TheApplicationofSchemaTheoryinEnglishReadingTeachinginSeniorHighSchools

毕业论文〔设计)E......34Appendi 2351.IntroductionAs everyone knows,reading plays a very important role in English teaching.How can the readers read to achieve the best results?The traditional readingadvocates using the bottom-up model-a kind of passive decoding model,by whichreaders only need to read word by word and it will be very easy for them to get thewhole meaning.With the development of applied linguistics and psychologicallinguistics,it is found that reading is not a process of passive decoding,but a processof active "guess-confirm"(Goodman,1971:135),which is the top-down model.Afterthat,Rumelhart (1977)said that reading is a process that the bottom-up model and thetop-down model interact together and at the same time process word information,which is called an interactive model.No matter what kind of model is used,either thereaders'background knowledge or the schematic knowledge is needed.The paper mainly concerns the conception of schema theory,the function ofschema to reading and the enlightenment of schema theory to the reading teachingand above all is about how the students are trained in English reading under theguidance of schema theory by the teacher with the purpose of the three researchquestions.1.1 Background and purpose of this research"The written word surrounds us daily.It confuses us and enlightens us,itdepresses us and amuses us,and it sickens us and heals us."From Brandy's words2