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1. Current situations of English reading teaching in senior middle school.................................................................. (1) 1.1 Problems in current English reading teaching in senior middle school.................................................................. (1) 1.1.1 Lack of interest........................................ (1) 1.1.2 Failing to develop students’ communicative competence.. (2) 1.1.3 Lack of interaction..................................... (2) 1.1.4 Lack of moral lessons................................... (2) 1.1.5 Failing to develop the students’ reading strategies.... (2) 1.2 Causes of the problems...................................... (2) 2. Student-centered method........................................ (3) 2.1 Theoretical understanding of student-centered principle..... (3) 2.2 Significance of student-centered principle.................. (3) 3. The application of student-centered principle in English reading teaching in senior middle school.................................. (4) 3.1 Motivating the students’ interest.......................... (4) 3.1.1 Applying appropriate lead-in............................ (4) 3.1.2 Using humor............................................. (5) 3.1.3 Choosing suitable materials............................. (6) 3.2 Developing the students’ productive competence............. (7) 3.2.1 Combining reading with speaking and writing............. (7)
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3.2.2 Bringing group work into reading class.................. (7) 3.3 Increasing interaction in reading class..................... (7) 3.3.1 Using question-answer model to promote interaction...... (8) 3.3.2 Increasing interaction between teachers and students.... (8) 3.4 Giving moral lessons while teaching......................... (8) 3.4.1 Exploring the moral aspect from reading materials....... (9) 3.4.2 Emphasizing the spirit of cooperation in group work..... (9) 3.5 Employing scientific reading and teaching strategies........ (9) 3.5.1 Correcting the students’ bad reading habits............ (9) 3.5.2 Fostering the students skimming and scanning skills.... (10) 3.5.3 Teaching grammar and vocabulary in the context......... (11) 4. Conclusion.................................................... (11) Bibliography..................................................... (12) Acknowledgements................................................. (13)
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Name: xxx Class: 08.1 Number: 10
Tutor/Title: xxx/ Associate Professor Date: 2012.6.1
The Application of Student-centered Principle in English
Reading Teaching in Senior Middle School
1. Current situations of English reading teaching in senior middle school
In the society of information revolution and the knowledge explosion, texts are still the best carriers in the large volumes of information across space and time, the best media for human to transmit scientific and cultural information, the best means for long-distance communication of experience, thoughts and emotion, and also the best tools for the spreading of civilization. Hence if you intend to acquire large amount of needed information, keep pace with the times, you have to learn to read and improve your reading competence.
For senior high school students, reading is the one of major means that they get knowledge and information. And it is by far one of the most important four language skills that are listening, speaking, reading and writing. It can improve the learners’ linguistic competence. In all kinds of English tests including the college entrance examination, reading comprehension occupies the most important part. Because of these factors, teachers give prominent attention to the teaching of reading especially in senior high school. However, in the practical teaching process, the teachers’ lecture in a reading class plays an important part. The whole class is a stage for a teacher to explain
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