词块理论在高中英语阅读中的应用

论文摘要

阅读是第二语言学习一项重要的技能。外语教学的其中一个主要目的就是培养学生的阅读理解能力,因此,从事第二语言学习的专家学者、外语老师和教育工作者从不同的角度对阅读进行了研究并且在阅读方面作出了极大的成果。学生在阅读中一个主要的难点是不能理解课文中的词块。然而词块不同与传统上的词汇,它是语篇功能和语篇意义的结合。为了要想正确理解语篇,必须掌握这些固定、半固定的词块。也就是说,学习理解生成语篇并不是对孤立的词和句子的学习,而是学习如何将这些语言的预制结构有机地结合起来。基于对目前阅读教学模式的描述,认为传统的阅读方法应该改进,因为这种教学方法过于“教师满堂灌”,使阅读效果不显著。这篇论文考察了阅读的主要缺陷,提出了应用词块理论融入阅读教学中来解决问题。有关研究调查表明词块在英语阅读课堂教学的必要性,并且能用这理论来提高阅读理解能力。为了验证词块教学的有效性,作者设计了一个实验并取的相关的数据,这个实验持续了一个学期,在两次测试中实验班和控制班具有的显著性差异,因此,运用词块理论能提高学生的阅读理解能力。

论文目录

• 中文摘要
• Abstract
• 中文文摘
• SYNOPSIS
• Chapter one Introduction
• 1.1 Research orientation
• 1.2 The rationale for the study
• 1.3 The key research questions
• 1.4 The major concerns of the present paper
• Chapter Two A Brief Overview the Prevalent Reading Models
• 2.1 Bottom-up models
• 2.2 Top-down models
• 2.3 Interactive models
• 2.4 Schema theory
• Chapter Three Lexical Chunks,Language Acquisition,and Reading
• 3.1 Definition of lexical chunks
• 3.2 Classification of lexical chunks
• 3.2.1 Michael Lewis' classification
• 3.2.2 Nattinger&DeCarrico's classification
• 3.2.3 Becket's classification
• 3.2.4 Alexander's classification
• 3.3 Brief introduction of the studies abroad and at home
• 3.3.1 Studies abroad
• 3.3.2 Studies at home
• 3.4 Lexical chunks and language acquisition
• 3.4.1 Principles of the lexical approach
• 3.4.2 Lexical chunks in psycholinguistic
• 3.4.3 Lexical chunks in learning theory
• 3.4.4 Lexical chunks in language acquisition
• 3.5 Lexical chunks and reading
• 3.5.1 Lexical approach is a bridge between structural and communicative approach
• 3.5.2 The Influence of Lexical chunks on reading fluency
• Chapter Four Towards a lexical-chunks-based reading approach in Senior Middle School English reading
• 4.1 The organizing function of lexical chunks in the text
• 4.2 Lexical chunks in the accompanying questions of the texts
• Chapter Five Empirical Studies
• 5.1 Hypothesis
• 5.2 Subjects
• 5.3 The design of the experiment
• 5.4 Experimental procedures
• 5.4.1 The questionnaire
• 5.4.2 Instructional procedures
• 5.5.Results analysis
• 5.5.1 The analysis of the questionnaire survey
• 5.5.2 The pre-test
• 5.5.3 The pre-test and post-test
• Chapter Six Conclusions and Implications
• 6.1 Conclusion
• 6.2 Implications
• 6.3 Limitations and recommendations for further research
• References
• Appendix
• Acknowledgments