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How to Improve the Ability of Reading English Newspapers and MagazinesCourse: Selected Readings of EnglishNewspapers and MagazinesMajor: EnglishClass: 0899111Number: 1089911121Name: 王琨Date: November 15th, 2011How to Improve the Ability of ReadingEnglish Newspapers and MagazinesAbstract: Rapid progress of modern science and technology make us into a new era of information. Education should disseminate information and cultivating students’ ability on information intake and processing.Key words: Newspaper reading ; reading skills ; how to improve ; the ability of English reading ; importance1. IntroductionIn recent years, more and more English newspapers are published in China. These English newspaper language are not only real, and is close to the students’actual life. It is suitable for different levels of English language learners to read.Learn English can not be limited to language learning, note also the accumulation of knowledge from all sides. Having a broader knowledge is to achieve better learning outcomes. English newspapers involved a broad, including political, military, diplomatic, economic, cultural, and educational. If you do not understand the background, some words and articles are difficult to understand.2. The characteristics of the English newspapers and magazinesThe knowledge of English newspapers and periodicals cover a broad area, broad, and genre diverse. Reading English newspapers can not only help the students increase knowledge, and helps develop students’ ability of observation, understanding,thinking and judgment.English newspapers are attention to current events. The novel is very interesting. Reading English newspapers can effectively avoid out of touch with real life, helps to stimulate interest in learning English and to strengthen their confidence and motivation for learning English. At the same time also allows us to better understand the way of news features and news.Newspaper reading is not only used the simple and obvious words, popular language, illustrated, but also introduce learning methods and techniques of column, helping to improve the ability to actually use the language. We can also participate in the discussions and contributions for these columns, increase their enthusiasm for writing and ability.English newspapers determined its content and characteristics of the new words more than other materials to promote language learning and expand the value of social scientific and humanistic knowledge. English newspapers are not only learning English and modern English use an indispensable practical accuracy, fluency and appropriate material, is developing 21st century hybrid type English talents of effective teaching materials.3. How to read English newspapers and magazinesBy reading the newspapers, we understand the cultural background knowledge in many countries. Also know a lot of knowledge out of class. But also understand the philosophy of life, such as success is no accident, but with the inseparable from its own struggle.Reading newspapers materials in large quantities, contents broad, new words certainly inevitable. Frequently while reading the dictionary, it will certainly affect the reading speed, break the extended information and logical thinking. Therefore it must be strengthened to the results of cultivation of the ability of the word.Improve the reading ability of important prerequisite is to have enough vocabulary and, therefore, through extensive reading increases vocabulary is effective way to improve reading ability. For example, when reading articles UN Security talks, you can extend the vocabulary about the United Nations, such as the UN General Assembly, UN Secretary_General, UN Security Council, the five permanent members, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(WTO), World Trade Organization, and so on.Through the newspaper reading, not only expanded the vocabulary, and learn a lot beautiful words and sentences, and also learned some cohesive writing, such as to express their points of sentence patterns: In my opinion, …/ I think…/ I believe…/ I agree with doing sth. …/ As far as I’m concerned…/ I don’t think it is right for sb. todo sth. …A large number of newspaper reading, to expand the vocabulary, developing reading skills in reading is the best way to expand and consolidate vocabulary, you can use “Word does not leave the sentence”“does not leave the method of accumulation in the reading vocabulary.4. Guide and foster how to readIn the course of reading, we often come across all kinds of difficulties. Reading should permanently encourage and guide we how to read: First of all, we should know the importance of keeping reading in language study and should try to motivate we also by telling us that reading widely is actually advances their knowledge of the world as well as our reading and reading will get easier and ease as they go along and they should not be distracted by any unfamiliar words or structures.The important thing is to get the idea and content of the reading material. Therefore we should emphasize again and again that the important way to keep us reading is to insist on having feedback on what we have been reading.Our traditional English teaching is very boring, but if we learn by newspapers or magazines to improve the ability of reading. Language knowledge: English writing and language skills of comprehensive ability of expression. A large number of read input is the prerequisite and basis for writing output. English newspapers close to the times, colorful, language fluency, stylistic variety. In addition, by reading the English newspaper, could be greatly expanded vocabulary and improve the accuracy of vocabulary.5. ConclusionEnglish newspapers and periodicals not only covering the political, social, science, culture, customs and beliefs, and other fields. It will keep up with the pulse of the times, infectious, has a strong practical. By class of newspaper reading, we can not only get the information, knowledge, expanding horizons, enrich the spare life, learn English, and will enable us to recognize the meaning and value of learning English, experience the fun of learning English so boring life more colorful.In today’s information society, to get valuable information, learn the modern English textbooks alone are not enough. In constant development and change in English and Chinese, foreigners learning Chinese, have to read Chinese newspapers and periodicals, and modern we learn English, also have to read English newspapers.Students cultivate a good habit of reading English newspapers and periodicals, we can closely follow the trend of English language, discover a wealth of learning。