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简介：Thispaperexaminestheapproachusedbymiddleschoolteacherstoteachingtextsandarguesagainstthetraditionalpracticeofexploitingtextsjusttoteachgrammarandvocabulary.Amorebalancedapproachispresented,involvingallfour-languageskills,concentratingonoutputaswellasinput,andtrainingstu-dentstoextractrelevantinformationfromtexts,makingthemmoreefficientreaders.

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简介：TheonethingthatmostinterfereswithEnglishasaSecondLanguagelearner’sreadingisunknownvocabulary.Thisreferstoanywordwhichblocksthereaders’understandingintheirprocessofreading.Whenreading,onewillinevitablymeetunknownvocabularynomatterhowlargeone’smentallexiconis.Oftenthedensityofunfamiliarwordsinreadingmakesthereaderfeelgreatlyfrustratedandgiveupintheend,forhehasalreadylosthistrainofthoughtwhenlookingupwordsinthedictionary.Itisclearthattoogreatadensityofunknownlexicalitemsslowsdownthereadingspeedwhichleadstopoorcomprehensionofthetext.Ofcourse,one’sknowledgeofEnglishvocabularyisboundtobelimited;butisthereawayonecanefficientlycopewiththeunknownwordsonecomesacrossinreadingwithouthavingtostopandlookthemupinthedictionary.

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