Abstract An effective way for junior middle school students to study English is English reading comprehension. It has also turned to be a convenient way of acquiring cultural information of English-speaking countries. When students read an English text, the interaction between their background knowledge and the meaning of the text is a dynamic process, which is regarded as the application of schema theory. In English classroom teaching, with the purpose of making students achieve a better reading competence, teachers can guide junior middle school students to take advantages of schema theory. In order to efficiently improve reading competence of junior middle school students, this thesis carries out a preliminary study on the application of schema-oriented teaching method in English reading classes. 53810

Key words: schema theory; junior middle school students; English reading comprehension

摘 要英语阅读理解被视为初中生有效学习英语的一种方法,同时,这也是他们获取英语国家文化信息的便捷方法。当学生在读一篇文章时,他们自身所具备的背景知识和文章传达的意思之间会产生互动,这种互动是一个动态的过程,这正是图式理论运用的体现。在英语课堂教学中，为了让初中生具备更好的英语阅读能力，教师应当引导他们充分的利用图式理论。为了帮助初中生更有效的提高英语阅读的能力，本论文将对图式理论指导下的教学方法在英语阅读教学中的使用做一个初步的探讨。 

毕业论文关键词：图式理论；初中生；英语阅读理解

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

3. The Nature of Reading Comprehension 3

3.1 Definition of Reading Comprehension 3

3.2 Three Reading Models 3

3.3 Factors Influence Junior Middle School Students’ English Reading 5

4. Schema Theory 6

4.1 Definition of Schema Theory 6

4.2 Types of Schema Theory 7

5. The Employment of Schema Theory in English Reading Class 7

5.1 Design Activities with Word Association 8

5.2 Design Activities with Prediction and Verification 9

5.3 Design Activities with Direct Practice 9

5. Conclusion 10

Works Cited 12                                                                                   

1. Introduction

“For many junior middle school students, of the four skills in English learning, reading is the most important one.” (Carrell, Devine and Eskey 1987: 98) Reading is a basic approach for students to master linguistic knowledge and skills, which can improve students’ practical competence. Teaching reading in junior middle schools has been the focus in China. Junior middle school students are energetic and active, and they are interested in new knowledge during their studies. Therefore，they are easy to be distracted when they have English reading comprehension classes, because they are too young to keep close concentration on a reading text for a long time. So, in order to enhance the efficiency and quality of English reading classes, teachers should organize some new and interesting activities for their students.