College English Instruction, Why Hold onto the “Reading for Discussion” Model?

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8921.2018.02.002

Abstract

Abstract: In foreign language (FL) teaching, the “reading for discussion” model aims to provide the learners with social contexts where they are exposed to and learn to use FL to transmit meaning in oral interaction with others. In this model the learners are wainly trained with three language skills, i.e. reading, writing, and speaking. By gaining practices in reading, writing, and speaking, students are given opportunities to make significant improvements in their levels of foreign language proficiency. In addition, the “reading for discussion”model helps improve students' language learning motivation and offers the added benefit of processing the foreign language more deeply and internalizing their knowledge through implicit learning.

CLC Number:

H319

WU Shiyu, HUANG Shaoqiang. College English Instruction, Why Hold onto the “Reading for Discussion” Model?[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2018, 18(02): 9-14.

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