[Abstract] This paper discusses how to utilize listening materials effectively—based on the principles of teaching listening and the material development. Listening games and activities should be used as an interesting warming-up exercise in the listening lesson. Although they are described make few demands in terms of preparation or class time, they will play a valuable role in developing listening competence. Therefore, listening game and activities ought to be a regular part of students’ diet in the listening lesson. The listening materials for the main lecture offer a good, more easily controlled alternative to the live speaker. In order to find out the way to utilize the materials for the main lecture effectively, the teachers should operate the guidelines step by step to make the students’ task easier. The listening materials for extensive listening are highly recommended as a complementary role in the listening. 【摘 要】 本文阐述的是如何有效地利用听力资源，其构建于听力的教学和取材准则来略论各种听力资源的有效利用：听力游戏应作为一种有趣的热身练习。虽然听力游戏所耗费的上课及备课时间不多，英语论文范文，英语论文，但它在听力的能力发展中占有重要地位。因此，听力游戏活动是听力课上学生应享有的定时的“家常菜”。课堂主要听力资源作为学生接触听说现场提供了一个良好的易于操作的转换平台。教师应遵循循序渐进地减轻学生在听力过程中过重的负担来有效地利用课堂主要听力资源。泛听资源作为听力资源中的辅助地位应受到认可。 Contents Abstract …………………………………………………………………………I 摘要 ………………………………………………………………………………II 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………(1) 2. Listening games and activities for warming-up exercises………………(1) 2.1 “Who lives where?” games………………………………………………(1) 2.2 “Listen and respond” games……………………………………………(2) 2.3 Cloze listening games……………………………………………………(3) 2.4 Spot the change games……………………………………………………(3) 2.5 Class visitors activity……………………………………………………(3) 2.6 The MTV listening activity……………………………………………(4) 3. Listening materials for the main lecture……………………………………(4) 3.1 Recorded materials from the textbooks……………………………………(4) 3.2 Homemade listening materials………………………………………………(5) 3.3 Radio broadcast listening materials…………………………………………(5) 3.4 Online news listening materials………………………………………………(6) 3.5 Operations of the listening materials……………………………………………(6) 4. The Listening materials for extensive listening……………………(8) 4.1 Initial stages ………………………………………………………………(8) 4.2 Elevation stages……………………………………………………………(8) 4.3 English corner ……………………………………………………………(8) 4.4 Exploitation of pen friends………………………………………………(9) 4.5 Feed back of extensive listening ………………………………………(9) 5. Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………(10) References………………………………………………………………………(11) 1. Instruction Communication in English becomes increasingly essential in daily life due to the frequent contacts between countries and people. Social demand for the students is not just restricted to reading, writing and translating, listening and speaking become more important. “More than seventy years ago, (1930, Rankin) a study showed that 11 percent of communication time was spent in writing, 15 percent in reading, 32 percent in speaking, and 42 percent of communication time was spent in listening.” [1] Therefore, Listening plays an important role in learning a foreign language. However, in China, many teachers often neglect how to utilize the listening materials effectively. The teacher’s daily routine is presented as follows: The teacher comes into the language lab to play the tape recordings and then checks their answer to the listening tasks in the book. If there is a question that the students are unable to answer, the teacher will play the tape repeatedly until they get the correct one. Sometimes if this does not achieve th |
