ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.06.030
The Use of Schema Theory in the Teaching of Reading Comprehension
Yijiao Huang
School of Foreign Languages, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan, China.
*Corresponding author: Yijiao Huang
Published: July 19, 2023
Abstract
As we all know, the ability of reading comprehension always plays a vital role to improve learners’ comprehensive quality of students, thus how to improve learners’ reading ability is increasingly becoming an important part of researcher for English education. According to researching for many years, Schema Theory is considered as a good strategy to solve the problems that are met in the learning procedures, such as lacking of background knowledge and less attractive courses. To improve learners’ reading competence, the author intends to adopt the schema theory in the process of English teaching. Schema theory focuses on the content theory, linguistic theory and formal schema. There are three phrases for the process of reading, and the author would research how to combine the schema theory into these three phrases. And the author draws a conclusion that the schema theory is beneficial to train students’ reading strategies and improves their reading academic score.
Keyword
The Schema Theory, Teaching of Reading Comprehension
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The Use of Schema Theory in the Teaching of Reading Comprehension
How to cite this paper: Yijiao Huang. (2023) The Use of Schema Theory in the Teaching of Reading Comprehension. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, 7(6), 1198-1201.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.06.030