TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBRIVIATIONS
LIST OF CHARTS AND TABLES
PART I. INTRODUCTION
1. Rationale
2. Aims and significance of the study
3. Scope of the study
4. Methods of the study
5. Organization of the thesis
PART II.THE DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1.LITERATURE REVIEW
I.1. Theoretical background of listening comprehension
I.1.1.What is listening?
I.1.2. Nature of listening
I.1.3. Significance of listening
I.2. Teaching listening skills
I.2.1. The process of listening
I.2.2. Strategies of listening
I.2.3. Stages of a listening lesson
I.2.4. Potential problems in teaching and learning to listen to English
I.2.5. Teacher’s roles in teaching listening comprehension
I.3. Motivation
I.3.1.What is motivation?
I.3.2.The importance of motivation in listening classes
I.4. Current challenges in teaching and learning listening comprehension
1.4.1. Students’ psychological obstacles influence their listening capacity
1.4.2. Grammar knowledge affects listening comprehension
1.4.3. Cultural background knowledge and thinking affect listening comprehension
CHAPTER II. METHODOLOGY
II.1. General description of the current course-book and participants’
background information
II.1.1. General description of the current course-book
II.1.2. Participants’ background information
II.2. Methods of data collection
II.2.1. Questionnaire
II.2.2. Class observation
CHAPTER III. DICUSSIONS AND FINDINGS
III.1. Questionnaires
III.1.1. Questionnaire for the Teachers
III.1.1.1. Teacher’s opinions about the necessity of motivating students to listen before a
listening lesson
III.1.1.2. The situation of employing listening techniques at DFL
III.1.1.3. Challenges that teachers have to confront with when using listening techniques
III.1.1.4. Teachers’ comments and suggestions on the listening activities in the course book
‘Listen in 1’ by David Nunan they are teaching
III.1.2. Questionnaire for the Students
III.1.2.1. Students’ personal views of causes of their unwillingness to listen
III.1.2.2. Students’ preferences for listening techniques
III. 2. Class observations
III.3. Findings
III.3.1. Teachers’ challenges when dealing with listening techniques and some suggested
solutions to those techniques
III.3.2.Students’ preferences for listening techniques
III.3.3. Teachers’ and students opinions about listening activities in the course-book
‘Listen in 1’ by David Nunan they are using
CHAPTER IV. SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS TO THE TEACHING PROCEDURES
IV.1. For the teachers
IV.1.1. Developing teaching methods of listening processes in-class and outside-class
IV.1.2. Using listening technique in a flexible and appropriate way
IV.1.3. Encouraging the students’ internal factors
IV.1.4. Improving the listening activities in the material
IV.2. Some useful activities used for students during the class -time.
IV.2.1. Combining listening with other skills
IV.2.2. Stimulating students’ motivation by having a communicative purpose in class
PART III.CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
APPENDIX I: SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES