| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第7-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-20页 |
| 1.1 Importance of English News Listening | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 The Main Problems of Current College English News Listening Teaching inChina | 第16-19页 |
| 1.2.1 Students' Weak Foundation in English News Listening Comprehension | 第17页 |
| 1.2.2 The Deficiency of Proper English News Listening Textbooks | 第17-18页 |
| 1.2.3 The Deficiency of Students' Learning Motivation | 第18-19页 |
| 1.3 Overview of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第20-35页 |
| 2.1 Listening comprehension | 第20-23页 |
| 2.1.1 Definitions of Listening Comprehension | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.2 The Nature of Listening Comprehension | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.3 The Process of Listening Comprehension | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2 Researches on Listening Comprehension Obstacles | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Definitions of Listening Comprehension Obstacles | 第23页 |
| 2.2.2 Researches on Listening Comprehension Obstacles | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3 Researches on Listening Comprehension Instruction | 第25-33页 |
| 2.3.1 Overseas Research | 第25-30页 |
| 2.3.3 The Research in China | 第30-33页 |
| 2.4 Overview of the Researches on Listening Comprehension | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three The Characterics of English News Listening | 第35-53页 |
| 3.1 The Definition of News | 第35页 |
| 3.2 The Classifications of news | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3 The Characteristics of English News Listening | 第36-53页 |
| 3.3.1 The Lexical Feature of English News Listening | 第36-43页 |
| 3.3.2 The Structural Features of English News Listening | 第43-48页 |
| 3.3.3 The Syntactic Features of English News Listening | 第48-51页 |
| 3.3.4 The Cultural Features of English News Listening | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Four A Survey Study on English News Listening | 第53-69页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第53页 |
| 4.2 Participants | 第53页 |
| 4.3 Instruments | 第53-55页 |
| 4.4 Results of the Questionnaire | 第55-62页 |
| 4.4.1 Students' Self-evaluation of Their Listening Ability | 第55-56页 |
| 4.4.2 Students' Foundation and Learning Habits of English Listening | 第56-57页 |
| 4.4.3 Problems Students Encounter While Listening to English News | 第57-59页 |
| 4.4.4 Students' Application of Learning Strategies in News Listening | 第59-60页 |
| 4.4.5 Students' Concept About theory and the Status Quo of English NewsListening Teaching | 第60-62页 |
| 4.5 Major Findings: Main News Listening Comprehension Obstacles | 第62-69页 |
| 4.5.1 Linguistic Proficiency Obstacles | 第62-64页 |
| 4.5.2 Non-Linguistic Obstacles | 第64-69页 |
| Chapter Five Solutions for Overcoming Obstacles to English NewsListening Comprehension | 第69-84页 |
| 5.1 Improving Students' Pronunciation | 第69-70页 |
| 5.2 Inspiring Students' Learning Motives | 第70-73页 |
| 5.2.1 Treating Students' Mistakes with Tolerance and Constant Encouragement | 第71页 |
| 5.2.2 Boosting Students' Confidence by Presenting Proper Listening Material | 第71-72页 |
| 5.2.3 Cultivating Students' Interest via Diversified Teaching Methods | 第72-73页 |
| 5.3 Improving Listening Classroom Teaching | 第73-76页 |
| 5.3.1 Creating a Relaxing Classroom Atmosphere | 第73-74页 |
| 5.3.2 Focusing on the Lead-in Instruction | 第74-76页 |
| 5.4 Boosting Listening Strategy Teaching | 第76-84页 |
| 5.4.1 The Strategy of Attention Focusing | 第77-78页 |
| 5.4.2 The Strategy of Note-taking | 第78-79页 |
| 5.4.3 The Strategy of Guessing | 第79-80页 |
| 5.4.4 The Strategy of Schema Constructing | 第80-84页 |
| Conclusion | 第84-86页 |
| Appendix | 第86-89页 |
| References | 第89-95页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第95-96页 |
| 硕士在读期间科研情况 | 第96页 |
