A Teaching Model Of College English Listening Based On Constructivism Theory In Multimedia Classroom Environment

Listening comprehension is one of the basic skills in mastering language, and it is also an important form of language activity. In recent years, listening comprehension has been becoming a focus of teaching foreign language in China. At the same time, listening teaching is one of the difficulties in college English teaching. At present, there are many problems in the practical listening class. The listening course takes up only a small portion of time in the curriculum. The listening input is rather inadequate. The teaching methods in classroom are monotonous and the listening teaching model is old. As a result of that, the listening ability of students is rather weak. To solve these problems, many experts do a lot of research in this field. Many experts have tried to introduce advanced scientific technology—computer to listening teaching. And some experts have tried to use advanced teaching theory—constructivism in English teaching in class.The author decides to establish a class teaching model of college English listening based on constructivism theory in multimedia classroom environment, and that is the research purpose of this thesis. Based on the research purpose, the following questions are answered.1) What advantages does multimedia have in improving students' listening ability in listening class? 2) What advantages does constructivist teaching have in improving students' listening ability in listening class teaching? 3) How can we join the advantages of multimedia and those of constructivist teaching to enhance effectiveness of teaching college students' listening courses in classroom?Based on that, a teaching model, cooperative situational teaching in multimedia classroom environment, is established. The operation of this teaching model is described in flow chart. This teaching model has three traits: a) the emphasis of cooperative learning; b) the emphasis of student-centered; c) the emphasis of establishing teaching environment in class. At last, this paper analyzes the pedagogical application and points out the limitations of the study and suggestions forfuture research.