THE ROLE OF BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE IN TEACHING INTRODUCTORY READING
This article deals with the essence of background knowledge and its role in teaching introductory reading. The "scheme theory" and related concepts "theory of spreading activation", "associative priming" are also studied in this article. The need of activating background knowledge in teaching introductory reading is justified. The results of the research suggest that background knowledge plays an important role in teaching introductory reading.