Countermeasures of Teaching English Reading in High Schools in Response to the English Reform of the College Entrance Examination

By analyzing the countermeasures taken in high school reading lessons to realize Gaokao English reform, this paper describes the design of two reading teaching activities aimed at improving students’ reading, critical thinking, and communication skills. Activity 1 activates students’ foreknowledge through prediction and verification, develops their prediction ability, and improves the purposefulness and interactivity of reading. Activity 2 deepens students’ understanding of the text through detailed comprehension and discussion and hones their critical thinking and cooperative communication skills. Both activities focus on students’ subjectivity and participation and emphasize the teacher’s guiding and facilitating role in the process.