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PAGE   PAGE 4 On Improving Listening Ability: From the Perspective of the listening Anxiety 1. Introduction English is well-established as a world language. As is known, language learning consists of four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. But now, it is generally recognized that listening is a highly integrative skill. As Rivers and Temperly put it, for the language used in social practice, 45% of that is done through listening. It shows that listening plays an important role, facilitating the emergence of other language skills. But at the same time, some statistic