This field study concentrates on how to improve the
reading efficiency of Chinese tertiary students of English as a foreign language (henceforth EFL) with particular
reference to Bejing Second Foreign Language Institute
(henceforth Erwai). The study covers the following aspects
in five chapters.
Chapter 1 reports and analyses the findings of the
research done to identify inefficient reading problems in the
Chinese EFL reading situation. Based on the analysis of the
existing problems, the chapter comes to a tentative conclusion
that teaching reading skills could be one possible solution
to the problems.
To prove the relevance of the conclusion, the second
chapter turns to a critical review of literature about the
nature of the reading process. The emphasis in this chapter
is on the psycholinguistic perspective of the reading process
and its relevance to EFL teaching in China.
Related to the psycholinguistic perspective of the
reading process, Chapter 3 moves to some more specific issues
concerning reading efficiency. The discussion deals with
various factors which can influence reading efficiency and
points out implications for teaching in the Chinese EFL reading
situation.
Having considered reading efficiency theoretically in
Chapter 2 and 3, the study turns to the practical teaching of
reading skills in Chapter 4 and 5. In these two chapters,
efficient reading skills are analysed and suggestions are made
about practical classroom teaching. It is hoped that these
analyses and suggestions will give some impetus to improving
the teaching of reading in the Chinese EFL field.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219215 |
| Date | January 1984 |
| Creators | Gao Ming-ming,, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Liberal Studies |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Gao Ming-ming |
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