OnEnglishLearning---------Improvelisteningskills贾晨星2005051733Abstract:Englishisthemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworld;moreandmorepeoplehaverealizedthe
importance of English as a tool and started to learn English in order to communicate with foreigners. But for communication, understanding what others said is the very first step, so listening starts to be attached importance to by more and more English teachers and learners. In this passage, we analyses the main factors which influenced listening and emphasize some strategies to help improve listening skills.
Key words: listening skills, factors, strategies
1. Introduction
Listening is a very important part of both learning and teaching English. It is the foundation of communication; it's a crucial part of oral communication. We all know the importance of listening, but for most English learners in China, listening is also the weakest part. Many English learners have found that the speed of the listening materials is too fast to follow; they can't react to the sound as soon as it is spoken. They have also found that&nbs
电子商务资料库+1!8.77,92%$,!1p;after listening to the whole passage, they do understand some points, but they can't catch the main point. Sometimes they face to the situation of "I am listening but hear nothing." some English learners may have this kind of problem----they may forget what they have listened after listening the whole. When listening to the tape, they often have a feeling that they are controlled by the sound rather than they control the sound. Often, they have listened a lot but have improved a little, and this situation makes many English learners confused and disappointed, even reduces their confidence in improving their listening skills.
"Listening is actually a process in which recognition of sounds, knowledge of lexicon, syntax, discourse markers and the world including personal experiences and prior-knowledge, all interacts with each other."(Ge Xun: 529) These factors can be divided into two parts, one is language factors, and the other is non-language factors. Language factors mainly include pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, and non-language factors mainly include&n
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