Abstract: This study is an empirical research, which aims to find out obstacles in English listening comprehension of non-English majors. This research involves 153  Non-English-major students and 20 college English teachers from a common university in Nanjing as the subjects. The research finds that the obstacles of non-English-major students are from pronunciation, speed rate of speaking, vocabulary, cultural background , listening strategy, personal psychological quality, and learning motivation, among which the factors of basic language knowledge have a great impact. 

Key words: non-English major students; listening comprehension; obstacles

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要：

1. Introduction...1

2. Research Design1

2.1 Research Questions 

2.2 Subjects

2.3 Instruments

2.3.1 Questionnaire for Students

2.3.2 Questionnaire for Teachers

2.4 Procedure

3. Findings and Discussion4

3.1 Analysis of Factor of Basic English Knowledge

3.2 Analysis of Factor of Culture

3.3 Analysis of Factor of Personal Intelligence and Psychological 

3.4 Analysis of Three Aspects of Teachers’ Questionnaire

3.5 Discussion

4. Conclusion ...13

Bibliography...14

Appendix

(1) Questionnaire for Students

(2) Questionnaire for Teachers

Acknowledgments..19