Listening has been considered as the most important language skill by many researchers but in Chinese context it has been overlooked for years.The Foreign Language(FL)listening problems gradually reveal when students ...Listening has been considered as the most important language skill by many researchers but in Chinese context it has been overlooked for years.The Foreign Language(FL)listening problems gradually reveal when students attend to the Listening Course in universities or colleges.This paper at first illustrates the importance of listening in foreign language learning and provides a discussion on the top-down and bottom-up processes with the analysis of Anderson's three-model of language comprehension[9]as well as the factors affecting listening comprehension in Foreign Language in general,aiming at the illustration of the necessity on one of the bottom-up processes-the Spoken Word Recognition(SWR).The analysis of two issued official guiding documents for Chinese university students and the current situation of English listening teaching in Chinese universities are followed,providing a general background on English listening teaching in Chinese context.Three possible foreign language listening problems and their causes are proposed,followed by the pedagogical suggestions to EFL learners who are improving their listening skills and instructors who are advancing their teaching procedures.展开更多
As one of the top foreign language schools in China,Beijing Foreign Studies University s(BFSU)School of English and International Studies has a longstanding history and is famous both at home and abroad.Since its esta...As one of the top foreign language schools in China,Beijing Foreign Studies University s(BFSU)School of English and International Studies has a longstanding history and is famous both at home and abroad.Since its establishment in 1944,the school has cultivated a batch of renowned diplomatists,leaders in the media industry,corporate elites,experts of English education and government officials for the country.The school’s graduates are located all over the world and have become outstanding people in all walks of life.展开更多
文摘Listening has been considered as the most important language skill by many researchers but in Chinese context it has been overlooked for years.The Foreign Language(FL)listening problems gradually reveal when students attend to the Listening Course in universities or colleges.This paper at first illustrates the importance of listening in foreign language learning and provides a discussion on the top-down and bottom-up processes with the analysis of Anderson's three-model of language comprehension[9]as well as the factors affecting listening comprehension in Foreign Language in general,aiming at the illustration of the necessity on one of the bottom-up processes-the Spoken Word Recognition(SWR).The analysis of two issued official guiding documents for Chinese university students and the current situation of English listening teaching in Chinese universities are followed,providing a general background on English listening teaching in Chinese context.Three possible foreign language listening problems and their causes are proposed,followed by the pedagogical suggestions to EFL learners who are improving their listening skills and instructors who are advancing their teaching procedures.
文摘As one of the top foreign language schools in China,Beijing Foreign Studies University s(BFSU)School of English and International Studies has a longstanding history and is famous both at home and abroad.Since its establishment in 1944,the school has cultivated a batch of renowned diplomatists,leaders in the media industry,corporate elites,experts of English education and government officials for the country.The school’s graduates are located all over the world and have become outstanding people in all walks of life.
