In order to examine the effect of cooperative learning in teaching reading for Chinese non-English majors,an experiment was done on cooperative learning in reading course.After a four-month experiment,a conclusion was...In order to examine the effect of cooperative learning in teaching reading for Chinese non-English majors,an experiment was done on cooperative learning in reading course.After a four-month experiment,a conclusion was drawn that there really existed significant difference in the English reading proficiency between students who received cooperative learning instruction and those who adopted non-cooperative learning instruction.This paper concludes that according to the statistics,cooperative learning is an efficient way to improve students' reading proficiency.展开更多
With the development of the Internet, the online environment has provided a great variety of authentic texts and large amount of information for readers around the world. Yet, compared to reading print texts, online r...With the development of the Internet, the online environment has provided a great variety of authentic texts and large amount of information for readers around the world. Yet, compared to reading print texts, online reading is more challenging because readers usually don’t read in depth and have to avoid the distraction from various links. Findings indicate that metacognitive strategies are the most effective strategies used while reading online because they direct and regulate the whole reading process and motivate readers to think on their own. Some suggestions are also discussed on the application of metacognitive strategies for online reading.展开更多
文摘In order to examine the effect of cooperative learning in teaching reading for Chinese non-English majors,an experiment was done on cooperative learning in reading course.After a four-month experiment,a conclusion was drawn that there really existed significant difference in the English reading proficiency between students who received cooperative learning instruction and those who adopted non-cooperative learning instruction.This paper concludes that according to the statistics,cooperative learning is an efficient way to improve students' reading proficiency.
文摘With the development of the Internet, the online environment has provided a great variety of authentic texts and large amount of information for readers around the world. Yet, compared to reading print texts, online reading is more challenging because readers usually don’t read in depth and have to avoid the distraction from various links. Findings indicate that metacognitive strategies are the most effective strategies used while reading online because they direct and regulate the whole reading process and motivate readers to think on their own. Some suggestions are also discussed on the application of metacognitive strategies for online reading.
