How to improve RC.ppt

How to improve reading comprehension; Reading is one of the important skills in English learning. Its purpose is to enlarge their vocabulary and familiarize themselves with background information about English and to cultivate students careful observation and their logic thinking. What is more, it is to improve students comprehension. Students could be trained in the following ways: skimming and scanning, authors viewpoint, structure of the passage, structure of paragraphs, students anticipation, punctuation and summarizing.; Before starting to read a passage in detail, take a moment to preview the passage. Read quickly without pausing to study the details. The students ask them to have these in mind: for which the passage was written, what type of passage it is, what the purpose and attitude of the author is and what the style of the article is. After having skimmed the passage, the students can study the passage in more detail, reading more slowly and carefully and looking for specific information that the questions are concerned with. This is called scanning. When scanning, read without any sound, notice only the key words and not to pay too much attention to the new words but to pay the sense group and the main meaning of the sentence. Especially pay attention to the first sentence and the last sentence of the paragraph.; In reading a passage students make guesses about the position of the author. The author often shows his opinion either by adding certain phrases or by adding a value to a word. students pay more attention to these words the author can add, like luckily, unfortunately to show that he is pleased or not pleased with something. He can also add words, which show his surprise, regret or other emotions, for example surprisingly, to shock, unexpectedly, regrettably, pity, desirable, to be disappointed, etc. The author may also use words to indicate the level of certainty, for example: certain, obviously, undoubtedly, naturally, always, oft