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An Instructional Theory Of Children's Foreign Language Reading

Posted on:2007-11-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W Z ZhuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360212456972Subject:Education Management
Abstract/Summary:
Reading is very important for learning a foreign language. It's an effective way to master a foreign language. Through reading, we may gain foreign culture, broaden our knowledge and develop new concepts. It's essential for teachers to cultivate the children's good reading habits when they are young. To do this, we need the help of the parents, especially of the teachers. Only when the teachers knowing the psychological characters in the cognitive development of the young children, can they use correct methods to instruct foreign language reading, so as to improve the children's reading quality and develop their potential reading ability.This dissertation focuses on the actuality and the meaning of instructing foreign language reading, explaining the psychological mechanism of the children's reading comprehension and foreign language reading comprehension. Then according to these psychological characters, it provides some useful methods while instructing foreign language reading.Instruction for foreign language reading remains some mistakes. Before classes, teachers may focus on one reading material, such as story books. During classes, the way of instructing reading may be too boring. It is quite easy for the teachers to use some impersonality questions and answers to evaluate children's reading result. After having classes, the teachers may neglect the effect of the reading material and not concentrate on cultivating the children's ability of connecting the theory to the real life.Language is a tool for people to think and know the world. To master a language is to get a way to observe and know the world. In nowadays, in order to communicate with more people, learning a foreign language is very necessary. Reading is an effective way to master a foreign language. Words are concentrations of a country's culture. To comprehend foreign words, we should know the culture of a country. Reading can get to know that effectively. To improve the quality of teaching a foreign language, we need correct reading instructions.Cognitive theory tells us the importance of environment for the development of the young children. Parents and teachers should provide a suitable reading environment for the children, guiding them to read actively and helping them to form good reading habits. At the same time, teachers should know the children's psychological characters while...
Keywords/Search Tags:foreign language reading, reading comprehension, children, instruction, cognition, teaching
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