Exploration of Reading Teaching Strategies under the Senior English Curriculum Reforms

Senior English reading plays a very important position in English instruction as well as students’ learning process.In the teaching of reading,there are some problems for teachers who neglect the study of reading pedagogy,lack the awareness of discourse analysis,ignore the introduction of cultural background,and lack necessary reading strategy-training to students.The problems of students’ reading are that they do not form the good habit of reading,have inadequate input of reading,and have lower quality of reading.Based on the study of Schema theory,discourse analysis,and constructivist theory and the relevant study of English reading instruction,this paper proposes that teachers should emphasize discourse mode of teaching,construct overall teaching concept of text,cultivate students’ abilities of reading strategies to guide them to analyze problems,and solve problems,increase the amount of extracurricular reading,enhance the language input,form a good sense of English language,broaden knowledge of English and indirect life experiences,introduce related English background knowledge by multimedia,enrich their content schema,stimulate their interest in reading,enhance their understanding,analysis,reasoning and appreciation,and improve their overall language proficiency.