摘要：When I ask EFL teachers why they have students read in class, their most common responses are: (a) to practice reading strategies; (b) to develop fluency in reading; and (c) to improve reading comprehension. These purposes for reading make sense for language learners who are preparing to tackle academic or professional texts and need the appropriate reading skills and strategies to do so. In these classrooms, the texts or reading materials become something that students do or practice or get through to become more proficient readers in the target language. Unfortunately, this model has become the standard approach to reading in the EFL classroom at all proficiency levels and has caused us to lose sight of the fact that the primary purpose for having beginning and intermediate EFL students read in class is to learn the language.
