The 37th Language Testing Research Colloquium(LTRC 2015①)was held at Eaton Chelsea Hotel in Toronto Canada during March 16-20,2015.The first two days of March 16-17 were preconference workshop days with March 18-20 a...The 37th Language Testing Research Colloquium(LTRC 2015①)was held at Eaton Chelsea Hotel in Toronto Canada during March 16-20,2015.The first two days of March 16-17 were preconference workshop days with March 18-20 as the three main conference days.More than 300 participants from 27 countries and regions joined the conference.The top numbers of the展开更多
Listening comprehension has been a focus ofteaching second language for many years in China.However,there are many problems in the practicallistening class,such as a distorted listening motiva-tion,a lack of sufficien...Listening comprehension has been a focus ofteaching second language for many years in China.However,there are many problems in the practicallistening class,such as a distorted listening motiva-tion,a lack of sufficient and authentic input and acorresponding neglect of metacognitive awareness oflearning in actual teaching.In fact,what we are do-ing in the listening class is to test rather than to teach,to foster the passive receiver rather than the activelearner.This article analyzes these problems from the-oretical perspective,speculating on the limitations interms of the comprehensible input,the affective filterand metacognitive awareness.Then,based on theauthor’s teaching experience,it provides some sugges-tions to solve the present problems.It suggests what isneeded in teaching listening is careful consideration ofpre-,during and post-listening tasks incorporatingboth the top-down and bottom-up processes.展开更多
文摘The 37th Language Testing Research Colloquium(LTRC 2015①)was held at Eaton Chelsea Hotel in Toronto Canada during March 16-20,2015.The first two days of March 16-17 were preconference workshop days with March 18-20 as the three main conference days.More than 300 participants from 27 countries and regions joined the conference.The top numbers of the
文摘Listening comprehension has been a focus ofteaching second language for many years in China.However,there are many problems in the practicallistening class,such as a distorted listening motiva-tion,a lack of sufficient and authentic input and acorresponding neglect of metacognitive awareness oflearning in actual teaching.In fact,what we are do-ing in the listening class is to test rather than to teach,to foster the passive receiver rather than the activelearner.This article analyzes these problems from the-oretical perspective,speculating on the limitations interms of the comprehensible input,the affective filterand metacognitive awareness.Then,based on theauthor’s teaching experience,it provides some sugges-tions to solve the present problems.It suggests what isneeded in teaching listening is careful consideration ofpre-,during and post-listening tasks incorporatingboth the top-down and bottom-up processes.
