The Effects Of Reading Strategy Instructions On The Elementary School Childrens' Reading Comprehension Ability And Metacognition

The use of reading strategies is highly related with reading comprehension. Therefore, the reading comprehension abilities of those who are learning reading can be promoted by reading strategy instructions.The emphasis of this study is to evaluate the reading comprehension ability change of fifth grade students by teaching reading strategies; and, describe the teaching models and processes of different strategies. The monitoring on students'use and subjective view-points of different strategies is also included in this study.The research results indicate:The systematic reading strategy instructions not only promote students'reading comprehension ability, but also improve students' interests, metacognition and reading method in positive ways. There are different effects of different literary styles; promote direct comprehension ability by stories, improve explanation ability by expositions. Interactive teaching is the best way to instruct reading strategies. According to different literary styles and moments, we alternate with basic, integrative and self-monitoring reading comprehension strategies which are not suitable for using each one independently. There are very positive effects on students'metacognition by informing strategy name, learning target, SQ3R and K-W-L teaching method in advance. Although the multi-explorative literature study and performance can increase students'preference of class, drawing back to the language teaching of the text is the only way to enhance deep-seated comprehension of reading.