Research on the Use of Listening Strategies by Chinese Non-English Major College Students-A Comparison between Skillful and Unskillful Listeners

Abstract

Based on the researches of listening strategies at home and abroad, this study tries to explore the use of listening strategy by Chinese non-English major college students under the internet autonomous learning environment. The results from the questionnaires and interviews of listening strategies used by different level students have some implications for teachers. Listening strategies play an important role in the process of listening comprehension and skillful listeners tend to use all the listening strategies more frequently than the unskillful ones in their listening activities. So it is necessary for college English teachers to conduct strategy training in students’ listening comprehension especially in this new learning environment.