Taking Aim at Good Targets: Inter-rater Agreement of Listening Competency

In a post hoc study conducted on closed files at the Centre of Audio-Psycho-Phonology, the psychometric distributionof Listening Threshold decibel scores was found to be positively skewed, and in some cases bi-modal, necessitating the use of non-parametric statistics for hypothesis testing. The author notes inappropriate statistical usage in previously published studies investigating the Listening Threshold variable. Once correct statistics are applied, and appropriate controls are introduced for expected ceiling and interaction effects, Listening Threshold decibel scores were found to decrease significantly following treatment using the Tomatis remedial listening program.     

Risks and Responsibilities: Creating Dialogical Spaces in Northern Ireland

The idea that open dialogue is the key to transformative politics sounds straightforward. However, in a polity such as Northern Ireland where deep discord has intricate roots, an openness to difference is complex. I argue that dialogical spaces are created when people are prepared to engage in a risk-taking that conjoins self-disclosure with the vulnerability of being truly open to others; and are willing to bear the responsibility of mutually speaking with and listening to the plural other. First, I explain the relationship between identity, difference and political participation of women in Northern Ireland, examining alliance politics and solidarity. I offer suggestions for how difference, multiplicity and justice can be accommodated. Second, I extend beyond the specific context of Northern Ireland to evaluate the ability of feminist theories of deliberative democracy to facilitate dialogue across difference. I examine the importance of normative notions of deliberation, communication, narrative and competing needs. Third, I extrapolate from these theories the idea that the dynamic between listening and speaking creates a space to include diversity and commonality.     

听力焦虑与听力水平的相关研究

采用定量和定性相结合的分析方法,利用英语焦虑量表（FLCAS）和访谈作为测试工具对辽宁科技大学60名英语专业学生英语听力焦虑程度与听力水平之间的关系进行了调查。调查结果显示,听力焦虑策略与听力测试成绩呈负相关,且达到了显著水平;低分组学生中的听力焦虑问题比高分组更加突出,即听力焦虑感越强,测试成绩越差。根据调查结果,还探讨了焦虑可能的成因并提出有效的教学手段和应对策略,对大学英语听力教学和提高学习者听力水平都有一定的现实指导意义。     

培养学生听力技巧研究——以2012年6月CET-4听力考试为例

新CET-4听力测试题型已经实施了8年,题型的结构、考题形式、考查方式、常见考点已经成熟,解题思路也有迹可循。以2012年6月的大学英语四级听力考试部分作为例子,提出了一系列的应试技巧和方法,探求"听到就是解"的解题原则的应用。     

提高大学生英语听力教学改革的探索

提高听力理解能力是大学英语教学的基本要求,更是大学生毕业后进行英语交际的基本条件。通过调查发现,相当一部分大学生对提高听力及理解能力重视不够,因而听力较弱。对教学模式、教学方法等方面进行了较为系统的改革后,收到了较好的效果。     

语言运用能力与英语听力关系的研究

通过大学英语听力测试的结果与有关因素的调查和比较分析,发现在培养学生语言能力时听力的培养不可忽视.英语语言运用能力培养与听力培养有着密切的关系.     

浅谈英语强化的听说交际教学

广东培正学院英语强化的目标是培养学生的英语应用能力,特别是听说能力。为了能够达成目标,应该在强化教学中运用交际法,实施教师控制和以学生为中心、师生互动和学生互动相结合等方式,并正确处理学生学习运用英语的准确性和流利性。     

提高听力理解课教学的科学性

听力理解是英语教学的一个重要组成部分。长期以来 ,我国高校听力理解课的教学存在着严重的不足。本文分析了听力理解的过程和造成困难的因素 ,提出了科学的教学方法     

英语新闻听力中的背景知识联想与语篇构建

在新闻听力教学中,运用图式可以促使学生对与新闻主题相关的词汇、背景知识、类似话题展开联想,更准确地理解新闻材料。在不断丰富背景知识,建立图式的同时,根据新闻语篇的结构特点以及播报模式,掌握新闻的各个信息要素,从整体上理解、把握新闻。在介绍方法的基础上,结合新闻报道中播报频率较高的四类主题,指导学生运用图式对新闻听力中的背景知识展开联想,以及构建新闻的语篇结构和模式,提高学生的英语新闻听力水平。     

在语境中理解英语听说的话语含义

英语的听说离不开交际环境,学生语言习得的过程,同样离不开一定的语境。文章首先分析了语境的内涵,强调语境对话语的正确理解起重要的作用,从语境的三个层面：语言、情境和文化阐述了语境理解在英语听说中的运用。