Author(s)

Qiqi Liu

Corresponding Author

Qiqi Liu

Abstract

This paper first explores that listening is the weakest link in the four links which are listening, speaking, reading and writing in the context of English listening teaching in China, and points out the importance of studying listening strategies in listening teaching. It then elaborates that the learners lack autonomy and the ability of autonomous learning while learning English, especially English listening, and thus makes the learners lose interests of learning listening. It finally discusses a series of effective listening strategies through questionnaire and a comparative experiment. Through implementing these effective strategies, it can help enhance learner autonomy and foster the ability of autonomous learning while learning English listening.

Keywords

Listening strategies, Research, Autonomy