Evaluate the Effectiveness of Teaching Reading Strategies in Chinese EFL Classrooms

Abstract

In Chinese EFL classrooms, a large amount of time is spent reading. However, rarely would students admit that their reading ability has been improved through reading classes, while teachers think their students should become strategic readers by teaching them various reading strategies. To understand why there is such a divergence, it is of significance to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching reading strategies. This essay will mainly focus on the effectiveness of prediction, skimming and scanning method and put forward solutions to the problems I have spotted during my reflection. In the following paragraphs, I will first analyse unsuccessful prediction method and offer suggestions for improvement. What teachers should bear in mind when teaching skimming or scanning strategy will be discussed in the second paragraph and the third paragraph is about the sequence of skimming and scanning, which might also confuse teachers. Therefore, instructors are advised to flexibly adjust the teaching order based on student proficiency in the last paragraph.