Teaching EFL Listening in an Input-poor Environment:Problems and Suggestions

摘要

Successful listening comprehension (LC) relies on the availability of adequate linguisticrnknowledge and world knowledge on the part of the learner. LC difficulty is closely related tornlearner’s inability to activate the knowledge needed. In an input-poor EFL environment, thernwriter observes 3 problems in the teaching and learning of EFL listening: lack of authenticrnlistening input; absence of listener strategy training; low learner motivation. Suggestions arernmade in this paper concerning the solution to the problems and concrete examples are offeredrnas well.