This article will firstly review literature about the readers' prior knowledge and its roles in reading comprehension.Secondly,it will explore the kind of prior knowledge which should ESL tertiary students have in their English reading comprehension.Thirdly,the essay will describe a research among the ESL tertiary students from China about their views on the relationship between prior knowledge and reading comprehension.
信息与通讯技术—ICT(information and communication technology)的简称为信息技术。近年来在教育领域,ICT也被广泛应用于高职英语语言教学。以计算机网络信息技术为依托,高职英语教学形成了以学生为中心的教学模式,激发了学生主动学习英语的兴趣,营造了良好的英语学习环境,提高了高职英语教学质量。随着信息化、数字化以及网络技术的飞速发展,利用现代信息技术辅助教学势必是高职英语教学的必然选择。