The Teaching of Reading Comprehension under the Psychology Schemata Theory
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With the globalization and the increase in foreign exchanges, Chinese students have to read more materials in English than ever. To help improve Chinese students’ reading comprehension skill, the author discusses in the paper the psychology schemata theory and its implication in the teaching of reading comprehension and advances some constructive suggestions.
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