This research integrates both holistic and analytic approach to evaluate an APP named Listen. This APP was designed specifically for English listening activities. The pros and cons are pointed out based on a series of...This research integrates both holistic and analytic approach to evaluate an APP named Listen. This APP was designed specifically for English listening activities. The pros and cons are pointed out based on a series of criteria. Also, it provides a reference for teachers and students to choose an appropriate listening APP which aims to improve students’listening level.展开更多
Many of the Chinese primary school students often ask such a question,'I can read and usually understand the English I read,but why can’t I follow the English speakers or the recording of English most of the time...Many of the Chinese primary school students often ask such a question,'I can read and usually understand the English I read,but why can’t I follow the English speakers or the recording of English most of the time?'The answer is that you are an English learner,not an English language native speaker.Since you can usually understand the English you read,you are very good at languages.展开更多
Metacognition is defined as the knowledge and ability to monitor and control cognitive conditions in the learning process.Listening is the most important skill of the four language skills in both learning and teaching...Metacognition is defined as the knowledge and ability to monitor and control cognitive conditions in the learning process.Listening is the most important skill of the four language skills in both learning and teaching,and plays an important role in our daily life.Although nowadays there is a deeper perception of listening,it needs more attention and research.Accordingly,the present study investigates the relationship between the Metacognitive awareness and listening performance of female Dentistry students in English for General Purposes(EGP)course in Urmia University of Medical Sciences(UMSU).To do so,50 Iranian female dentistry students were participated in this study.They completed Metacognitive Awareness Listing Questionnaire(MALQ)and listening section of the final exam.First,the listening section of final exam was applied to the participants at classrooms by the teacher.Immediately after the administration of the examination,the MALQ were conducted.The analysis exposed a weak positive relationship between learners’Metacognitive awareness scores and listening performance.Although correlation was not high,still there is more correlation in problem solving,directed attention and planning evaluation than others.展开更多
Ministry of Education started the project of reform on College English teaching, part of the Project of Educational Quality and Reform of Higher Education at the end of 2012, in which the Ministry of Education emphasi...Ministry of Education started the project of reform on College English teaching, part of the Project of Educational Quality and Reform of Higher Education at the end of 2012, in which the Ministry of Education emphasized that the Mute English should be replaced by Practical English. This paper focuses on how to change the teaching mode of English Listening Comprehension, and how to make the lesson be more interesting, more interactive and more cultural via analyzing its current situation.展开更多
Language testing plays an important role in language education,which will reflect the efficiency of language learning di⁃rectly.Among the various types of language testing,this paper is to make a comparison between tw...Language testing plays an important role in language education,which will reflect the efficiency of language learning di⁃rectly.Among the various types of language testing,this paper is to make a comparison between two proficiency tests,FCE and SQA,in listening section,analysing their validity from three aspects:the mode of delivery,texts of the test and the statements of the tasks.展开更多
English language teaching and learning has witnessed a fast development in recent years. With the development of technology, Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) has played a more and more vital role in the seco...English language teaching and learning has witnessed a fast development in recent years. With the development of technology, Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) has played a more and more vital role in the second language teaching and learning. It is an important part of Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI). In the setting of classroom, especially in college, multimedia teaching seems to be accepted and applied widely (Brown, 2013). On the other hand, listening as one of the basic and essential competence skills has been highly valued by more teachers and educators. English teachers know that ESL (English as Second Language) learners need to often practice English listening skills to be successful in their other academic classes and to function as literate people in a global environment (Brown, 2013).展开更多
Listening course is an elementary course for all the English majors.How to improve students’ listening comprehension ability and how to evaluate their performances and improvements are very important for all the list...Listening course is an elementary course for all the English majors.How to improve students’ listening comprehension ability and how to evaluate their performances and improvements are very important for all the listening teachers.This article is going to have a brief analysis on the assessing methods for English listening course.展开更多
“Semantic Core Words”,as the combination of“Semantic Mark Words”and“Semantic Key Words”,plays an important role in the meaning-match listening.They help the listener generally and specifically locate where the m...“Semantic Core Words”,as the combination of“Semantic Mark Words”and“Semantic Key Words”,plays an important role in the meaning-match listening.They help the listener generally and specifically locate where the missing p art is and tr y to fill the blank with the c orrect and accurate words or phrases that are required.This paper takes an extract from BEC exercise“Airspeed-Notes on Presentation by Chief Executive”as an instance to exemplify how to use semantic core words to do the meaning match,which aims to help those to have a better understanding of the usage of“Semantic Core Words”,accordingly grasping the listening skill in meaningmatch listening.展开更多
Listening comprehension can be affected by the linguistic factors and non-linguistic factors. However, in the process of English learning, middle school students tend to focus only on the effects of the linguistic fac...Listening comprehension can be affected by the linguistic factors and non-linguistic factors. However, in the process of English learning, middle school students tend to focus only on the effects of the linguistic factors and ignore the nonlinguistic factors, which affect their improvement of listening comprehension of middle school students and results in the phenomenon of deaf English. A survey of 110 middle school students has been conducted in No.9 Middle School in Linfen city. Through the analysis of the questionnaire data, this paper points out the non-linguistic factors influencing middle school students’ listening comprehension and find out corresponding teaching strategies for improving middle school students’ listening comprehension, so as to further improve the middle school English teaching.展开更多
文摘This research integrates both holistic and analytic approach to evaluate an APP named Listen. This APP was designed specifically for English listening activities. The pros and cons are pointed out based on a series of criteria. Also, it provides a reference for teachers and students to choose an appropriate listening APP which aims to improve students’listening level.
