| Part 1． Introduction and Literature Review | 第9-26页 |
| I ． Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| A． The studies and achievements on listening | 第9-11页 |
| B． How to reduce the difficulty of comprehending long sentences in the target language | 第11-12页 |
| II． Listening to the long sentence in the target language | 第12-15页 |
| A． Factors affecting listening comprehension? | 第12-13页 |
| 1． What is listening | 第12页 |
| 2． The factors affecting listening comprehension | 第12-13页 |
| 3． A big problem for L2 learners in listening class: the long sentence | 第13页 |
| B． What is along sentences: | 第13-15页 |
| 1． Definition and features of the long sentence: | 第13-14页 |
| 2． Types of long sentences | 第14-15页 |
| 1) multiple clauses: | 第14页 |
| 2) many phrases: participial phrases and prepositional phrases | 第14页 |
| 3) intervening components: | 第14-15页 |
| 4) parallelism | 第15页 |
| III． The considerations about the syntactic teaching of long sentences in listening comprehension | 第15-22页 |
| A． The necessity of teaching long sentences in listening comprehension | 第15-16页 |
| B． The studies and theories the syntactic teaching of long sentences based on | 第16-22页 |
| 1． The three processes of listening comprehension | 第16-17页 |
| 2． Schema Theory | 第17-19页 |
| 3． Short-term memory | 第19-20页 |
| 4． Listening strategy | 第20页 |
| 5． Studies on syntax | 第20-22页 |
| 1) The serial interpretation theory | 第21页 |
| 2) The parallel interpretation theory | 第21页 |
| 3) The hold mechanism theory | 第21-22页 |
| IV． Review of the teaching method | 第22-26页 |
| A． Traditional grammatical teaching | 第22-23页 |
| B． The conventional listening instruction | 第23页 |
| C． An opening thinking of grammar teaching in listening class | 第23-24页 |
| D． Facets to keep in mind before carrying out the teaching plan | 第24-26页 |
| 1． Listening comprehension: teaching or testing? | 第24-25页 |
| 2． Task-based teaching methodology | 第25页 |
| 3． Factors relevant to long-term memory | 第25-26页 |
| Part 2． The syntactic teaching of the long sentence in listening class | 第26-40页 |
| I ． The design of the teaching plan | 第26-28页 |
| A． The teaching objectives: to improve students' listening ability in long sentences | 第26-27页 |
| B． The teaching tasks: | 第27页 |
| C． The teaching schedule: | 第27页 |
| D． The teaching content: | 第27页 |
| E． Some facets requiring the teacher's attention | 第27-28页 |
| II． The procedures of the teaching plan | 第28-40页 |
| A． The syntactic analysis of long sentences | 第28-31页 |
| 1． The sentence structure analysis | 第29-30页 |
| 2． Combination | 第30页 |
| 3． Breaking down | 第30-31页 |
| B． The synthetic teaching method | 第31-40页 |
| 1． Dictation and Notetaking | 第31-33页 |
| 2． The interactive activity: the combination of the audiolingual method and the communicative approach | 第33-35页 |
| 1)． Question-answer drilling | 第33-34页 |
| 2)． Imitation | 第34-35页 |
| 3)． Interpretation | 第35页 |
| 3． Error analysis and feedback | 第35-37页 |
| 4． Sentence-gathering | 第37-38页 |
| 5． The analysis of different thoughts in Chinese and English | 第38-40页 |
| Part 3． Experimental report | 第40-45页 |
| I ． The experiment design | 第40页 |
| II． Method | 第40-41页 |
| A． Subjects: | 第40页 |
| B． Materials: | 第40页 |
| C． Test | 第40-41页 |
| III． Procedures: | 第41页 |
| IV． Results | 第41-45页 |
| A． The method of data analysis | 第41页 |
| B． The results of the experiment | 第41-44页 |
| C． Conclusion | 第44页 |
| D． The follow-up interview | 第44-45页 |
| Part 4． Discussion and Pedagogical implications | 第45-50页 |
| I ． Discussion: | 第45-47页 |
| A． The teacher's role | 第45页 |
| B． The environment of learning | 第45-46页 |
| C． Factors influencing the outcomes of the experiment | 第46-47页 |
| 1． Learners didn't make sufficient efforts | 第46页 |
| 2． The tests and the teaching plan are not flawless | 第46-47页 |
| 1)． language samples | 第46-47页 |
| 2)． Test items | 第47页 |
| 3)． The Cassette tape | 第47页 |
| 4)． Other factors | 第47页 |
| II． Pedagogical implications | 第47-50页 |
| A． Is L2 listening tedious, passive work, or a joyful psychological guessing game? | 第48页 |
| B． which method has a greater influence on listening comprehension in the synthetic method, dictation or something else? | 第48页 |
| C． Visual support | 第48页 |
| D． It's not the only way for learners to solve the problem | 第48-49页 |
| E． How does a native speaker manage to chunk the long sentences successfully? | 第49-50页 |
| Part 5． Conclusion | 第50-51页 |
| References | 第51-55页 |
| Appendixes | 第55-66页 |
| 1． A sample of teaching plan | 第55-58页 |
| 2． Scores of the tests | 第58-59页 |
| 3． Script of Listening Test 1 | 第59-61页 |
| 4． Script of Listening Test 2 | 第61-63页 |
| 5． Listening Test 1 | 第63-65页 |
| 6． Listening Test 2 | 第65-66页 |
