ATentativeStudyofLearningStrategiesforEnglishListeningComprehensionTianYujuanUndertheSupervisionofLvYingSchoolofForeignLanguageHexiUniversityApril2011ContentsAbstract(English)..................................................................................................................iAbstract(Chinese)................................................................................................................ii1.Introduction......................................................................................................................12.LearningStrategies..........................................................................................................12.1Definitionsoflearningstrategies...........................................................................22.2CategoriesofLearningStrategies..........................................................................42.3Goodlanguagelearner'slearningstrategies..........................................................52.4FactorsThatAffecttheUseofLearningStrategies.............................................62.5Teacher’sRoleinLearningStrategyCultivation.................................................63.ListeningComprehensioninLearning...........................................................................73.1TheSignificanceofListeningComprehensioninCommunication....................73.2TheImportantRoleofEnglishListeningComprehensioninEnglishlearning94.LearningStrategiesforListeningComprehension.....................................................104.1EnglishListeningComprehensionStrategiesandLearningStrategies...........114.2TheDefinitionandClassificationofEnglishListeningComprehensionStrategies......................................................................................................................114.3TrainingStudentsintheUseofLearningStrategiesofListeningComprehension............................................................................................................125.Conclusion.......................................................................................................................16References...........................................................................................................................17Acknowledgements.............................................................................................................19AbstractListeningisconsideredtobeoneofthemostdifficultskillsinEnglishlearning.Asoneofthereceptiveskills,listeningisthefoundationtodevelopotherlanguageskills.Foralongperiodoftime,theteachingofEnglishinChinahasmainlyfocusedontheteachingofreadingandwritingintheearlystageoflearningandneglectedtheteachingoflisteningandspeaking.ManyteachersarepuzzledatthesituationintheEnglishclass:thoughmanystudentscangetagoodmarkinEnglishtest,notallofthemcanperformwellinlisteningandspeaking.Theyreflectonwhatwaswrongwiththeteachingandtrytofindoutthesolutionstotheseproblems.Anditisobviousthatthelearnersdonothaveenoughandeffectivelisteningandspeakingpracticeinascientificway.Thisthesiswillfocusonlisteningandmainlydiscusseshowtodevelopthelisteningstrategiestoimprovetheabilityoflisteningcomprehension.Thispaperwillreviewthemainfindingsinthisresearch:thedefinitionsof“learningstrategy”,itsclassificationandstudiesonthelearningbehaviorsof“goodlanguagelearn...
