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China’s development encourages most people to learn English. English is used as an international language. To meet the growing needs of China’s economic boom and the practical needs in the use of English， new methods， approaches and techniques have been tried to improve teaching and learning. This paper is focusing on how to train and improve students’ listening ability and how to create a warm and friendly environment for language learning so that language teaching and learning process will be more active and more effective.
1.Some problems from listening
Firstly， most students have so many subjects to study and so much homework to do that they can’t spare enough time to practice listening. Most of them only do listening practice in class， not after class. They spend their most time at school， so they have little time and few chances to listen to English on the radio and watch English TV programs. Secondly， some students， especially those from the countryside who belong to poor families can’t afford recorders and cassettes， so they can’t practice their listening after class. Thirdly， when the listening materials are easy， they’re interested； when they find the listening materials difficult to understand， they lose their interest. What’s worse， some of them lose interest in English. Fourthly， knowledge obstacles. Some students haven’t a good knowledge of grammar or English phonetics； they are not familiar with some words and expressions. They have lacked the cultural background knowledge of English-spoken countries. All of these can stop them from understanding English correctly and easily in listening. Fifthly， no-knowledge obstacles. Teaching equipment， English environment， teaching atmosphere， students’feelings， Listening skills and so on.
2. Some methods about listening
（1） Listen and imitate
Lots of psychological researchers show that children are good at imitation， especially in pronunciation， intonation， actions and habits， incomplete plosion， consonant cluster. At the beginning of listening practice， they must focus on transcription， letters， words and numbers that have the similar pronunciation， such as / i：/ /i/， / ? / /a：/， /e/ / ? / ， /au/ /?：/， /s/ /z/， /n/ /l/； news/know， straight/street， present/parent， light/night， vest/west… and numbers 17/70， 1990/1919， 7：30/7：13…etc.
（2） Listen and answer
The students had better listen to sentences， dialogues or passages， then answer questions. When they listen， they must focus on the important points according to the different interrogatives. When the interrogative pronoun is “who，” pay attention to the material about “persons；” when the interrogative adverb is “when” or “what time，” listen to the words and phrases about “time；” when the interrogative adverb is “where，” listen to the words and phrases about “ places”. At the same time， they should pay attention to intonation， mood， accent and pause. They should understand not only the literal meaning but also the inferential meaning of the sentences， dialogues or passages. （3） Listen and write silently
Dictation is a good training way， we may dictate some words， sentences， passages， fill in the form or blanks. Students finish different kinds of exercises while listening， it means aural-cloze. At the same time， pay attention to improve students’listening and memorizing. When they listen for the first time， they may write down the first letter of every word， then complete the words and sentences after they listen for the second or third time.
（4） Listen and retell
After listening to the tape， the students are asked to retell what they hear or retell from their notes that they have written down. For example， after studying the text， provide students with some key words or helpful means of teaching， such as pictures， power point and guesture. Then ask students to try to retell the main idea of the text.
（5） Listen and tell true or false
Prepare the questions of a dialogue or a passage. As the students listen to the tape， they’d better fill in T or F so that the teacher can understand their comprehension in listening.
3. Some techniques about listening
（1） Read the questions quickly before listening so as to know the important and difficult points. It can provide students with the right direction and make a right choice.
（2） Pay attention to the sentences after”however”， “but”…ect. While listening to the passage， we must grasp the meaning of the first sentences， for it is very important for students to understand the whole passage.
（3） Make notes while listening. Write down address， date， age， price， number and the other information.
（4） We always listen to the tape in order. If we can’t understand it or answer a question clearly， don’t waste time in thinking about it， give it up and go on with the other listening exercises.
In a word， students can improve their listening after lots of listening practices.
收稿日期：2013-05-23
1.Some problems from listening
Firstly， most students have so many subjects to study and so much homework to do that they can’t spare enough time to practice listening. Most of them only do listening practice in class， not after class. They spend their most time at school， so they have little time and few chances to listen to English on the radio and watch English TV programs. Secondly， some students， especially those from the countryside who belong to poor families can’t afford recorders and cassettes， so they can’t practice their listening after class. Thirdly， when the listening materials are easy， they’re interested； when they find the listening materials difficult to understand， they lose their interest. What’s worse， some of them lose interest in English. Fourthly， knowledge obstacles. Some students haven’t a good knowledge of grammar or English phonetics； they are not familiar with some words and expressions. They have lacked the cultural background knowledge of English-spoken countries. All of these can stop them from understanding English correctly and easily in listening. Fifthly， no-knowledge obstacles. Teaching equipment， English environment， teaching atmosphere， students’feelings， Listening skills and so on.
2. Some methods about listening
（1） Listen and imitate
Lots of psychological researchers show that children are good at imitation， especially in pronunciation， intonation， actions and habits， incomplete plosion， consonant cluster. At the beginning of listening practice， they must focus on transcription， letters， words and numbers that have the similar pronunciation， such as / i：/ /i/， / ? / /a：/， /e/ / ? / ， /au/ /?：/， /s/ /z/， /n/ /l/； news/know， straight/street， present/parent， light/night， vest/west… and numbers 17/70， 1990/1919， 7：30/7：13…etc.
（2） Listen and answer
The students had better listen to sentences， dialogues or passages， then answer questions. When they listen， they must focus on the important points according to the different interrogatives. When the interrogative pronoun is “who，” pay attention to the material about “persons；” when the interrogative adverb is “when” or “what time，” listen to the words and phrases about “time；” when the interrogative adverb is “where，” listen to the words and phrases about “ places”. At the same time， they should pay attention to intonation， mood， accent and pause. They should understand not only the literal meaning but also the inferential meaning of the sentences， dialogues or passages. （3） Listen and write silently
Dictation is a good training way， we may dictate some words， sentences， passages， fill in the form or blanks. Students finish different kinds of exercises while listening， it means aural-cloze. At the same time， pay attention to improve students’listening and memorizing. When they listen for the first time， they may write down the first letter of every word， then complete the words and sentences after they listen for the second or third time.
（4） Listen and retell
After listening to the tape， the students are asked to retell what they hear or retell from their notes that they have written down. For example， after studying the text， provide students with some key words or helpful means of teaching， such as pictures， power point and guesture. Then ask students to try to retell the main idea of the text.
（5） Listen and tell true or false
Prepare the questions of a dialogue or a passage. As the students listen to the tape， they’d better fill in T or F so that the teacher can understand their comprehension in listening.
3. Some techniques about listening
（1） Read the questions quickly before listening so as to know the important and difficult points. It can provide students with the right direction and make a right choice.
（2） Pay attention to the sentences after”however”， “but”…ect. While listening to the passage， we must grasp the meaning of the first sentences， for it is very important for students to understand the whole passage.
（3） Make notes while listening. Write down address， date， age， price， number and the other information.
（4） We always listen to the tape in order. If we can’t understand it or answer a question clearly， don’t waste time in thinking about it， give it up and go on with the other listening exercises.
In a word， students can improve their listening after lots of listening practices.
收稿日期：2013-05-23