On Promoting Listening Comprehension of English Majors through Original English Movies

In recent years,with the reform of College English Teaching in China,listening has occupied a great proportion of both the examination content and classroom teaching.When everyone is seeking a high-efficiency,fast teaching method,the use of English original film teaching methods arises spontaneously.Its authentic speaking style,real language environment and rich cultural connotation not only improve the listening comprehension ability of English majors,but also enable students to intuitively understand the culture of Western countries.In this study,by referring to a large number of books and documents,this paper puts forward corresponding strategies for various problems arising from the use of English original film teaching in colleges and universities.English original film teaching can not only create a better learning environment,and stimulate students’interest in learning,but also enable students to actively participate in class discussions.

English Listening Teaching with Original English Movies forEnglish Majors in High Vocational College

Using English original movies for listening teaching has become a new way for listening teaching.Based on the related researches,some ways of teaching English listening with original English movies are given with a teaching example.

Using English Movies to Develop Students' Listening and Speaking Skills

This paper sets forth the advantages of English movies in helping English learners develop their listening and speaking skills. It al so provides the ways in which English movies are chosen and used to achieve the goal.

English Movies and English Learning in College

Nowadays,English movies have been considered as one of the most effective ways to assist students to keep interest in improving their English abilities and enlarge their English vocabularies,as well as their cross cultural communicative ability.Based on the functions of English movies,which make them meet the needs of college students’English acquisition,this paper analyzes the advantages of English movies in English learning.

Teaching Listening and Speaking Through English Movies in Middle School

Howard Gardner pointed out that there are different kinds of intelligence in each person, including linguistic and visual intelli gence. Movie is a new medium for English language teaching. Because the visual element can be presented along with the Linguistic fea tures. This thesis focuses on using movies in language teaching. It explains why and how we can use English movies in teaching listening and speaking, and it also gives some suggestions and examples about how to use English movies in English language teaching.

Application of Student-centered Learning Approach to English Listening and Speaking Class in Vocational Schools

Student-centered learning approach is focused on the students' demands and interests.Applying student-centered approach puts forward higher requirement to English teachers.This article first analyzes the theory of student-centered learning approach and compares teacher-centered approach with it.Based on the research information and teaching experience,the author summarizes four strategies about how to apply student-centered learning approach to English listening and speaking class in vocational schools.

Task-based Teaching and Learning in English Listening Class

In technical college English listening class,task-based teaching and learning method can not only create harmonious environment for students' learning,but also motivate students' enthusiasm in listening class,thus students can benefit a great deal in listening class and the listening can be carried out successfully.

Reflections on English Listening Autonomous Learning in the Independent College

The self-access learning center emphasizes the principle and significance of student-centeredness rather than teacher-centeredness,which is the focus of the reform of college English in the independent college.To implement belief training program and assist students to grow into proper autonomous learners is the suggestion given when students lack beliefs and motivations.

Civil Engineering Students'English Metacognitive Strategies,Autono-mous Learning Competence and ListeningPerformance

In order to improve Englishlistening more effectively, the application status of metacognitive strategies and autonomouslearning competence is exploredbased on a questionnaire investigation among 120 civil engineering major in BJUT. The methods of correlation analysis and an independent sample t-test are employed.The results indicated that 1) their metacognitivestrategies, and the planning, monitoring strategy have positive significant correlations with the students'listening performance and listening auton-omous learning competence;2) There are significant differences in the use of metacognitivestrategies,the level of autonomous learn-ing competence between different levels of listening performance;3) The more accuracy of self-judgment is, the higher level Eng-lish listening performance is.

Research on the Correlation between the Learning Strategies on English Listening and the Corresponding Performance among College Students

Listening is very important for the learning of a language.We must ensure that there are language standardization and foundation of practice while learning any languages.By improving listening,the language communication ability can be improved.Learning other languages requires listening as the foundation of learning.In college English teaching,listening also takes very important position.However,due to the current situation of Chinese education and the characteristics of students’learning,Chinese students generally have a lower level of listening skills,and usually,most of them score very low in the listening part in level 4 or level 6 of the College English Tests.The root cause of this phenomenon is that listening test in some underdeveloped areas of China is not included as part of the test results of the middle and high school entrance examinations,and very often,listening was neglected in English lessons.As a result,many students end up with poor listening performance result.However,in college,the teaching of listening still follows the traditional education model of the past,and there are many lessons allocated to this aspect of English learning.In addition,there is almost no strategic guidance in the learning process,making students unable to begin on listening practice.Although both teachers and students tried to improve their listening skills,the results were unsatisfactory.Therefore,it is imperative to solve the problem of poor English listening level of students.Experts such as Huang Zidong and Wang Yu believe that strengthening strategic training is currently a very important method to improve students’English listening skills.

College English Listening Teaching Based on Affect

With the continuous development of language teaching theories,the affective factors in language learning has got widespread attention.Research is carried out on the influence of learners affective factors on the college English listening teaching,aiming to break the learning barricades caused by the affect.The theoretical background of affect and the current study situation abroad and domestically are introduced firstly,and together with the fact that learners' affect has widely been neglected in the teaching process.An interview and a questionnaire are used to test learners affect in English listening class.In the end,how to solve the problems in college English listening teaching from the aspect of affect is discussed.

English Listening Strategies by College Students in Web-based Self-access Environment

The findings of the present study affirm the value of strategy training.On the one hand,it shows strategy training is valid and feasible.On the other hand,it will benefit both language teachers and students in that it not only helps students become more successful to learn a foreign language but also provides teachers a meaningful way to focus their efforts.However,strategy training in this thesis is tentative,so the present study is subject to several limitations owing to the author’s lack of the experience.

A Study of Listening Teaching Methods in High School English Curriculum

Listening is the prerequisite and foundation of four language skills—listening, speaking, reading and writing. It is very important in high school English learning. But teachers or students seldom focus listening in English curriculum. This thesis analyzes the problems of English listening process and puts forward effective teaching methods to improve students' listening comprehension ability.

An Empirical Study on Autonomous Listening with Computer Facilities

College Students are encouraged to practise English Listening Comprehension with computer facilities after class;yet,an empirical study indicates that the multi-media facilities,the Internet and the Intranet on campus are not fully used and students are still not ready for autonomous learning.

A Listening and Speaking Lesson Design for EFL Undergraduates in China

Freshmen and sophomores in universities of China usually have Listening and Speaking class.A two-period listening and speaking lesson is designed by taking full use of the teaching material and taking the modern listening and speaking teaching theories into consideration.

基于移动学习模式的独立学院大学英语听说教学改革实践探究——以“VOA Special English”为例

"微媒体时代"背景下,将移动学习模式引入到独立学院的大学英语教学,可以培养符合时代发展需求的高素质应用型综合人才。学生利用碎片化时间,利用"VOA Special English"手机App进行移动学习最新的新闻英语听力,练习口语表达。该软件的互动性、时效性及纯正规范的发音能激发学生学习兴趣,培养学生自主学习能力,从而提高学生综合听说能力。

移动音频平台中英语听力学习播客的实践图景研究

播客的发展前景受到多方关注,以喜马拉雅为代表的移动音频平台借助UGC+PGC+版权授权模式,为用户提供专业服务。本研究选定喜马拉雅APP英语听力分区中综合排名前100的账号,分别从中选取前三个作品,共300个样本进行研究,得出英语听力学习播客的现状为内容丰富、目的明确、呼应教材、系列出品,存在版权和资质的隐患。针对未来发展提出四条建议,以期为学习类播客行业发展实践图景增添新路径。