Understanding Listening Comprehension Process andEffectively Organizing Listening Class

摘要

According to psycholinguistic and SLA researches, comprehending a language as it is being spoken is a complex,rnactive skill involving many processes. In EFL teaching, listening teachers should keep in mind this complexity ofrnlistening comprehension process and carefully arrange classroom listening activities. In actual listeningrncomprehension stage, schematic knowledge, context knowledge, and knowledge of the L2 system are all important.rnThe selection of listening materials is also very important to prepare students for real-life English communicationrnand listening comprehension. And in the classroom, , the teacher should encourage the students to be inventive,rnimaginative and active in all the three stages (pre-listening stage, main listening stage and post-listening stage).