Factors Affecting Chinese Students’ English Listening Comprehension and Ways to Improve Them

Factors Affecting Chinese Students’ English Listening Comprehension and Ways to Improve Them
[Abstract] Most Chinese students regard English listening comprehension as the most difficult part among all kinds of examinations. They feel the listening materials too difficult to understand, the speed of delivery too fast and accordingly, anxiety easily takes place during listening comprehension. This paper mainly analyzes the comprehensive factors that affect English listening comprehension, and suggests some ways to improve listening comprehension from two aspects. On the one hand, students must first have a good command of linguistic knowledge, and form a good habit of listening, taking notes while listening. On the other hand, teachers should spot out students’ problems during listening and accordingly, try to help them by giving appropriate information, background knowledge, setting proper tasks in and out of class and design various and interesting activities to improve listening teaching. [Key Words] listening comprehension; factors; Chinese students; improving; communication