| Abstract in English | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-9页 |
| CHPTER ONE: INTRODUCITON | 第9-14页 |
| ·Research background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance and purpose of the present research | 第10-12页 |
| ·Framework of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| CHPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-29页 |
| ·Action research | 第14-23页 |
| ·Looking back: history of action research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Locating: definitions and characteristics | 第15-18页 |
| ·Doing: ‘chameleon-like’process | 第18-19页 |
| ·Evaluating: attacking and counterattacking | 第19-21页 |
| ·Empowering: teacher’s professional development | 第21-23页 |
| ·Listening Comprehension | 第23-29页 |
| ·Complexity in listening comprehension | 第23-25页 |
| ·Significance of listening comprehension | 第25-27页 |
| ·Status quo of English listening teaching in China | 第27-29页 |
| CHAPTE THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第29-38页 |
| ·Participants | 第29页 |
| ·Instruments | 第29-32页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data collection | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第33页 |
| ·Research procedure | 第33-38页 |
| ·Fertile soil: focusing on listening processes with listening comprehension strategies training in mind | 第34-36页 |
| ·Abundant water: assigning aural homework | 第36页 |
| ·Plenty of sunshine: giving visual support | 第36-37页 |
| ·Fresh air: making full use of music | 第37-38页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS | 第38-54页 |
| ·Results and discussions for research question one | 第38-47页 |
| ·Have the students become successful listeners in terms of listening comprehension strategies | 第38-42页 |
| ·What happened? | 第42-47页 |
| ·Results and discussions for research question two | 第47-54页 |
| ·Have the students become pleasant listeners? | 第47-49页 |
| ·What happened? | 第49-54页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION | 第54-58页 |
| ·Summary of the current study | 第54-55页 |
| ·Implications | 第55-56页 |
| ·Limitations | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-63页 |
| Appendix I Questionnaire about Students’Listening Strategies | 第63-65页 |
| Appendix II Questionnaire about Students’Views on Their Own Listening and Our Listening Class | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix III Performance Checklist for Listening | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix IV Some Useful Reduced Sequences (Chunks) in Natural Speech | 第67-68页 |
| Appendix V The Excerpts of the Interview Recording | 第68-71页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第71-72页 |
