Measures of Reading Comprehension: A Latent Variable Analysis of the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading Comprehension

This study compares 2 measures of reading comprehension: (a) the Woodcock-Johnson Passage Comprehension test, a standard in reading research, and (b) the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading Comprehension (DARC), an innovative measure. Data from 192 Grade 3 Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) were used to fit a series of latent variable analyses designed to explicitly test the discriminant validity and differential determinants of the 2 measures. Findings indicated that the 2 measures are related (r =. 61) but distinct, and influenced by different factors. The DARC is less strongly related to word-level skills and more strongly related to measures of narrative language production and memory. Both tests are equally influenced by measures of nonverbal reasoning. These differential patterns of relations, which cannot be explained on the basis of differential reliabilities, reflect true differences in the processing demands of the tests for 3rd-grade ELLs.     

谈英语应用能力考试中阅读能力的培养

本文探讨了英语应用能力考试中阅读能力的提高的方法和策略。首先,要打下扎实的阅读理解基础。阅读基础是阅读的起码要求,不具备基础阅读就无法进行。其次,要掌握正确的阅读方法。考生可根据文章的难易程度和自己对文章的理解程度采取不同的阅读方法。再次,在阅读过程中运用一些技巧,可提高速度和正确率,促进英语综合能力的全面发展。     

高考英语阅读理解深层次能力考评探究

通过对近年高考英语阅读理解试题的分析,笔者认为要加强高考英语阅读理解深层次能力的考评。试题要体现思维性、开放性和拓展性,加强逻辑思维能力、批判性思维能力和创新思维能力的考查,以体现新课标的要求,并对中学英语阅读教学起一定的正面反拨作用。     

探讨中学生英语阅读理解能力的培养

培养学生的阅读理解能力是中学英语教学最重要的任务之一,是学好英语的关键。掌握科学的阅读技巧和阅读方法,是提高英语学习水平的重要手段。     

Accelerating the development of reading,spelling and phonemic awareness skills in initial readers

In Experiment 1, it was found that 5-year-oldnew school entrants taught by a syntheticphonics method had better reading, spelling andphonemic awareness than two groups taughtanalytic phonics. The synthetic phonicschildren were the only ones that could read byanalogy, and they also showed better reading ofirregular words and nonwords. For one analyticphonics group the programme was supplemented byphonological awareness training; this led togains in phonemic awareness but not reading orspelling compared with the other analyticphonics group. The synthetic phonics programmewas taught to the analytic phonics groups aftertheir initial programmes had been completed andpost-tested. The group that had hadphonological awareness training did not performbetter than the other two groups when tested 15months later; this was also the case when thesame comparison was made for the the subset ofchildren that had started school with weakphonological awareness skill. Speed of letterlearning was controlled for in Experiment 2; itwas found that the synthetic phonics groupstill read and spelt better than the analyticphonics group. It was concluded that syntheticphonics was more effective than analyticphonics, and that with the former approach itwas not necessary to carry out supplementarytraining in phonological awareness.     

影响毕节师专学生英语阅读水平的成因分析

通过英语阅读的目的和要求、阅读策略、文化背景知识及阅读试题检测等几方面的问卷调查,指出毕节师专学生英语阅读水平较低及存在这一现状的原因在于学生对阅读课的目的和要求认识不足、所采用的阅读策略不恰当、所具备的文化背景知识比较贫乏以及阅读材料陈旧、阅读测试方式不尽科学.最后就如何解决这些问题、帮助学生提高阅读水平提出了一些建议.     

论英语阅读理解能力的提高及其理论依据

阅读理解是一个很大而又敏感的议题,做这方面研究的人很多。文章主要从影响英语阅读理解的因素出发,提出分析语境线索有利于提高英语阅读能力的理论依据,旨在抛砖引玉。     

英语语音意识和阅读能力相关关系的研究

对初二学生英语语音意识的发展状况及与阅读能力之间的关系调查研究表明。初二学生的英语语音意识与其阅读能力有显著性相关;语音意识是阅读能力较好的预测指标;初二学生在英语语音意识的三项任务上表现显著的差异,韵脚意识好于音节意识,后者又好于音位意识。     

Effects of Cognitive and Metacognitive Pre‐reading Activities on the Reading Comprehension of ESL Learners

Pre‐reading activities such as title discussion and vocabulary training have been shown to be effective in decreasing oral reading errors and increasing reading rate and comprehension across a range of reading levels. Experiment 1 in this paper examines the effects of these cognitive activities in combination on the reading comprehension of three adult ESL emergent readers. Experiment 2 explores the relative effects of this procedure, and a metacognitive strategy for presenting these pre‐reading techniques, on the comprehension levels of five adult ESL learners. Single subject research designs were employed in both studies. Results of both studies indicate that the cognitive strategy was effective in raising comprehension levels. However, in Experiment 2, the metacognitive instructional strategy, while similarly effective in raising comprehension levels, was also associated with enhanced maintenance in a subsequent non‐treatment phase. Implications of these findings for instructional practice with ELS learners, both proficient and novice first language readers, are considered.     

剖析PRETCO阅读理解题的解题技巧

阅读理解是高等学校英语应用能力等级考试(PRETCO)必考的重点测试项目。要想提高学生阅读理解能力,除了要有足够词汇量的积累和相当的阅读量外,还应熟悉和了解阅读理解部分的试题类型,掌握必要的解题技巧。     

美国学生CBAL阅读能力评估模型述评

美国不断地强调要革新评价方式,并在努力地探索新的评价方式。本文先简要介绍了美国发起的一项基于认知的评价革新运动——CBAL评价革新运动;接着主要介绍了在此过程中研制出来的阅读能力评价模型,分别介绍了它的构成要素以及该模型的运用,比如,如何运用这个模型来指导试题编制及活动的设计。本文最后还介绍了该阅读能力模型的特点及其对我们的启示。     

阅读与阅读测试研究概述

阅读是人们获取信息的重要手段之一。阅读测试是语言测试的一个重要部分。介绍阅读的有关理论、阅读测试的设计原则和题型以及与阅读、阅读测试有关的实证研究，可以促进对我国各种英语考试中阅读测试的研究，改进我们的测试和教学。     

浅谈小学数学教学中加强学生阅读理解能力的培养

当前我国的教育改革不断深入,对小学数学教学产生了很大的影响,怎样能够有效地加强学生的数学阅读能力尤为重要。就当前我国小学数学教学中学生阅读理解能力的培养问题进行探究,希望能够通过此次的研究对实际起到一定的指导作用。     

交互式教学及其在智力障碍学生阅读理解教学中的运用

交互式教学是按照一定的策略结构,通过师生间、生生间进行对话互动与角色互换而使学生理解与运用策略,进而帮助学生获得知识和技能的教学方法.智力障碍学生的阅读教学有很大困难.一些研究者发现交互式教学可以提高智力障碍学生的阅读理解水平.本文介绍了交互式教学,并对交互式教学在智力障碍学生阅读理解教学中运用的实证研究进行了总结、分析,以期为相关研究与教学实践提供启示.