Differences in Reading Strategies Applied by Diffe..

Abstract
Recently, more and more attention is drawn to the research into learning strategies. Reading strategies, as one component of learning strategies, also worth vast attention. In order to find out the reading strategies which drastically influence reading competence, the writer of this article made a survey on 193 freshmen majoring in various subjects except English in Shanghai Fudan University about their reading strategies and analyzed the result by T testing method. The result shows that successful English learners are obviously different from less successful ones in a few of reading strategies. This result probably suggests teachers to enhance student’s reading competence by encouraging and guiding students to apply appropriate reading strategies and provides clues for further researches into reading strategies.

Abstract
Ⅰ Introduction
Ⅱ Literature Review
Ⅲ Method
Ⅳ Results
Ⅴ Discussion and suggestion
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