英语毕业论文 A Talk on Listening Strategies in English Learning.doc

A Talk on Listening Strategies in English Learning Abstract: Among the four main language learning skills, listening has always been the most basic and fundamental. But in China, the training of listening skills in English learning to students is not paid enough attention to. As a result, it is difficult for students to improve their listening ability. This essay involves listening strategies and how to use them in English learning. Key words: English learning; listening comprehension; listening strategies 1???????? Introduction According to some survey, it has been estimated that of the time spent in communication activities by adults, 45 percent is devoted to listening, 30 percent to speaking, only 16 percent to reading, and a mere 9 percent to writing. The importance of listening can be seen as simple as the common sense that if one does not grasp what is heard, then one has no ground to communicate. Thus, listening comprehension is the prerequisite measure of language proficiency. Yet, developing listening skills is never easy for those who learn a foreign language without going to the foreign countries where the target language is spoken. It takes little insight to see the importance of language environment either as a major barrier of a catalyst in listening comprehension. It seems natural for children to start speaking their mother tongue as soon as they start speaking; it is also common for scholars who spend years learning a foreign language and are able to read and write well yet doing very poorly in oral communication. The difference between the two lies in the language environment as the children are exposed to their mother tongue everyday while the scholars have few opportunities to be challenged by a foreign language environment in which oral communication is a must for daily life. Regarding learning English in China, the situation was particularly true in the past for that listening and speaking English were largely a classroom activity. Lacking such