On the Obstacles and Strategies in English Listening Teaching

Listening comprehension can be affected positively or negatively by various factors. The factors can be identified as internal and external. They are analyzed respectively and several effective strategies are also presented afterward. The barriers to listening are those of language knowledge, listening habits, psychological quality, cultural background and so on. The strategies should be as follows: training students’ listening skills and good habits, laying stress on training psychological quality, broadening the cultural background knowledge, breeding interest on listening, using student-centered teaching method, ect. Due to the disagreements with previous teaching approaches over the past years，listening teaching, step by step, pays heel to the employment of listening strategies and the listening strategies production