diff --git a/fastNLP/core/dataset.py b/fastNLP/core/dataset.py
index d5a0218c..49c2add4 100644
--- a/fastNLP/core/dataset.py
+++ b/fastNLP/core/dataset.py
@@ -291,3 +291,24 @@ class DataSet(object):
         for idx in train_indices:
             train_set.append(self[idx])
         return train_set, dev_set
+
+    @classmethod
+    def read_csv(cls, csv_path, headers=None, sep='\t'):
+        with open(csv_path, 'r') as f:
+            start_idx = 0
+            if headers is None:
+                headers = f.readline()
+                headers = headers.split(sep)
+                start_idx += 1
+            else:
+                assert isinstance(headers, list), "headers should be list, not {}.".format(type(headers))
+            _dict = {}
+            for col in headers:
+                _dict[col] = []
+            for line_idx, line in enumerate(f, start_idx):
+                contents = line.split(sep)
+                assert len(contents)==len(headers), "Line {} has {} parts, while header has {}."\
+                    .format(line_idx, len(contents), len(headers))
+                for header, content in zip(headers, contents):
+                    _dict[header].append(content)
+        return cls(_dict)
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