The problems and suggestions of English Listening Teaching in Senior High School

龐郁錦

【Abstract】It is very significant for teachers to give a broad overview of English listening teaching in senior high school， which plays a rather vital role in the four skills of English teaching involved in listening， speaking， reading and writing. In spite of the fact that listening teaching makes certain progress， it still exists a wide variety of problems and difficulties， and we should take some strategies to settle down them to some degree. This paper is intended to analyze the problems of English listening teaching， and attempts to supply plenty of suggestions to enhance students listening level.

【Key words】problems； suggestions； English Listening； Senior High School

I. Introduction

Listening is one of the best ways for learners to acquire comprehensible input. The relevant data shows that 45% of the information acquired in foreign language learning lies in listening. Listening teaching is not only the main position of cultivating students listening ability， but also promotes the development of other skills. Listening is the most important among the four language skills of students. When you learn a language for the first time， you must try to listen and understand， then to imitate， say， and master the basic language expression methods. Listening is the vital contents of English teaching in senior high school， and it is also an important part of college entrance examination. In order to improve the students listening ability and cope with the college entrance examination， we must face the actual situation of the high school students， solve the problems existing in English teaching， and carry out the teaching of listening in a targeted way.

II. The primary problems of listening teaching in senior high school

In the process of listening teaching， teachers should not only impart language knowledge to students， but also improve their listening skills. Therefore， we should cultivate students effective learning strategies， positive emotional attitudes and intercultural communicative competence. However， many English teachers do not pay enough attention to the teaching of listening in practical teaching.

1. The choice of listening materials is limited and away from life.

The listening materials used by the teachers in the classroom mainly are selected from some listening materials which are matched with textbooks. These contents of listening materials are away from students learning and life， lack of authenticity， so students feel very tasteless （徐軍， 2010）. Besides， there are also listening materials that are very difficult for students to finish， and if materials do not make some modifications and adjustments， students can not complete the listening task so that it is useless to enhance the listening proficiency of students. A substantial proportion of listening materials chosen by teachers attach great importance to the topics that often show in the English listening test， though it can help students raise their listening scores， it exerts no effect on improving the effectiveness of listening teaching， promote the development of students English listening ability， and ensure the realization of the ultimate goal of English teaching.endprint