How to Improve the Students’ Reading Comprehension

潘育红

I. The importance of reading comprehension

The aim of English teaching in our country is to train the students to listen， speak， read and write；to enable them to master the basic skills of speaking and writing；to lay particular emphasis on the students reading skill so as to pave the way for their further learning and using the language properly. In the article， Ill try to give some advice on how to train the students to read extensively and improve their reading comprehension and reading speed.

II. Developing the students reading comprehension

The spirit of English Reading Teaching is to develop the students skill to get knowledge and information， develop the speed of reading. I think that we can do with this problem from the following ways.

A. Developing good habit of reading Usually we should develop our skill of reading aloud. and develop our skill of reading silently. We should put these two together. first we should train the students spelling. Then develop their ability and habit of understanding the meaning of the whole sentence. So we should guide the students to read and understand from words and phrases to sentences.

B. Improving reading comprehension and speed The newest standard for English language teaching indicate：First one word has many meanings. So its very important to tell the meaning according to the whole sentence， even the whole passage. Second we should encourage students to practice more about these phrases and sentences. Lastly we should improve the skill of reading whole passage. It is helpful to improve the students reading comprehension and speed.

III. Improving the students reading comprehension

A. The necessity and value of extensive reading we should take a correct attitude towards extensive reading. our students should not limit their reading only one or two sets of textbooks. They must read more extensively to broaden their knowledge， and to know about their cultures.

B. The selection of appropriate extensive reading materials Interest is very important. while preparing extensive reading materials， we should keep the following in mind. 1 Arousing the students interest and enthusiasm for reading is what we should take into consideration. The materials must be relevant to the interests of the students. Let the students know the literature. 2 A teacher should be able to judge what the students are going to read is appropriate. The materials selected for extensive reading short always be interesting and present no difficulties.endprint

C. The cultivation of the students ‘ reading comprehension Extensive reading is quite different from intensive reading. Extensive reading require that the readers read quickly and know the main ideas. Master not only the words， expressions and the grammars but also the ideas. the teacher should lead students to read through a whole article a bit faster than usual but not as fast as skimming， But concentrate on the writers main thought. The main idea is often expressed by a topic paragraph or topic sentence. In most article the first paragraph is the topicparagraph and the first sentence of a paragraph is the topic sentence. and there are occasions when the topic sentence appears in the middle or in the end. So students should be led to pay attention to the first paragraph and the final paragraph and the first sentence and the last sentence of a paragraph. But sometimes the main ides runs through the whole article or paragraph. So students must skim the whole article and understand the context of each paragraph.

IV. Conclusion

Cultivating the students abilities to analyse and solving problems and improving their reading comprehension. Reading is not only a source of pleasure and information， it also consolidates what you know and constantly enriches your vocabulary. Students who provide themselves with excellent foundations. They gain confidence， and ultimately become better at communicating orally and in writing than students who read very little. So while giving extensive reading class， besides teaching students how to read， the teacher shall also check students reading results in different ways by asking them to answer some questions according to the passages， to tell right from wrong， to analyse phrases， to summarize the paragraph or to tell the main ideas or intended meaning. In this way we can cultivate the students abilities to analyse and solve problems by themselves.endprint