听力是英语教学过程中一个重要的环节。长期以来听力教学都是讲单词、放听力材料、对答案。听者都是被动地学习英语,水平很难提高。本文强调图式理论在听力教学中的应用。教师在强化语言图式过程中,更要扩宽学生的文化背景知识,扩充内容图式。 Listening is an important part of English teaching. For a long time listening teaching is speaking words, listening materials, the answer. Listeners are passive learning English, the level is difficult to improve. This article emphasizes the application of schema theory in listening teaching. Teachers in the process of strengthening the language schema, but also to broaden students’ cultural background knowledge, to expand the content schemata.