An Empirical Study on Common Mistakes in Reading Comprehension of Chinese Learners of English

The paper tries to probe the second language learners' thinking activities as well as their reading strategies by analyzing both the errors made by the Chinese students in the translation and its correlation to the score of their reading comprehension,discovering that:1) the number of mistakes in translation is highly positively related to reading comprehension;2) participation of the native language in reading comprehension can enhance,to some extent,the understanding of the second language;3) of the factors affecting reading comprehension,vocabulary is the most influential;4) the omission of some structures and phrases will not have a serious impact upon reading comprehension.