Chapter 1 Listening Comprehension and the Teaching of English Listening 1
1.1 Listening Comprehension 1
1.2 The Teaching of English Listening 27
1.3 Purpose of This Study 40
Chapter 2 Foreign Language Anxiety 42
2.1 Anxiety Theories 42
2.2 Foreign Language Anxiety 44
Chapter 3 A General Introduction to Schema Theory 53
3.1 Literary Review of Schema Theory 53
3.2 History of Schema Theory 54
3.3 Principal Definitions of Schema 56
3.4 Categories of Schema 58
3.5 Development of Schema Theory 63
3.6 Common Features of Schemata 68
3.7 Studies of Schema Theory in Recent Years 70
Chapter 4 Schema Theory and English Listening Teaching 77
4.1 Relevant Theoretical Basis 77
4.2 Application of Schema Theory in Different Types of Listening Materials 81
4.3 The Effect of Schema on Listening Comprehension 85
4.4 Functions of Schema Theory in Listening Teaching 86
4.5 Schemata and Memory 92
4.6 Schemata and Inference 94
4.7 Schemata and Expectation 95
4.8 Schemata and Learning 96
Chapter 5 Implication of Schema Theory in English Listening Teaching 98
5.1 Implications for Listening Discourse Construction from the Schematic Perspective 100
5.2 Implications for the English Language Classroom 113
5.3 How to Help Students to Establish Proper Schema 116
5.4 Principles of Teaching Listening Comprehension with Schemata 131
5.5 Roles of a Teacher in Listening Class 139
Chapter 6 Building Linguistic ＆ Non-linguistic Schema in Listening Teaching 142
6.1 Building Linguistic Schema 144
6.2 Building Content Schema 158
6.3 Building Strategy Schemata 161
6.4 Building Formal Schema 161
Chapter 7 Application of Schema Theory to the Teaching of English Listening 163
7.1 Familiar Schematic Content and Teaching of Listening 163
7.2 Unfamiliar Schematic Content and Teaching of Listening 171
7.3 Three Steps' Listening Activities with the Guidance of Schemata 178
7.4 Listening to a Variety of Authentic Materials 196
Chapter 8 PSI Schemata and English Listening Teaching 202
8.1 Definition of PSI Schemata 202
8.2 The Application of PSI Schemata in EFL Learning 205
8.3 Implications of PSI Schema Theory for Listening Comprehension Teaching 209
8.4 Pedagogical Implications 218
Chapter 9 Schema Activation and English Listening Teaching 221
9.1 Definition of Schemata Activation 222
9.2 Classification of Schemata Activation 224
9.3 Activating Mode 227
9.4 The Importance of Schemata Activation 228
9.5 The Application of Schemata Activation to Listening Teaching 231
9.6 Schemata Activation for Different Listening Materials 232
Chapter 10 Research Method 246
10.1 Objectives and Hypotheses 246
10.2 Subjects 246
10.3 Instruments 247
10.4 Treatment 247
10.5 Procedures 248
10.6 Teaching Practice of Applying Schema Theory to Listening Teaching 248
Conclusions 263
Bibliography 269
Appendix 277