A Review on the Research of English Reading Theories --A Perspective from Second Language Acquisition

In Second Language Acquisition, reading is a fundamental part that might influence the subsequent acquisition of listening, speaking, and writing. From information processing theory and redundancy theory to Schema Theory of Reading and discourse analysis, many researchers have made great achievements to the study of reading and influence a lot the Second Language Acquisition. This paper made a brief review on the research of English reading theories. Keywords: Reading Theory, Second Language Acquisition