英语外教同中国老师相比有一些天然优势,研究表明在英语学习者高级阶段为他们开设外教听说课可以有效地提高学习者的英语听说能力。北航公外研究生英语教学部于2006年开始在全校范围内为非英语专业研究生开设了外教视听说课。本文针对外教视听说课的效果进行了一次调查评估。 English teachers have some natural advantages compared with Chinese teachers. Studies show that they can effectively improve learners ’English listening and speaking skills by providing them with foreign teachers’ listening and speaking classes in the advanced stage of English learners. Beihang Foreign Postgraduate English Teaching Department started in 2006 as a non-English major graduate students opened foreign audio-visual lectures. This article surveys and evaluates the effect of foreign teachers’ audio-visual lessons.