Study of Stratified Teaching for English Reading in Junior High School

For junior high school students, reading play an indispensable part in the English learning. Reading can enlarge students’ vocabulary and cultivate students’ learning ability. English Reading occupies a large proportion in the entrance examination. The English Curriculum Standards emphases that English teaching should be oriented to all students. Therefore, the teachers attach great importance to the teaching of English Reading. However, some junior high schools ignore the basic differences of students' English reading and take on a traditional teaching model in English reading class, which cannot meet the needs of each student. And then may even lead to the decline of some students' English reading learning autonomy, and the students will gradually lose confidence and enthusiasm. As a result, the teachers are supposed to seek a teaching method that can take students’ differences into consideration. Under the stratified teaching approach, students are divided into different levels based on their learning competence and learning potentials. Then teachers set appropriate teaching objectives, questions, tasks and after-school homework depending on learning abilities of students at different levels. The author attempts to research the effects of stratified teaching on students’ reading interest and reading performance based on the three theoretical foundations. This study will use logical analysis and literature to summarize and analyze. Teaching in junior high school, including foreign and domestic research, and puts forward some suggestions for improving English Reading Teaching in junior middle school. According to the research results, the application of stratified teaching approach to English reading teaching is very significant in junior high school. It is mainly reflected in improving students’ reading ability and interest in reading. Therefore, teachers need to improve their teaching methods in order to improve the reading literacy of junior high school students. Hope it can be helpful for the future teaching work.