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Input of Multimedia Information， Cognitive Load EFL Listening Decoding 　　[a]School of Foreign Languages， Hubei Engineering University， Xiaogan， China. 　　*Corresponding author. 　　Received 14 January 2015； accepted 8 April 2015 　　Published online 26 May 2015a 　　Abstract 　　This paper clarified the concepts of cognitive load and combined EFL listening decoding as well as the relationship between them， and examined the change of learners’ cognitive load and its impact on their EFL listening decoding which were caused by input of pure audio information and that of combined audio information with mixtures such as pictures and images. Based on this， the author proposed some effective strategies to improve learners’ EFL listening decoding， including strengthening the training of learners’ English thinking， increasing their cognitive level， enriching the design of EFL listening teaching， creating multiple schemas and maintaining the reasonable cognitive load according to individual learners’ cognitive styles. 　　Key words： Input of multimedia information； Cognitive loading； EFL listening decoding 　　Zhou， H. Y. （2015）. Input of Multimedia Information， Cognitive Load EFL Listening Decoding. Studies in Literature and Language， 10（5）， -0. Available from： http：///index.php/sll/article/view/6912 　　DOI： http：///10.3968/6912 　　INTRODUCTION 　　When the messages related to linguistic category is processed cognitively by the brain， the previous non-structured linguistic message will become structured linguistic message. In other words， linguistic forms are converted into linguistic contents， which is actually decoding of linguistic message （Krashen， 1981）. In the context of multimedia-assisted EFL listening teaching， EFL learners deconstructed and annotated the English listening message that has been input at the phonetic， semantic and cultural levels so that it can be converted into the linguistic postcode that is suitable for the use of learners’ nerve system. After it