IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH CLASS

Abstract

It is clearly stated in the English Curriculum Standard that the overall objective of the English curriculum at the compulsory education stage is to enable students to develop a preliminary comprehensive language-use ability through English learning. Among the four modules of listening, speaking, reading and writing English reading ability is the most direct manifestation of the process of comprehensive language use and occupies an important position in English teaching. This paper starts from the importance of improving English reading ability, explores the reasons for the weaknesses in reading skills formation in middle school students, and then puts forward relevant suggestions for cultivating and improving students’ reading ability.