言语行为理论最关注的是言外行为,它试图解释说话者的言外之意。听力是一种重要的语言交际能力,听力教学则是英语教学中重要的一环,如何理解听力材料中说话人的言外之意,是现阶段提高学生听力水平的瓶颈。旨在运用语用学中的言语行为理论,探讨如何运用言语行为理论指导高中英语听力教学的策略,以提高英语听力水平。 Speech act theory is most concerned with extrajudicial behavior, it attempts to explain the speaker’s implication. Listening is an important linguistic communicative competence. Listening teaching is an important part of English teaching. How to understand the speaker’s meaning in listening comprehension is the bottleneck to improve students’ listening ability at this stage. The purpose of this thesis is to apply the theory of speech act in pragmatics to explore how to apply the speech act theory to guide the strategies of senior high school English listening teaching to improve the level of English listening comprehension.