成人教育脱产班英语专业学生精读、泛读和听力三个学期考试成绩统计分析的实证研究,发现阅读和听力的显著相关性,进而从心理语言学、认知语言学和语用学的角度来阐释英语教学中阅读与听力的关系。     

语篇理解与外语阅读

在外语教学领域,阅读理解能力长期以来被证明是听、说、读、写、译五种能力中最重要的。因此,对外语学生而言,外语阅读理解能力的提高会有效地推动其他语言技能的提高。本文从形式和功能两个方面论述语篇理解技巧,以及对外语阅读教学的启示。     

Reading‐Specific Flexibility Moderates the Relation Between Reading Strategy Use and Reading Comprehension During the Elementary Years

The goal was to test whether cognitive flexibility moderates the relation between reading strategy use and reading comprehension during the elementary years. Seventy‐five second‐ through fifth‐grade students completed a think aloud task and a metacognitive questionnaire to measure reading strategies, two card‐sorting tasks to measure general and reading‐specific cognitive flexibility, and one standardized measure of reading comprehension, as well as measures of oral reading fluency and vocabulary. As expected, oral reading fluency and vocabulary predicted reading comprehension, as did reading‐specific flexibility. Importantly, reading‐specific flexibility had a significant moderating effect, over and above the other effects. Specifically, weak reading‐specific flexibility skills were associated with a negative relation between reading strategy use during think aloud and reading comprehension, suggesting that children with weak flexibility skills are less adept at using reading strategies effectively.     

大学英语阅读元认知知识与自我效能感的相关性研究

文章介绍了元认知和自我效能感理论,讨论了大学英语阅读中的元认知知识与自我效能感的相关关系。研究表明,大学英语阅读元认知知识水平和自我效能感整体水平较高,英语阅读的元认知知识水平对自我效能感没有直接影响。     

非英语专业大学生英语阅读策略研究

该文通过为期6周的实验，对非英语专业大学生使用阅读策略的情况以及在教学中培养这些策略的有效性进行了研究。结果发现阅读能力不同的学生在阅读过程中使用阅读策略的倾向方面存在差异；阅读理解能力可以通过阅读策略的培训得以提高。     

The Influence of Background Knowledge on Reading Comprehension

English has never been of more importance in our society than today. However,reading is often considered the most difficult in terms of literacy, accuracy and efficiency. Generally speaking, improving reading skills requires more time of training than improving listening and speaking. Reading comprehension, a complicated psycholinguistic process, is an interactive process between the reader’s background knowledge and the text. This essay considers that background knowledge is the key factor affecting reading comprehension.     

文化背景知识对阅读理解的影响

本文分析了文化背景知识在阅读理解中的地位和作用,探讨了语言和文化的相互关系以及对语言学习的影响,从词汇、句式和语篇三个方面对语言中的差异进行了研究。     

元认知策略培训对高职英语专业学生阅读能力影响的实证研究

本文通过对本院商务英语专业学生的实证研究,探讨元认知策略培训对高职英语专业学生阅读能力的影响.实验证明元认知策略培训的确有助于提高学生的英语阅读能力,同时能够增强学生的自主学习能力,培养学生良好的学习习惯.本次实验为高职学生学习策略的研究以及教学改革的探索开辟了新的视野.     

The Influence of Background Knowledge on Reading Comprehension

English has never been of more importance in our society than today. However,reading is ofen considered the most difficult in terms of literacy, accuracyand efficiency. Generally speaking, improving reading skills requires more time of training than improving listening and speaking.Reading comprehension, a complicated psycholinguistic process, is an interactive process between the reader’s background knowledge and the text. This essay considers that background knowledge is the key factor affecting reading comprehension.     

Activation of Background Knowledge for Inference Making: Effects on Reading Comprehension

Failure to activate relevant, existing background knowledge may be a cause of poor reading comprehension. This failure may cause particular problems with inferences that depend heavily on prior knowledge. Conversely, teaching how to use background knowledge in the context of gap-filling inferences could improve reading comprehension in general. This idea was supported in an experimental study comprising 16 sixth-grade classes (N?=?236) randomly assigned to experimental or control conditions. In the experimental condition, students' contribution to “gap-filling” inferences with expository texts were made explicit by means of graphic models and inference-demanding questions. After eight 30-min sessions, a large training effect was found on students' inference making skills with a substantial and sustained transfer effect to a standard measure of reading comprehension. The effects were not mediated by students' motivation, decoding ability, vocabulary, or nonverbal IQ.     

英语词汇知识广度与阅读能力的相关性

本项研究就高职院校三年级学生的词汇知识广度及其与阅读能力的相关性进行了统计分析。结果表明，88％的学生的词汇知识广度平均为1472个，离启动词汇3000的标准相差甚远，该样本的词汇知识广度和阅读能力存在正相关关系。给我们的教学启示是，高职院校学生具有二语习得失败的典型特征，值得深入探讨。