阅读在二语习得中的重要性不言而喻,新的课程标准也对学生课外阅读量提出了更高的要求,目前越来越多的老师已经意识到开展英语课外阅读的紧迫性。但迫于应试教育的压力和有限的精力,即便是为数不多开展课外阅读教学的教师也只是布置阅读任务,很少去组织、指导和监控学生的课外阅读情况。学生的英语水平存在着明显差异,传统的大一统课堂会扼杀很多有语言学习潜力的学生学习英语的积极性,分层教学中“教师根据学生现有的知识、能力水平和潜力倾向把学生科学地分成 The Importance of Reading in Second Language Acquisition It goes without saying that the new curriculum standards also place higher demands on students’ extracurricular reading. At present, more and more teachers are aware of the urgency of reading English extracurricularly. However, due to the pressure and limited energy of examination-oriented education, even the few teachers who carry out extra-curricular reading teaching are merely arranging reading tasks and rarely organize, direct and monitor extracurricular reading of students. There are obvious differences in students’ English proficiency. The traditional uniforms classroom will strangle the enthusiasm of many students who have the potential for language learning in stratified teaching. ”Teachers, based on their current knowledge, abilities and potentialities, Divided into