声明
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter Ⅰ Introduction
1．1 Background
1．2 Research significance
1．3 Structure of the thesis
Chapter Ⅱ Literature review
2．1 Listening comprehension
2．2 Listening strategies
Chapter Ⅲ Methodology
3．1 Research questions
3．2 Subjects
3．3 Instruments
3．3．1 Two questionnaires
3．3．2 Pre- and pro-tests
3．3．3 SPSS 17．0
3．4 Research procedure
3．5 A sample of strategy instruction
3．5．1 Pre-listening activities
3．5．2 While-listening activities
3．5．3 Post-listening activities
Chapter Ⅳ Data analysis and Discussions
4．1 Major obstacles that English majors face in news listening comprehension
4．2 Strategy instruction’s effects on news listening comprehension
4．2．1 Analysis of the pre-test
4．2．2 Analysis of the post-test
4．2．3 A comparative analysis of pre-test and post-test
4．2．4 Summary
4．3 English majors’ awareness of strategy use after listening strategy instruction
4．3．1 Analysis of post-instruction questionnaire
4．3．2 Listening strategies used by the experimental group after the instruction
4．3．3 Summary
4．4 Implications for news listening strategy instruction
4．4．1 Expanding students’ news vocabulary
4．4．2 Familiarizing students with the discourse features of news
4．4．3 Raising students’ awareness of using listening strategies
4．4．4 Encouraging the English majors to focus on some key listening strategies
4．4．5 Organizing strategy instruction in an effective way
Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendixes
Appendix 1 Pre-instruction questionnaire
Appendix Ⅱ Post-instruction questionnaire
Appendix Ⅲ Pre-test
Appendix Ⅳ Pro-test
Acknowledgments
