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1、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 s
2、ynthetically ability improvement; generally it includes listening; speaking; reading and writingAmong the four basic skills, listening is always regarded as the most important skill; its the foundation for us to communicate. According to the research that River & and Temperly had done, listening ski
3、lls 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 i
4、nvestigated 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-
5、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。
6、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“
7、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 ContentsAbstract in EnglishiAbstract in ChineseiiContentsiii1. Introduction12. Literature review1 2.1 The Importance of English listening1 2.2 Some theories concerning English listening22.2.1 The definition of listening22.2.2 Th
8、e Audio-Lingual Method33.2.3 Tasked-based Listening Teaching33. Research design and result discussion4 3.1 Research design4 3.2 The survey background5 3.3 Data collection and analysis54. Problems caused the non-English majors poor listening7 4.1 Problems in listening materials74.1.1 Monotonous liste
9、ning materials74.1.2 Old and unauthentic materials84.1.3 Unrealistic listening materials8 4.2 Problems in teaching methods94.2.1 Traditional listening teaching method94.2.2 Less interactive activities in the class9 4.3 Problems concerning students in listening learning104.3.1 No English environment1
10、04.3.2 Lack of autonomy of practicing listening114.3.3 Inappropriate listening materials115. Suggestions to improve non-English majors poor listening11 5.1 Suggestions to listening materials12 5.2 Suggestions to listening teaching13 5.3 Suggestions to students learning135.3.1 Suggestions to the “Eng
11、lish environment”135.3.2 Suggestions to the autonomy of listening145.3.3 Suggestions to the inappropriate listening materials156. Conclusion15References17Acknowledgements19 1. Introduction There are mainly four skills in English learning, they are listening, speaking, reading and writing. Through th
12、e surveys done by both native and foreign educators, listening is proved to be the most important one among the four. “ The total time an individual is engaged in communication, approximately 9% is devoted to writing, 16% to reading, 30% to speaking and 45% to listening” Rivers and Temperley, 1978.
13、But through the research the author has done in Ankang University, the author found that non-English majors in Ankang University have many problems in their process of listening learning and trainingThrough investigation the author finds these problems are caused by teachers and the students themsel
14、ves, the problems are mainly reflected on the listening materials, teaching methods and students learning methods. In order to improve non-English majors listening ability, this paper will first discuss the importance of listening and the current situation of listening learning; then introduce some
15、theories concerning listening learning; later point out the problems caused non-English majors poor listening; finally give suggestions to solve these problems in terms of educational theory.2. A literature review 2.1 The importance of English listening As we all know, China has entered into the WTO and has held the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. successfully. China is in urgent need of many different kinds of professionals with a super ability of English language proficiency, and English has become a craze nowadays. “The four skills listening, speaking, reading
