ABSTRACT

Listening is a crucial part of language proficiency, while auditory lexicon determines listening ability to a great extent. It is widely acknowledged that Chinese English learners are quite weak in listening due to a lack of effective auditory lexicon. Thus, this paper aims to explore the methods of building Chinese English learners’ auditory lexicon. 

After analyzing some of the problems existing in English listening among students in China, I find that one of the most important factors that affect English listening is the learner’s auditory lexicon. I will refer to the findings of some related studies and work out the methods of building Chinese English learners’ auditory lexicon from the aspects of pragmatics and mental lexicon. 

The methods of building Chinese English learners’ auditory lexicon is listed as follows: cultivating the ability of phonological information processing; adopting phonics in vocabulary teaching; boosting the transformation of visual lexicon into auditory lexicon and increasing the input and output of English under the channel of speech sound

Key words: Pragmatics; Mental lexicon; English listening; Auditory lexicon

CONTENTS

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摘要

Chapter One Introduction-2

Chapter Two Literature Review-3

2.1 Studies on Listening-3

2.2 Studies on Auditory Lexicon-4

Chapter Three Theoretical Basis-6

3.1 Pragmatics-6

3.1.1 Definition and function of context-7

3.1.2 Effects on English listening-7

3.2 Mental Lexicon-7

3.2.1 Definition and function of mental lexicon-8

3.2.2 Mental lexicon and dictionary-8

3.2.3 L2 mental lexicon organization-8

3.2.4 Influence on listening-9

Chapter Four Current Situation of Chinese English Learners’ Listening-10

4.1 Factors Affecting Listening-10

4.2 Problems Existing in Chinese English Learners’ Listening-11

Chapter Five Building Chinese English Learners’ Auditory Lexicon-13

5.1 Cultivating the Ability of Phonological Information Processing-13

5.2 Adopting Phonics in Vocabulary Teaching-14

5.3 Boosting the Transformation of Visual Lexicon into Auditory Lexicon-15

5.4 Increasing the Input and Output of English under the Channel of Speech Sound-15

Chapter Six Conclusion-17

References-18