How to Reduce the Negative Effect in Listening Comprehension英语文献翻译稿.docVIP

雁北师范学院学报JOURNAL OF YANEEI TEACHERS1 COLLEGE Vol. 17 No. 2 Apr. 200} How to Reduce the Negative Effect in Listening Comprehension 闫美英 忻州师范学院英语系Oj西忻州市） Abstract ； Listening os very important for EFL^English as foreign language students. Many factors Lnvolved m EFL listening affpct listening comprehension. Anxiety is one of them and hfis l npgatLve effect on EFL Iistemng comprehension. This paper focuses on the negative effect of ansiety and suggests some availabf methods for teachers to adopt ifl [heir EFL listening teaching activities in order to reduce the negative effect of anxiety on listening comprehension. Key words -, Anxiety jnegative effect flistening comprehension Anxiety has negative effect on listening comprehension Anxiety h a kind offearfeap, as caused by uncertainty about SomethmgnIt has been proved that anxiety has a negative effect on language IearnLng. How to reduce the negative effect of anxiety un stu- dentsIistening comprehension during English Iistemng teauhing activities }. Inform the students of the special fedtures of English listfmng There are a number of way? m wViich listening activities differ from other claSF-room activities* I. Wk is not the speed of the listeners the speed of the speaker (s) that dominates the interaction. Unlike reading，writing or speaking ? individual students can t do listenicig on cheir own pace, They have to go with the speed of the voice (s ) that【hey are listening to. Many English learners have experienced the anxiety that they Tends to miss much part of a taped material when, they fail to recognize a word or phrase and stop to chink about i【. This suggests that students cant expect to grasp every detail of the tape on first hearing. Such esptcration can on]y increase their anxiety. Knowing all this may help students IO get into clip habit of keepLng closely with the whole Iiscenmg text and listening for general understanding on first hearing without ariKiety far missing a part of the tape, I. 2 Listening