Abstract

Currently, in China, there is a common phenomenon that English learners have difficulty in listening comprehension. However, the improvement of listening comprehension ability still considerably depends on mechanical drills in listening teaching class. Actually, listening is a process of sound message input. Consequently, an accurate decoding of the input is extremely crucial. Thus, phonemes, as the smallest meaningful units of sound in a language may have certain effects on listening comprehension of an English learner. Therefore, to alleviate the current pattern of listening teaching and improve learners’ listening ability, from the perspective of phonetics, this paper is intended to make an analysis of the impacts of phonetic knowledge on listening comprehension and put forward a new effective method of listening teaching based on their correlation.  

Keywords: English learner; listening comprehension; phonetic knowledge; 

          listening teaching method

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-2

2.1The correlation between phonetics and listening comprehension2

2.2 The study of listening teaching-3

3. An Analysis of How Phonetic Knowledge Affects Listening Comprehension-3

3.1 Phonemes on listening-4

3.2 Liaison, assimilation and plosives in speech flow-4

3.3 Stress and intonation on listening comprehension-6

4. Pedagogical Implications on Listening Teaching-8

4.1 The combination of phonetic teaching and listening teaching.-8

4.2 The requirements and principles teachers need to follow-11

5. Conclusion11

Works Cited-13