A study of factors influencing listening comprehension

1、 A study of factors influencing listening comprehension摘要：我国加入世界贸易组织后，英语学习在当今社会的发展中越来越重要。虽然英语听力理解在英语四项基本技能听、说、读、写中处于首要地位，但是英语听力理解的水平存在一定的问题，研究影响听力理解的因素和如何提高听力理解水平已迫在眉睫。国内外很多学者对此进行了研究，并提出了各自的观点。本人主要针对影响听力理解的因素和如何提高英语听力理解能力进行了研究。主要从以下几个方面进行分析：（1）国内外关于影响听力理解因素的研究现状。（2）通过本人在实习中的一些经验和调查，阐述一些看法。（3）阐述影响听力理解的语言因素和非语言因素。（4）如何提高听力理解水平。本人通过对此课题的研究，从中学习到很多新的理念，将对本人今后的工作学习有很大的帮助。关键词：听力理解；语言因素；非语言因素Abstract: After China enters the WTO, learning English is becoming more and more important in our society. Liste

2、ning comprehension，one of the four basic skills, plays a very important role in the learning of English, but there are some problems. Its high time we studied what influences listening comprehension and how to improve it. Many scholars have studied about this aspect, and they raised their opinions and suggestions. As for me, I study the factors influencing listening comprehension and how to improve it. I state my ideas mainly according to the following aspects: (1) Actuality of factors influence

3、 listening comprehension in home & abroad. (2) My experience of teaching practice, and some opinions. (3)The factors influencing listening comprehension: linguistic factors and non-linguistic factors. (4) How to improve listening comprehension. I learn much new concept form this study, and it will help me a lot in my future study and work. Keywords: listening comprehension linguistic factors non-linguistic factorsA study of factors influencing listening comprehension1. Actuality of this field: h

4、ome & abroadListening is regarded as the primary language skill. As we know, in the development of any language, listening and speaking always develop before reading and writing. Listening comprehension provides the most necessary condition for communication. Its a guarantee of speaking. “In all the activities of communication, the most basic ability is to understand what the others are saying” 7According to an American research, people spent 70% of their time on all kinds of communication. They

5、 communicate with others, receive at least 42% information through listening. And according to 2nd language acquisition theory, language input is the basic requirement of language acquisition, and listening, as a major means of language input, is vitally important in language acquisition.A recent survey on learner listening research found that factors which enhanced or depressed listening comprehension can be summarized into five categories: text type, task, interlocutor, process and listener. S

6、ituation and problems, hope and difficulty co-exist. On one hand, the increasing social demands and listening tests just added to the annual university entrance examination in 2002 will definitely draw enough attention of schools, teachers and students, but on the other hand, big class size, limited time, lack of theoretical guidance, lack of audile and visual equipment and materials have become great obstacles for listening training.We all agree that phonological, grammatical and lexical forms

7、are basic factors in listening. But the process of listening is not only bottom-up but also top-down. We cant just focus on the language itself and neglect the context. Listeners are not just a recording device. They dont just receive and store audile input. Researchers have proved that listeners can use background knowledge to analyze, interpret and store information while listening. They dont just rely on the text alone for comprehension. There should be more than checking the listening outcom

8、e that our language teachers need to take into account.Since the reform and openness policy has been executed in china, more and more people take English as their 2nd language and the leaders of the Ministry of Education pay much attention to English study.However, among the four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) involved in English acquisition, listening is still a big problem. Listening skills and levels of every student are quite different from each other, some maybe better at

9、 it, and some maybe not. This is because English listening comprehension can be influenced by several factors: knowledge of the language, influence of the mother tongue, mentality, cultural background knowledge, listening habit and so on.2. Some investigations in my practice teachingThe teachers often speak of the four skills- listening, speaking, reading and writing. That means each of them is important. You cant say that you have mastered the language without any one of them, Listening, one of the means of language communication, is used most widely in peoples daily lives. About 45%of an adults time concerns listening to other people, listening to the radio, listening to the music.I have done an investigation during my practice teaching. About 43.2% of the students think that the most bothering and most difficult is listening comprehension, and even some of them have difficulty in understanding their teacher who gives lessons in E

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