Abstract: Listening, speaking, reading and writing are the four basic skills for English study. As for senior high school students, reading plays a vital role in their English study. Therefore，reading is highly valued by teachers and students alike. However, different students have different cognitive styles, that is to say, different students tend to use different reading processes and different learning strategies. So, there comes a problem: how to make every different individuals have a good command of English reading skills? This essay will put emphasis on the distribution of FI/FD learners among high school students, the influence on students’ learning strategies and the influence on students’ reading comprehension test. What’s more, for students, they all want to have good grades, for teachers, they all want to have a good teaching abilities, and this particular finds will help them all.

Key words: English reading, cognitive styles, FI/FD

Content

摘要：

Abstract:

Chapter One Introduction-1

1.1 Introduction-1

1.2 Research Background-1

1.3 Purpose and Significance of the Present Study-2

Chapter Two Literature Review-2

2.1 Definition of the FI and FD Cognitive Styles-2

2.2 Characteristic of the FI and FD Cognitive Styles-4

2.3 Definition of Reading Strategies-5

2.4 Classification of Reading Strategies-6

2.5 Studies of FI and FD Styles with Reading Strategies-7

Chapter Three Case study-9

3.1 Preparation and Procedure-9

3.2 Collecting and Analysis-10

Chapter four Findings and Discussion-12

4.1 Findings-12

4.2 Pedagogical Implication-13

4.3 Limitations-14

4.4 Conclusion-15

Appendix 1-15

Appendix 2-21

Appendix 3-24

Bibliography-29

Acknowledgments-31