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1、SuggestionsforCollegeEnglishListeningClassAbstractInfluencedbythetest-orientedcollegeEnglishteaching,muchmoreattentionhasbeenpaidtothereadingandwriting,andlittleattentionhasbeenpaidtotheeffectivelisteningstrategies.Asanindispensableskillofthesecondlanguageacquisition,bynomeansliste
2、ningstrategiesshouldbeignored.Yet,aftercloseobservationof4differentcollegeEnglishlisteningclassfor4weeks,theauthorfindthattheteachersinvariablyfollowsfour-stepspattern,insequencetheyare:warming-up,newwordsexplanation,listening,questionandanswers,andre-listening.Wheninterviewed,they
3、don’tevenhaveaclearmethodologyintheirmindastohowtoconductthelisteningclassandwhatthestudentactuallyneedintheirlearning.Thispaperanalysestheproblemsexistinginthelisteningclassandputsforthsometentativesuggestionsfortheimprovementofthelisteningclass.Keywords:behaviorist,cognitivescien
4、ce,schema,bottom-upprocessing,top-downprocessing,affectivefilters,humanistic,self-imageIntroductionAccordingtothestatisticsconductedintheUSA,listeningtakesup45%ofourdailylanguageinteraction,speakingtakesup30%,reading16%,andwritingonly9%.Therefore,listeninghastakenalion’sshare.Thesk
5、illoflisteningisanessentialpartofcommunicationandbasictoEFLlearning.Consequently,lotsofresearchhasbeendoneregardingtheeffectivelisteningstrategies.Atthebeginning,thestressisonlanguageitself,forexample,theGrammarTranslation;then,withthelinguisticsandpsychologicaltheoryincorporated,l
6、anguageincommunicationbecamethetargetoflearning,forexample,theSituationalApproach,TheAudio-LingualMethodandTheCognitiveMethod.Lateron,moreandmoreconcernofthelearnerisalsoincorporatedintolisteningstrategies,thushumanisticmethodsappeared;forexample,theCommunicativeWay,TheSilentWay,Th
7、eTotalPhysicalResponseandtheSuggestopedia.Yet,noneofthesemethodscouldofferasatisfactorypanaceaforallteaching;finally,eclecticwaysbecamethecommonunderstanding.Thatis,variestheteachingmethodsaccordingtodifferentsituationandneeds.Inthispaper,theauthorwillresearchintothecurrentsituatio
8、noflisteningclass,andcomeu