从新托福听力测试看大学英语听力教学

新托福考试以交际语言教学理念为指导,从听说读写四个方面全面检验考生在学术环境中实际的英语语言交际交流能力.其听力测试完全模拟北美大学的教学、生活实景,并采用真实语料,全面考查考生在真实学术语境中的听力水平和交际交流能力.文章认为,新托福不仅将会对我国英语教学、测试产生积极的影响,促进我国英语教学与测试的改革,同时也对于我们的英语听力教学有着有益的启示.     

英语听力训练中的预测法

就英语听力教学中学生普遍存在的问题，浅述应用听力预测法实施教学。培养学生采用预测法，达到提高英语听力的理解能力。     

Noise Levels in Hong Kong Primary Schools: Implications for classroom listening

Many researchers have stressed that the acoustic environment is crucial to the speech perception, academic performance, attention, and participation of students in classrooms. Classrooms in highly urbanised locations are especially vulnerable to noise, a major influence on the acoustic environment. The purpose of this investigation was to determine noise levels in one such urban environment, Hong Kong. The ambient noise level, and its relationship to the speech intensity levels of both teachers and students was surveyed in 47 primary school classrooms. Moreover, the presence of acoustical treatments for noise reduction and the use of classroom amplification systems were documented for each classroom. The survey found that the mean occupied noise level was 60.74 dB (A); the mean unamplified and amplified speech‐to‐noise ratios of teachers were 13.53 dB and 18.45 dB, respectively; while the mean unamplified speech‐to‐noise ratio for students was 4.13 dB. Most of the classrooms exhibited insufficient acoustical treatments to provide significant noise reduction. The listening environment in many Hong Kong primary schools was not favourable for optimal classroom learning. Recommendations for improving the acoustical environment in classrooms in highly urbanised locations such as Hong Kong are discussed.     

Moral perception, situatedness, and learning to listen

This article examines the moral dimensions of listening, paying special attention to the ways in which individuals’ particular situation bears on their perception. Listening, on the account offered here, is a moral endeavor, with consequences for the listener, as well as for those listened to.     

关于听力理解

听力理解是一个复杂、积极的过程。听者不是被动地接收听觉符号，而是要采用“自上而下”的过程(利用已知信息)和“自下而上”的过程(分析语言特点)。因此，比起其它语言能力，听力对学习者的要求更高。     

Listening and reflecting: an introduction to the special issue

The topic of listening has been broadly neglected in educational studies. This special issue presents studies on the connections between listening and reflecting in educational contexts.

寓于语境的听力教学

语言的理解与语境是密不可分的。在英语教学中,听力理解作为一项输入性技能,它是实现用英语进行交际的基础,听力水平也成了衡量外语学习者总体语言能力的一个重要因素。然而在实际的课堂教学中,许多老师会发现尽管听力材料简单,语法、单词都没有障碍,但是学生却只能获得一些零散的信息,无法利用这些零散的语素组合出完整的意义。由于不知如何解读组合所得的信息,而常常使学生听力结束后陷入一种＂混沌＂的状态。为了解决这一问题,在研究听力教学及语境理论的基础上,教学者应结合自身教学经验,将听力教学巧妙地寓于语境之中。     

应用型院校非英语专业本科生英语听说学习现状分析及其对教学的启示

文章通过问卷调查,了解了当前笔者所在院校非英语专业本科生英语听说学习现状,分析表明广大学生英语听说基础较差、学习目的片面、方法单一、训练不够刻苦、心理素质和听说能力有待提高。针对调查结果的分析,文章提出了促进学生英语听说学习能力提高的六个可行性措施。     

《英语视听说(四)》笔试题型内容效度分析

本文采用定性分析方法对《英语视听说(四)》期末考试笔试题型分别从选材、听力理解技能、题量等方面进行内容效度分析。分析结果表明,该试题内容效度较高,满足了测试学生英语视听技能的目的。