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1、How May An English Major Develop His Listening Comprehension Through Metacognitive Strategy Training?Abstract:As the word “metacognition” becomes one of the hottest words in language learning, more and more researches find out that metacognition plays a critical role in successful learning. Metacogn
2、ition enables students to be successful learners. Therefore, it is important to know howmetacognition affects listening ability and how one can be trained to enhance listening comprehension. The essay attempts to find out the relationship between metacognition and listening ability; to prove strateg
3、y training as an effective way to enhance listening comprehension; and to put forward some suggestions to help students overcome listening obstacles. The first part deals with a survey involving the second-year English majors of the university, to find out the answers to the following questions: (1)
4、 Can the training of metacognitive strategies improve the students listening comprehension? (2) Can the training of metacognitive strategies enhance the students awareness? (3) Does the training of metacognitive strategies have the same effect on successful listeners and unsuccessful listeners? The
5、second part offers some suggestions on training of metacognitive strategy i.e. on how to improve listening ability as English majors.Key Words: metacognitive strategies；listening comprehension；English majors英语专业学生如何培养元认知策略提高听力理解水平摘 要：在语言习得中，元认知这个词变得越来越热门。许多研究表明，良好运用元认知策略对于成为成功的外语学习者有着巨大的建设作用。因此，了解元认
6、知如何影响听力理解水平就变得极其重要。本文致力于寻找元认知与听力理解能力的关系，试图证明元认知策略对提高听力理解水平有积极意义，并提出一些扫除听力障碍的方法。文章第一部分是关于大学二年级英语专业学生元认知策略的运用调查，主要回答以下三个问题：1通过元认知策略的培养能否提高听力理解能力？2通过元认知策略的培养能否提高学生策略意识？3元认知策略的培养对成功学生和不成功学生是否有相同的效果？文章第二部分提出了一些关于如何培养元认知策略来提高听力理解能力的方法和建议。关键词：元认知策略； 听力理解； 英语专业学生IntroductionWith the development of economy i
7、n China, it is necessary for English learners to master this language and to learn how to use it successfully. Therefore how to improve learners listening comprehension has become one of my major concerns.English learners, especially those English majors, who are the focus in this essay, have a stro
8、ng wish to improve their listening comprehension. They have to do listening comprehension questions as a necessary part of the college entrance exam, normally accounting for 20 percent of the total scores. However, some of them often complain that they cannot understand half of what the native speak
9、ers say. hichning G ld right nee wouldwords,how to improve listening ability as an english On the other hand, the traditional teaching method -the grammar-translation method has taken a deep root ever since the beginning of the teaching of English as a foreign language. Landed in an awkward time-con
10、suming but ineffective situation,both teachers and students are facing enough problems. Teachers may have offered a great deal of suggestions about how to improve students listening ability, and students may also have adopted and applied all kinds of means. However, the students may most probably ha
11、ve found out that it is difficult to figure out which will be the right one for their learning.As the word “metacognition” becomes one of the hottest words in language learning, more and more researches find out that metacognition plays a critical role in successful learning. Metacognition enables s
12、tudents to be successful learners. Therefore, it is important to know howmetacognition affects listening ability and how one can be trained to enhance listening comprehension.1. The Review of Previous Study1.1The Importance of ListeningCommunication, for most of us, involves the exchange of messages
13、 and is usually accomplished by listening, speaking, reading, and writing, among which listening is perhaps the most common activity. Klemmer and Sydneys study (1972) showed that people generally spend 68% of their day in communicative activity, and of that time 62% was talking “face to face”. Klemm
14、er and Sydney did not distinguish speaking and listening, but it seems safe to assume that at least half of the face-to-face activity was listening. This is a time of the “global village” and the “world wide web”, when communication between people has expanded way beyond their local speech communiti
15、es. As never before, people have to learn a foreign language, not just as a pleasing pastime, but often as a means of obtaining an education or securing employment.A famous educationist during World War I, H.E.Palmer, emphasized the importance of listening comprehension, and pointed out that students should follow the steps of listening, speaking, reading, writing in learning a foreign language. Since then, listening comprehension has
