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A Practical Application of Appraisal Theory on Critical Reading in College English Teaching
WANG Ruo-mei
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2016.12.007
Jiangsu Business Institute, Nanjing, China
Appraisal Theory is a new expansion theory in the linguistics field, which can provide theoretical supports for the college English teaching and help learners have a better analysis and understanding of discourses. Critical reading can effectively stimulate and cultivate learners’ abilities of thinking and reflectone. The teaching of the critical reading, based on Appraisal Theory, has played a positive role in promoting students’ reading level and linguistic application capacity. The concepts of Attitude, Engagement, and Graduation in Appraisal Theory are applied on reading teaching to realize the critical judgment and identification to author’s value affect, writing positioning, and creative purpose. The critical reading by Appraisal systems is helpful in promoting students’ language competence and enhancing the quality of readig comprehension. The teaching research illustrates the critical reading in Appraisal Theory is a new exploration in college English reading teaching and that the application of Appraisal Theory can surely add lots of depth and connotation to the critical reading.
critical reading, Appraisal Theory, English teaching
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