ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABSTRACT
摘要
CONTENTS
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.1.1 The Importance of English Listening
1.1.2 The Current Situation of English Listening Teaching in Senior High schools
1.1.3 Problems Students Meet in English Listening in Senior High Schools
1.2 Necessity of the Study
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 The Studies of Context
2.1.1 The Overseas Studies of Context
2.1.2 The Domestic Studies of Context
2.2 The Classification of Context
2.2.1 Linguistic Context
2.2.2 Non-linguistic Context
2.3 The Functions of Context
2.3.1 Eliminating Ambiguities
2.3.2 Clarifying Reference
2.3.3 Conveying Feelings or Emotions
2.3.4 Understanding Real Intention
2.3.5 Helping to Guess the Meaning of a Word or a Phrase
2.4 The Studies of English Listening Teaching
2.4.1 Bottom-up processing
2.4.2 Top-down processing
2.4.3 Interactive processing
2.5 The Relationship between Context and the Teaching of English Listening
Chapter Three Research Design
3.1 The Research Question
3.2 Research Subjects
3.3 Research Instruments
3.4 Research Procedures
3.4.1 Pre-test
3.4.2 Teaching Practice
3.4.3 Post-test
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4.1 Data Collection
4.2 Results and Analysis of the Post-questionnaire
4.3 Analysis of Two Tests
4.3.1 A Deseriptive Analysis of the Results of the Pre-test
4.3.2 A Descriptive Analysis of the Results of the Post-test
4.3.3 An Independent Samples T-test on the Results of the Pre-test
4.3.4 An Independent Samples T-test on the Results of the Post-test
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications for English Listening Teaching in Senior High Schools
5.2.1 Improving Students’ Listening Competence from the Perspective of Linguistic Context
5.2.2 Improving Students’ Listening Competence from the Perspective of Non-linguistic Context
5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study
5.3.1 Limitations
5.3.2 Suggestions for Further Study
References
Appendices
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