Abstract

 Reading is always the key and difficult part in English teaching. Therefore, one of  the most important goals for the teachers is how to improve students’ reading competence efficiently. This paper reviews some common reading models and reading strategies, while a new teaching method of English reading is provided by Clue Based Approach(CBA) whose purpose is to help students develop the reading efficiently. This paper, taking CBA as an example, presents some useful strategies that make full use of CBA in the experiment to help students take isolated points into a whole. It is to analyze the importance and influence of CBA in English reading teaching of high school through the experiment. 

Key words: CBA; English teaching; reading competence

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1 Introduction.1

2 Literature review.2

  2.1Reading ...2

  2.1.1 Models in reading 2

  2.1.1.1 Bottom-up model in reading .2

  2.1.1.2 Top-down model in reading .3

  2.1.1.3 Interactive model in reading.3

  2.1.2 Reading strategies 4

  2.2 Clue Based Approach(CBA)5

  2.2.1 Clue.5

  2.2.2 Definition of CBA.5

  2.2.3 Significance of CBA..6

3 Methodology.6 

  3.1 Subjects..6

  3.2 Instruments.7

  3.2.1 Reading comprehension tests.7

  3.2.2 Questionnaire .7

  3.3 Procedure..8

  3.3.1 Procedure in controlling class.8

  3.3.2 Procedure in experimental class9

  3.4 Data collection and analysis10

4 Discussion15

  4.1 Clever exploration of clues15

  4.2 Clever use of clues.16

5 Conclusion17

References.18