阅读是学生通过文本获取信息、处理信息和创造信息的过程,也可以说是学生依据自己的知识和经验从文本获取意义并对文本结构进行加工的过程。对于学习外语的大学生来说,英语阅读是他们在第一语言环境下学习第二外语与获取信息的一种主要手段,也是他们相互交流思想的一种便捷途径。在英语阅读课上,教师如何激发学生的阅读兴趣,提高学生的阅读能力和效率,从而促进大学生的听、说、读、写等能力的提高,是本选题关心和探讨的问题。本文主要指出阅读的重要性及在阅读课上存在的问题,从而提出一些建议。 Reading is a process in which students acquire information, process information and create information through texts. It can also be said that students acquire meaning from texts and process text structures according to their own knowledge and experience. For college students who study foreign languages, English reading is one of the main means by which they learn the second foreign language and obtain information in the first language environment. It is also an easy way for them to exchange ideas with each other. In English reading class, how to inspire students’ interest in reading, improve students’ reading ability and efficiency, so as to promote college students’ ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing is the concern and discussion of this topic. This article mainly points out the importance of reading and the problems in reading class, and then puts forward some suggestions.