A Study On The Teachability Of Listening Strategies

In the early 1970s, little progress was made in the study of foreign language teaching approaches while cognitive psychology developed rapidly. This resulted in the switch of the emphasis from "how to teach" to "how to learn", and contributed to the initial research of language strategies.Listening strategy is one of the most important factors which affect the process of listening comprehension. Based on the theoretical model for cognitive psychology learning strategies, the present thesis reports the effect of listening strategies training on Senior Grade Two students whose English listening achievement is unsatisfactory. In addition, the effects of awareness of strategy use and improvement in learners' confidence in their listening learning are also investigated.85 students of Senior Grade Two participated in the research. They were divided into two groups: an experimental group (N=36) and a controlled group (N=49), which are based on a pre-training questionnaire. A series of training on the experimental group lasted for two months. Detailed analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data generated the following findings .1. The whole sample of experimental group involved in the study has fairly developed their listening comprehension ability.2. Listening strategies training can enhance the subjects' awareness of strategy use in their listening comprehension.3. Listening strategies training has enhanced the subjects' confidence in the listening comprehension.It proves that listening strategies training is feasible for the ordinary Senior...