Investigation of Environmental Multimodal Discourse Evaluation in English Reading Teaching

Abstract

English reading ability is one of the important components of a student's English ability, which is an important criterion to measure the student's English level. The cultivation of reading ability plays an important role in promoting the improvement of English proficiency. The emergence of environmental multimodal discourse analysis teaching method has brought about important changes in English reading teaching, which reflects the application in English reading teaching. This paper compared the class using environmental multimodal discourse analysis teaching method with the class using traditional teaching mode. It was concluded that the application of environmental multimodal discourse analysis teaching method to English reading teaching improved students' interest in English reading in college. The average was about 2 points higher than that of traditional teaching and the average English reading score was also increased by 11 points, which satisfied students' individual reading needs and improved students' English reading scores.