| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in English | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Listening and Listening Comprehension | 第9-18页 |
| 1．1 What is listening | 第9页 |
| 1．2 Listening in communication | 第9-10页 |
| 1．3 Listening comprehension | 第10-13页 |
| 1．4 Views on listening comprehension | 第13-15页 |
| 1．5 Listening comprehension as a part of teaching foreign language | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Microskills of Listening and College English Listening | 第18-25页 |
| 2．1 Microskills of listening | 第18-19页 |
| 2．2 The importance of microskills of listening to college students | 第19-20页 |
| 2．3 Microskills of listening required in CET 4/6 | 第20-21页 |
| 2．4 Problems in college English listening | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Obstacles to College Students in Listening | 第25-30页 |
| 3．1 Linguistic obstacle | 第25-26页 |
| 3．2 Cultural obstacle | 第26-28页 |
| 3．3 Psychological obstacle | 第28页 |
| 3．4 Mishearing | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 4 Developing College Students' Microskills of Listening | 第30-57页 |
| 4．1 Recognizing stressed words to focus on new information | 第31-35页 |
| 4．2 Using the context to make predictions | 第35-40页 |
| 4．2．1 Making use of context to recognize reduced forms | 第35-38页 |
| 4．2．2 Using stereotypic knowledge to predict | 第38-40页 |
| 4．3 Making inference | 第40-47页 |
| 4．3．1 Assuming a plausible intention for the speaker | 第41-42页 |
| 4．3．2 Deducing the meaning of unfamiliar lexical items | 第42-44页 |
| 4．3．3 Constructing a base meaning | 第44-47页 |
| 4．4 Listening selectively to detect important details | 第47-51页 |
| 4．5 Listening for the general gist by identifying cohesive devices | 第51-54页 |
| 4．6 Making use of redundancy to achieve interpretation | 第54-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |
