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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ⅰ. Theoretical Review And Definitions
1. What is listening comprehension?
1.1 The development of listening in the field of EFL
1.2 The definition of listening and listening comprehension
1.3 The nature of the listening process
1.4 The classification of listening
2. The importance of listening comprehension
3. The item types of listening comprehension testing
3.1 Multiple Choice
3.2 True or False
3.3 Short Answer Question
3.4 Information Transfer Technique
3.5 Note-taking
3.6 Dictation
3.7 Listening recall
4. The schools of teaching and testing listening comprehension
5. A review of the research done in this field concerning the teachingof listening in China
5.1 Articles Concerned with the LC Process and the Factors Affecting the LC
5.2 Articles concerning the LC strategies
6. The listening problems facing postgraduates of non-English majors
7. The significance of this research project
Ⅱ. Survey and Questionnaires
1. NETEMC
1.1 Listening Material
1.2 Testees
1.3 Result
1.4 Data Analysis and Findings
2. CET-4
2.1 Listening Material
2.2 Testees
2.3 Result
2.4 Analysis and Findings
3. TOEFL
3.1 Listening Material
3.2 Testees
3.3 Result
3.4 Analysis and Findings
4. IELTS
4.1 Listening Material
4.2 Testees
4.3 Analysis and Findings
5.1 Questionnaire
5.2 Result
5.3 Data Analysis and Findings
6. Questionnaire
6.1 Questionnaire
6.2 Items of Questionnaire
6.3 Results
6.4 Data Analysis and Findings
Ⅲ. Conclusions on the factors affecting listening comprehension
1. Listener
1.1 They are lacking in practicing the LC
1.2 Their vocabulary is far from enough (especially the aural vocabulary)
1.3 They are short of the listening skills
1.4 They are poor at short-memory
2. Speaker
2.1 The conflict of American accent and British accent
2.2 They are unaware of the characteristics of natural spoken English
2.3 The listeners tend to think that they can't keep up with the speed
3. Listening Material
3.1 They think the type and content of listening material greatly affects their LC
3.2 They agree that it is hard to process long sentences and sentences with complex structure
4. Medium
4.1 They tend to dislike the noise in the listening material
Ⅳ. Suggestions on EFL Teaching of Listening
1. To let students know the process of listening comprehension
2. Let students get familiar with the characteristics of spoken English
2.1 The phonological aspects
2.2 The syntax aspect
2.3 The characteristics of the spontaneity and improvisation
2.4 Other phenomena
3. Increase the students' vocabulary especially the aural vocabulary
4. Training students' listening skills
4.1 Recognition skill
4.2 Guessing skill
4.3 Skill of grasping the main point and the key words
4.4 Inducing skill of generalizing the main idea
4.5 Skill of inferring the implied meaning
4.6 Skill of memorizing the key points
5. Let students possess some listening strategies
5.1 Content
5.2 Methods
6. Scientific selection of teaching material for English listening class
7. Help students overcome psychological problems during listening
7.1 Fear
7.2 Boredom
8. Help students expand knowledge of different cultures
8.1 Vocabulary
8.2 Idiom
8.3 Communicative customs and etiquettes
8.4 Value
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