Learning Strategies in Senior English Reading Aiming at the Cultivation of Thinking Quality

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2023 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 10 Issue 1

Year of Publication : 2023

Authors : Jiang Yuxue, Wang Hongyuan

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V10I1P109

How to Cite?

Jiang Yuxue, Wang Hongyuan, "Learning Strategies in Senior English Reading Aiming at the Cultivation of Thinking Quality," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 10,  no. 1, pp. 63-69, 2023. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V10I1P109

Abstract:

English Curriculum Standards for General Senior High School (2017 Edition) condenses the core competencies of English subjects into four elements: language ability, cultural awareness, thinking quality, and learning ability. Among them, learning strategies, as the due meaning of learning ability, can promote students’effective learning. However, in China, there are few studies on how senior high school students use reading learning strategies in English reading classes to promote the development of their thinking quality. Based on Constructivist Learning Theory and Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, this paper analyzes the feasibility of cultivating thinking quality in English reading teaching and explores the learning strategies that focus on cultivating students’ thinking quality in senior English reading. The research results about required reading learning strategies are presented at both the psychological level and the executive level. Among them, the psychological level includes two learning strategies, and the executive level covers three. This study can not only enrich the research on learning strategies but also provide some reference for English teachers to guide students of senior high schools to cultivate their thinking quality via learning strategies in reading lessons.

Keywords:

Learning strategies, Thinking quality, Senior English, Reading strategies, Cultivation.

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