简介：IntroductionTheaimofourPre-ServiceSeniorMiddleSchoolTeacherTraining(PRESETSMSTT)project,whichisnowinitssecondyear,istointroducemorecommunicativeteachingmethodologyandmaterialsintothefirstandsecondyearundergraduateEnglishmajorprogrammeatNormalUniversities.

简介：TheonethingthatmostinterfereswithEnglishasaSecondLanguagelearner’sreadingisunknownvocabulary.Thisreferstoanywordwhichblocksthereaders’understandingintheirprocessofreading.Whenreading,onewillinevitablymeetunknownvocabularynomatterhowlargeone’smentallexiconis.Oftenthedensityofunfamiliarwordsinreadingmakesthereaderfeelgreatlyfrustratedandgiveupintheend,forhehasalreadylosthistrainofthoughtwhenlookingupwordsinthedictionary.Itisclearthattoogreatadensityofunknownlexicalitemsslowsdownthereadingspeedwhichleadstopoorcomprehensionofthetext.Ofcourse,one’sknowledgeofEnglishvocabularyisboundtobelimited;butisthereawayonecanefficientlycopewiththeunknownwordsonecomesacrossinreadingwithouthavingtostopandlookthemupinthedictionary.