阅读是人们获取信息最常用的手段,也是英语教学的主要目标技能之一。在“听、说、读、写”四大技能中,老师不自觉地把“读”放在首要位置。虽然教师重视阅读教学,但是学生的英语阅读理解能力却不尽如人意,特别是基础薄弱的学生,对阅读越来越不感兴趣,严重地影响了英语学习成绩的提高。这其中自然有学生自身的原因,教材的原因,但更主要的还是阅读教学的原因。那么教师应如何开展阅读教学?如何培养学生英语阅读能力呢?一、英语阅读教学中存在的问题和不足 Reading is one of the most commonly used means of obtaining information and one of the main goals of English teaching. In the “listening, speaking, reading, writing,” the four skills, the teacher unconsciously to “read ” in the first place. Although teachers attach importance to reading teaching, their English reading comprehension is not satisfactory, especially those students with weak foundation are less and less interested in reading, which seriously affects the improvement of English learning achievement. Among them, there are naturally the reasons for the students themselves, teaching materials, but the main reason is to read the teaching. How should teachers develop reading teaching? How to cultivate students’ English reading ability? First, the problems and deficiencies in English reading teaching