Abstract
proper activities, which are closely relevant to daily life, to involve the students enthusiastically into these activities and improve their English listening competence. Research in task-based listening teaching has distinct significant in teaching theory and practice. The writer of this paper has carried out an experiment in the junior high school listening teaching to test whether students’ interest in learning English can be increased and their listening abilities can be improved by Take-based Approach, as well as probing into the best way of employing the theory in English listening teaching. The experiment is a three-month program that involves two junior high school classes with 74 students. One is the experimental class using Task-based Approach in teaching, while the other is the control class using the traditional teaching approach. There are no differences in their listening ability before the experiment. The analysis of the experimental results shows that this model mobilizes students’ learning enthusiasm in English study, and over time it can be concluded that the teaching theory is conductive to the improvement of the students’ listening level and emotional state.
Highlights
In language acquisition, listening is the basis of students’ communicative abilities
One is to test whether the English listening levels of the two classes are at the same level, the other is adopted to test whether Task-based Approach (TBA) could play a positive role in English listening class
It indicates that there is a remarkable difference between the experimental group (EG) and the control group (CG) after the experiment
Summary
In language acquisition, listening is the basis of students’ communicative abilities. During the process of English teaching, listening comprehension plays an essential role in developing students’ basic skill in language learning. It is important for students to improve their listening competence. Since Task-based teaching was introduced into China in 1997, researchers have focused on applying it to practice in China to construct its local patterns. With an interest in English listening teaching, the writer carried out research to see what we can do to improve students’ listening comprehension. In this research,we carry out an experiment of listening teaching to test the effectiveness of Task-based Approach in English listening class, as well as probing into the proper listening teaching modes
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