An Empirical Study of the Second Classroom of English Reading Teaching in Junior High School 

Abstract English reading, as one of the four basic skills of language and an aspect of communicative competence, has drawn more and more attention in the language circles. English reading is widely seen as an effective way in helping students study English and fundamentally improve their English language competence.71611

However, the research has shown that English reading teaching hours are quite limited in middle school. If English reading teaching is only limited to the classroom teaching, it is far from being adequate to achieve teaching students the reading skills that are required by the general syllabus. Here comes the second classroom. The Second Classroom can provide students with more time and opportunities to learn English. In order to combine the second classroom and English reading teaching properly to improve students' interest in learning English and to improve their English reading ability, we did the investigations and researches in Linping No.3 Middle School.

This thesis is pided into five chapters. Chapter One describes the current situation of the second classroom of English reading teaching in Linping No.3 Middle school, as well as the relationship between extracurricular English reading and the second classroom. Chapter Two mainly introduces the researches on extracurricular English reading at home and abroad. Chapter Three mainly discusses the research methods including the design and its implementation. Chapter Four is the study result and its analysis. Chapter Five includes the findings of the study, the implication for teaching and its research limitations. 

The research tried to explore the present situation of the second classroom of English reading teaching in junior high school; the principles of choosing reading materials in the second classroom of English reading teaching in junior high school; how to deal with the extracurricular reading materials to improve students' reading comprehension ability. We wish those experience and methods will be valuable for the following study.

Keyword: second classroom; English reading teaching; English extracurricular reading

初中英语阅读教学第二课堂实证研究

摘  要英语阅读作为语言的四大基本技能之一以及一种语言交际能力，在语言界受到越来越多的关注。英语阅读被广泛视为帮助学生学习英语，并从根本上提高他们的英语语言能力的有效途径。

然而，根据实际调查显示，中学英语阅读教学时间是相当有限的。如果英语阅读教学仅限于课堂教学，学生的英语阅读技巧远远不能达到教学大纲的规定。因此第二课堂的开展就显得非常重要。第二课堂能为学生提供更多的时间和机会来学习英语。为了将第二课堂和英语阅读教学相结合，提高学生学习英语的兴趣，提高学生的英语阅读能力，我们在临平市第三中学进行了调查和研究。

本论文共分五章。第一章介绍了临平三中初中英语阅读教学第二课堂的现状，以及课外英语阅读与课堂教学的关系。第二章主要介绍国内外对英语课外阅读的研究。第三章主要论述了研究方法，包括实验的设计和实施。第四章是研究结果及其分析。五章包括研究结果，对教学的启示以及研究的局限性。

本研究试图探究初中英语阅读教学第二课堂的现状；初中英语课外阅读教学教材的选用原则；如何处理课外阅读材料，提高学生的阅读理解能力。我们希望这些经验和方法对后续研究有所帮助。

毕业论文关键词：第二课堂；英语阅读教学；英语课外阅读

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Background of the Study 1