Improving the integrated ability of English by news reading and broadcasting
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2014.12.022
- VernacularTitle:以英文新闻阅读播报活动为平台提高学生英语综合能力
- Author:
Lijia XIE
;
Zhihui WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
English newspaper reading;
The integrated ability of using English;
Information transferringturns
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2014;13(12):1272-1275
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective Through the English newspaper reading activities to create the information transmission platform based on the medium of English,so as to improve the students' ability of receiving,understanding,conversion,processing,and output information.Methods Two natural classes of seven-year program students of Grade 2011 with no difference in Englishproficiencywere selected at randomas control group(30) and the experimental group(30).And reform on reading course has been performed in the experimental class by incorporating English newspaper reading into traditional teaching routine,while the control class maintain the traditional teaching routine.After the teaching,through CET 4 test scores to evaluate the teaching effect.Independent t-test was conducted on the performances of CET 4 between the experimental class and controlled class with the level of test α=0.05.Results The control group was higher than the experimental group inthe total scoreof CET 4 and the performance oflistening and reading,and there was significant difference between the two groups(P of totalscore=0.000,P of listening score=0.002,P of reading score=0.001).But there was no statistically significant difference in writing subtests between the two groups(P=0.072).Conclusion By adopting English newspaper reading and broadcasting in class,students' overall ability of using English has been greatly enhanced,especially the listening comprehension and reading comprehension; however,there is no significant change in the development of students' writing ability due to the tasks designed.
