The Application Of Multimodal Teaching Model To English Reading Teaching In Senior Two Students Of High School

Reading is one of the four basic language skills in English.In addition,reading account for a large proportion of total English scores,which makes reading teaching especially important in English teaching.With the development of global network information technology,human beings have entered the hypertext era,gone days when single-literacy is sufficient.It requires people to be able to move freely between different forms of language,and different modes of expression.In this context,the new English Curriculum Standards issued in 2017 had added"Viewing" to language skills,and "viewing" usually refers to the competence of understanding the meaning of graphics,tables,animations,symbols,and videos in a multimodal discourse.This also puts forward new requirements for the students’reading ability.In order to understand multimodal discourses,it is necessary not only to use traditional single-text reading skills but also to observe the information in multimodality.However,the current English reading teaching tends to be more form-oriented than meaning-oriented.In this study,the multimodal teaching model was applied to English reading teaching in senior high school.Senior two class two of No.2 High School in Shaya was the experimental class and senior two class four was the controlled class.The experimental class adopted multimodal teaching model and the controlled class implemented the traditional teaching method.The experimental results were obtained through questionnaires,interview,and tests.It is found that the application of multimodal teaching model in English reading teaching of senior high school can not only improve students’ English reading scores but also improve students’ learning interests towards English reading.In addition,in order to complete the task,students gradually learn to identify,classify,screen and evaluate all kinds of multimodal resources,and can better cooperate with their learning partners online.The purpose of this study is to provide theoretical and practical references for front-line teachers to improve their reading teaching methods and to pay attention to the exploitation of multimodal resources.