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Theme-Rheme theory is one of the important components in text linguistics, which is closely related to language teaching and learning. This paper applies the Theme-Rheme theory in EFL reading teaching for non-English majors in college, and explores its influence on students’ EFL reading proficiency. The result of this study proves that the Theme-Rheme theory is an effective system and it has certain positive influence on college EFL reading teaching.
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Chen, X., Song, Y., Wang, S. (2011). A Research on EFL Reading Teaching from the Perspective of Theme-Rheme Theory with Broad Network Materials. In: Lin, S., Huang, X. (eds) Advances in Computer Science, Environment, Ecoinformatics, and Education. CSEE 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 217. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23339-5_57
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