Investigation on College Students’ English Reading Competence in Independent Colleges

Abstract

This paper studied college students’ English reading competence in independent colleges. Students’ reading competence were investigated basing on students’ reading scores of College English Test-4 from eight majors in Xingzhi College of Xi’an University of Finance and Economics. The results indicated that students’ English reading competence in independent colleges was low on the whole, and it differed among different majors. On the basis of the above analysis, teaching suggestions on how to improve college students’ reading competence were also proposed.