On Popular English Periodicals Used as Non-English Majors’ Reading material
Abstract
In the English teaching and learning, the only textbook can not satisfy the student’s need and has no way to reach the demanded standard. Compared with the textbook, English periodicals have their advantages as they are have plentiful new contents, various articles, and interesting stories. Using them as material in reading will undoubtedly develop the student’s interest in English. After an overview of reading teaching this thesis reports an empirical study on the after-class periodical reading activities of the non-English majors in Huan Institute Science and Technology. The objects were non-English majors from Huan Institute Science and Technology and the instruments adopted included a questionnaire and interview. In the survey, particular attention was given to: the time students spent in English reading after class; students’ method of periodical reading; the problem they met while periodical reading. The results showed that the non-English majors did not spend much time in English after-class reading and adopted wrong method of periodical reading. The biggest problem for them is the lack of proper periodicals to read. On the basis of the investigation and corresponding analysis, the thesis puts forward three suggestions: (1) cultivating a good after-class reading habit; (2) selecting suitable periodicals to read; (3) forming good periodical reading habits on how to make full use of periodicals to enhance students reading ability.
Key Words: after-class reading; non-English majors; survey; reading material; English periodicals
摘 要
單純地依靠書本不能滿足培養學生閱讀能力的需要。同教材相比，英語期刊具有內容新、容量大，體裁多樣化，趣味性強，貼近生活，時應性強等特點，把它作爲閱讀材料，易激發學生的學習熱情，調動了學生學習英語的積極性，從而達到教學目標。本文在簡單回顧閱讀教學的理論上，以湖南理工學院100名非英語專業學生爲對象，採用問卷和麪談等研究工具，調查分析了我校非英語專業生課外閱讀英語期刊的情況。調查重點是：學生用於課外閱讀的時間，閱讀英語期刊的方法，以及閱讀英語的過程中遇到的問題。調查結果顯示，非英語專業生用於課外閱讀的時間較少，擁有不正確的'英語期刊閱讀習慣。其中最大的問題是可找到的適合的英語期刊太少。針對這些問題，作者結合調查報告的結果，分析並提出了了3個建議：（1）培養學生良好的課外閱讀；（2）選擇合適的英語期刊閱讀；（3）形成正確的英語期刊閱讀習慣。
關鍵詞：課外閱讀、非英語專業、調查、閱讀材料、英語期刊
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