On The Reflective Teaching In College English Listening Teaching

Although the notion of reflective teaching has been of a great global popularity in the educational field and welcomed by teachers and educators since the late 1900s, few studies were found about the reflective teaching in English listening teaching in China. Due to the increasing proportion of listening in College English Test 4 & 6, this paper applies the reflective teaching into college English listening teaching to describe and analyze teachers'reflection on an overall view for the aim of improving the listening teaching.The research employs an empirical method on the basis of collected data from a sample of college English teachers and college students to analyze the attributes of teachers'reflection in college English listening teaching.Such three branches as the reflective process, the reflective means, and the reflective contents are examined in the reflective teaching in college English listening teaching. First of all, findings in the reflective process in listening teaching reveal that reflection follows a flow of retrospection in listening teaching, introspection of mental work and solution to popped problems. Then, when asked the means of reflection, most teachers surveyed use the spoken means instead of written ones. It is analyzed that only by writing, can a scientific, rational, and logical thought pattern be nurtured in reflection since writing demands the integration of ration and logic. Finally, the reflective contents are focused on the goal of listening teaching and the object of listening. Findings show that most teachers neglect the realization of students'enjoyment and realization of self-value, that teachers make less use of combining speaking with listening comprehension during the process of listening teaching in class, and that teachers pay less attention to questioning in listening class.Taken together, the research suggests some pedagogical implications for college teachers. Necessarily they may take a continuous writing as a habit in their reflections of English listening teaching, making their reflections toward a rational and logical direction. And through enriching their practice in English listening teaching and a continuous study, they can manage to help students with the realization of their emotional joy and improvement of comprehension in English listening.