A Brief Analysis of the Schema Theory on the Teaching of English Reading

摘要

This paper aims to discuss the application of the Schema Theory in the teaching of the English reading. When the reader associates the schema in the brain with the information provided by the language material, he can understand the material being read. Therefore, schema, if applied in pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading, will offer help in understanding the article, and predictive reasoning, information processing, consolidation and expansion should be emphasized to help reading succeed.