Investigation and Research on the college students’ English Listening Ability 大学生英语听力水平的调查与-研究.docVIP

大学生英语听力水平的调查与研究 Investigation and Research on the college students’ English Listening Ability Abstract: Language is the basic tool for human beings to communicate with each other, and the fundamental reasons for human beings to learn language is to exchange information. English learning is a kind of synthetically ability improvement; generally it includes listening; speaking; reading and writingAmong the four basic skills, listening is always regarded as the most important skill; it’s the foundation for us to communicate. According to the research that River and Temperly had done, listening skills occupy about 45% when we do social activities. Through investigation the author finds that non-English majors in Ankang University have many problems in learning English listening. In order to find the reasons and to put forward the suggestions, 15 teachers and 500 non-English majors have been investigated through questionnaires and face-to-face interview. The data shows that these problems are caused by teachers and students themselves. They are mainly reflected on listening materials, teachers’ teaching methods and students’ learning methods. This paper provides suggestions to improve non-English majors’ listening ability from the perspective of “the Audio-lingual Method” and “the Task-based English Listening Teaching”. Key words: Ankang University; non-English majors; the studying of English listening; problems; suggestions 大学生英语听力水平的调查与研究 --以安康学院为例 摘要:语言是人类参与交际活动的工具,人类学习语言的目的是能跟别人交换信息。英语学习是一门综合技能的学习,它大体包括了听、说、读、写这四种基本技能。其中,听力是最基本的语言技能,是进行交流的基础。根据里弗斯和坦铂利River, W.M and Temperly, M.S. 的统计, “听”在交际活动中所占比重45%。但是通过笔者的调查,发现安康学院非英语专业学生在英语听力学习中存在很多问题。为了找到造成这些问题的原因及解决建议,笔者通过问卷与访谈的形式对安康学院的15名老师与500名非英语专业学生进行了调查。通过对调查得出的数据进行的深入分析,发现这些问题是老师和学生共同作用的结果。这些问题主要表现在听力材料、老师的教学方法与学生的学习方法上,本文以“听说法”与“任务型教学法”的理论为指导,提出了提高非英语专业大学生的英语听力水平的建议。 关键词:安康学院; 非英语专业学生; 英语听力学习; 问题; 建议 Contents Abstract in English i Abstract in Chinese ii Contentsiii 1. Introduction 1 2. Literature review