文摘Many of the Chinese primary school students often ask such a question,'I can read and usually understand the English I read,but why can’t I follow the English speakers or the recording of English most of the time?'The answer is that you are an English learner,not an English language native speaker.Since you can usually understand the English you read,you are very good at languages.
文摘Metacognition is defined as the knowledge and ability to monitor and control cognitive conditions in the learning process.Listening is the most important skill of the four language skills in both learning and teaching,and plays an important role in our daily life.Although nowadays there is a deeper perception of listening,it needs more attention and research.Accordingly,the present study investigates the relationship between the Metacognitive awareness and listening performance of female Dentistry students in English for General Purposes(EGP)course in Urmia University of Medical Sciences(UMSU).To do so,50 Iranian female dentistry students were participated in this study.They completed Metacognitive Awareness Listing Questionnaire(MALQ)and listening section of the final exam.First,the listening section of final exam was applied to the participants at classrooms by the teacher.Immediately after the administration of the examination,the MALQ were conducted.The analysis exposed a weak positive relationship between learners’Metacognitive awareness scores and listening performance.Although correlation was not high,still there is more correlation in problem solving,directed attention and planning evaluation than others.
文摘Ministry of Education started the project of reform on College English teaching, part of the Project of Educational Quality and Reform of Higher Education at the end of 2012, in which the Ministry of Education emphasized that the Mute English should be replaced by Practical English. This paper focuses on how to change the teaching mode of English Listening Comprehension, and how to make the lesson be more interesting, more interactive and more cultural via analyzing its current situation.
文摘Language testing plays an important role in language education,which will reflect the efficiency of language learning di⁃rectly.Among the various types of language testing,this paper is to make a comparison between two proficiency tests,FCE and SQA,in listening section,analysing their validity from three aspects:the mode of delivery,texts of the test and the statements of the tasks.
文摘English language teaching and learning has witnessed a fast development in recent years. With the development of technology, Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) has played a more and more vital role in the second language teaching and learning. It is an important part of Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI). In the setting of classroom, especially in college, multimedia teaching seems to be accepted and applied widely (Brown, 2013). On the other hand, listening as one of the basic and essential competence skills has been highly valued by more teachers and educators. English teachers know that ESL (English as Second Language) learners need to often practice English listening skills to be successful in their other academic classes and to function as literate people in a global environment (Brown, 2013).
文摘Listening course is an elementary course for all the English majors.How to improve students’ listening comprehension ability and how to evaluate their performances and improvements are very important for all the listening teachers.This article is going to have a brief analysis on the assessing methods for English listening course.
文摘“Semantic Core Words”,as the combination of“Semantic Mark Words”and“Semantic Key Words”,plays an important role in the meaning-match listening.They help the listener generally and specifically locate where the missing p art is and tr y to fill the blank with the c orrect and accurate words or phrases that are required.This paper takes an extract from BEC exercise“Airspeed-Notes on Presentation by Chief Executive”as an instance to exemplify how to use semantic core words to do the meaning match,which aims to help those to have a better understanding of the usage of“Semantic Core Words”,accordingly grasping the listening skill in meaningmatch listening.
文摘Listening comprehension can be affected by the linguistic factors and non-linguistic factors. However, in the process of English learning, middle school students tend to focus only on the effects of the linguistic factors and ignore the nonlinguistic factors, which affect their improvement of listening comprehension of middle school students and results in the phenomenon of deaf English. A survey of 110 middle school students has been conducted in No.9 Middle School in Linfen city. Through the analysis of the questionnaire data, this paper points out the non-linguistic factors influencing middle school students’ listening comprehension and find out corresponding teaching strategies for improving middle school students’ listening comprehension, so as to further improve the middle school English teaching.