%0 Journal Article %T Discourse Strategies in the Teaching of English Reading %A Fengshuang CUI %J Studies in Literature and Language %D 2012 %I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture %R 10.3968/2932 %X This paper explores the text types, patterns and topic continuity which may be found in texts are the objects of interpretation by the reader, and they are often signaled by the grammatical and lexical devices. So they are very useful for the teaching of reading. Key words: Discourse strategies; Text type; Text patterns; Topic continuity %K Discourse strategies %K Text type %K Text patterns %K Topic continuity %U http://cscanada.net/index.php/sll/article/view/2932