Abstract:Reading is the most significant means of language learning. It is also one of the main ways for people to gain knowledge and information. The main goal in senior middle school English teaching is to train students reading ability. But it is this goal that has frustrated both teachers and students. According to the schema theory, the writer of this paper takes one hundred Senior One students as study objects to find main obstacles in while-reading, which mainly includes vocabulary obstacle and the bad habits of reading, and then try to come up with some possible strategies on the basis of students’ responses to questionnaires, for instance, enlarge vocabulary and cultivate good reading habits, so it can help students to improve their reading ability and enhance their practical ability in English.

Key words: Senior One students；English teaching；Reading obstacles；Schema theory

中文摘要:阅读是语言学习的主要途径，也是人们获取知识和信息的主要手段。训练学生的阅读能力是高中英语教学的主要目标之一,但阅读却是一个让老师和学生都棘手的问题。本文对北闸中学100名高一学生在英语阅读中存在的障碍进行调查研究，问卷分析结果显示他们在英语阅读中存在的主要障碍有词汇障碍和不良阅读习惯等。本研究在图式理论的基础上,针对高一学生在阅读中存在的问题提出相对应的扩充词汇策略和培养良好的阅读习惯等方面的建议，以此来提高高一学生的英语阅读能力。

关键词：高一学生；英语教学；阅读障碍；图示理论