The Influence of Intercultural Awareness on
Senior Students’ English Reading Competence
Abstract: With the amazingly rapid development of science and technology, it naturally follows that intercultural contact has become more and more frequent. People receive various information they need through reading. Therefore, reading has become more significant than ever before. The main purpose of English teaching is cultivating students’ better reading ability, moreover, intercultural knowledge is the key points to the reading comprehension. Nowadays, the importance of intercultural awareness cultivating in senior English teaching has been gradually recognized by teachers. However, it’s difficult to put it into practice. This thesis is based on relative theory and questionnaire to demonstrate the close relationship between the students’ intercultural awareness and their English reading competence and also gives some suggestions to promote reading efficiency through imparting them with sufficient intercultural knowledge in English learning.
Key Words: intercultural awareness; English reading ability; senior students
跨文化意识对高中生英语阅读能力的影响
摘 要：随着世界科技的日新月异，世界人们相互交往的日趋频繁，通过阅读来广泛获得各种所需信息显得越来越重要。英语教学的主要目的是培养学生较强的阅读能力，而跨文化知识是影响阅读理解的关键。目前看来，跨文化意识培养的重要性在英语教育中已逐步得到认可，但跨文化意识的培养很难理论实践相结合。本文是在相关理论和问卷调查的基础上，阐述了学生跨文化意识和英语阅读能力的紧密关系，并提出一些在英语学习中通过增加学生充分的跨文化知识来提高阅读能力的建议。
关键词：跨文化意识；英语阅读能力；高中生
CONTENTS
Introduction………………………………………………………………1
1. The Necessity of Developing the Senior Students’ Intercultural Awareness in English Reading Teaching………………………………1
1.1 The Relationship Between Intercultural Awareness and English Reading………1
1.2 The Requirement of Syllabus……………………………………………………2
2. Survey of Intercultural Awareness in Senior English Reading Teaching…………………………………………………………………3
2.1 Design of the Survey………………………………………………………………1
2.1.1 Aims of the Survey…………………………………………….3
2.1.2 Participants of the Survey…………………………………………………….3
2.1.3 Design of the Questionnaires…………………………………………………3
2.1.4 Design of the Reading Tests………………………………………………….4
2.1.5 Design of the Interview……………………………………………………4
2.2 Results and Discussion……………………………………………………………4
2.2.1 Analysis of the Questionnaires……………………………………………….4
2.2.2 Analysis of the Reading Test…………………………………………………7
2.2.3 Analysis of the Interview……………………………………………8
3. Suggestions According to the Survey……………………………9
3.1 Pre-reading, While-reading and Post-reading……………………………………9
3.2 Teacher’s Role………………………………………………………………….9
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4. Conclusion…………………………………………………….10
Bibliography…………………………………………………………….12
