A Study on How to Improve High School Students Listening Skills.docx

1、A Study on How to Improve High School Students Listening SkillsA Study on How to Improve High School Students Listening Skills摘 要听力是英语学习中的一项基本技能。然而，在“听说读写”四项基本技能中，听力技巧通常被认为是最难获得的。本文主要分析了影响我国高中生听力能力的各方面因素，并分别从学生和教师的角度给出相应的解决方法，以帮助高中生消除听力理解障碍,提高听力水平。关键词：听力理解；影响因素；改进策略ABSTRACTListening is one of the es

2、sential skills in the learning of English. However, among the four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), it is often considered to be the most difficult one to acquire. This paper mainly analyzes the comprehensive factors that affect Chinese high school students English listening abilit

3、y, and provides relevant solutions to help the students to remove the listening comprehension obstacles and raise listening level respectively from the students perspective and the teachers perspective.Key words: listening comprehension, influencial factors, improving strategies CONTENTS1. Introduct

4、ion11. The current situation of high school students English listening21.1 Analysis of the statistics of the questionnaire21.1.1 The current problems in English listening21.1.2 The students ideal tactics of improving their listening ability31.2 Reasons of such a situation32. Factors affecting high s

5、chool students English listening comprehension42.1 Linguistic obstacles42.1.1 Obstacles on phonetics and phonology42.1.2 Obstacles on lexicology62.1.3 Obstacles on grammar72.1.4 Obstacles on context82.2. Non-linguistic obstacles92.2.1 Obstacles on cultural background knowledge92.2.2 Obstacles on psy

6、chology102.2.3 Obstacles on bad listening habits112.2.4 Obstacles on tempo122.2.5 Obstacles on teachers aspect133. Corresponding strategies of improving high school students English listening skills133.1 From the students perspective143.1.1 Raise interest in listening143.1.2 Consolidate proficiency

7、in English linguistic knowledge143.1.3 Make good learning habits163.2 From the teachers perspective183.2.1 Pay enough attention on the importance of listening teaching183.2.2 Build the students confidence183.2.3 Correct students bad listening habits193.2.4 Improve teaching methods193.2.5 Some useful

8、 tips for teaching listening214. Conclusion22Works Cited23Appendix: 关于高中生英语听力水平现状的调查问卷240. IntroductionAs is known to us all, English is the most widely used language in the world. Todays world science, economy and culture centers still exist in the United States and Europe. So English is getting mo

9、re and more important. This is also true in open China today. People are enthusiastic about learning English. For most Chinese, they have spend at least six years on English learning. However, it seems that their effort has not acquired notable results. Therefore, English teaching in high-school yea

10、rs has been getting more and more attention.As Communicative Language Teaching grew out of new theories of language learning in 1960s in Britain, “the main test for real success in English learning should be whether or not the learners can communicate at all in English” (Paul Davies and Eric Pearse

11、214). It is probably the approach most accepted by language experts today. As a result, English teaching and reform are coming to a turning point, which predicts a bright future of English education in China. A Standard English course is being used to replace the old style of teaching, which only at

12、taches importance to grammar and vocabulary. The new method will place more stress on “listening” and “speaking”. It is true that listening, speaking, reading, and writing are four basic skills in language teaching and learning. Among them, listening is the most important one. All the communications

13、 are established on the basis of listening. It is not only the essential way of receiving language information, but the basis of cultivating other skills and language learning. According to the Britain linguist L.G. Alexanders teaching principle: “Nothing should be spoken before it has been heard.” It is necessary for the language learners to develop their ability of listening. As a result,