Return of Traditions—College English Reading Class Based on Adapted Readers

Abstract

: College English Reading Class is a traditional English class for improving students’ reading performance. As an English reading teacher, the author has tried several different kinds of reading materials in this class including traditional reading textbooks, selected passages and articles from the internet, English newspapers and magazines, etc. For all these materials, the major drawback is the inadequacy of reading volume. Since the correlation between how much students read and their reading achievement is obvious, it has become the goal of this class to read more in English. This paper discusses the part in which the teaching content is based on the adapted readers. The author selected Penguin Readers for students to read. In their freshman year, the students should finish twenty books, with a total of about 600,000 words. Teaching activities includes lead-in activities, after-class reading, group discussions, writing book reviews, role plays, etc. The paper will also talk about the teaching effect and some reflections on teaching according to the teaching practice during the last two years.