| Teaching English reading has always been an important objective in collegesand also a hard-nut to crack. Thus numerous researches have been probed into itsnature and characteristics. Schema theory is one of the prevailing perspectivestoward the analysis of reading process. As a main and perfect representative ofinteractive reading model, schema-theoretic reading approach plays a critical role inforeign language reading. Plenty of relevant researches on reading have illuminatedthat the successful understanding of an article is accomplished only through theeffective interaction of"bottom-up"and"top-down"reading models. Only if theschema knowledge in one's mind is activated, constructed, and then connected withthe novel information in the reading materials can he be able to succeed in gettingthe comprehension of the articleHence, this paper centers on the two key questions: 1) How are the schemataactivated? 2) And how to help the students to construct and instantiate schemata tofacilitate reading comprehension? This paper is primarily on the feasibility of the schema instantiation inReading. The analysis of schema instantiation implies some teaching principles forteachers to follow. The teaching process goes as follows: 1) Activate the schemata:Activate the relevant schemata in readers'mind to gain new information. 2) Learnthe schemata: To develop the students'reading skills to promote understanding. 3)Strengthen the schemata: Assist the students to enhance their study.This paper aims to assist students to form good reading habits and improvetheir reading ability with the help of schema-oriented instruction model. Hence, toassist students to activate and instantiate their schemata to improve reading is theultimate aim of this paper.
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