The Function of Note-taking in Listening Comprehension1AbstractListening, speaking, reading and writing are the four important parts of language learning, among which listening is considered as the largest part in English communication. For a long time, listening teaching has always been an indispensable part of English teaching. The process of listening teaching aims to enable students to understand the speaker’s intention accurately and master an effective language communicative ability rather than only a single word or a sentence.In routine English listening teaching classes, teachers seldom taught the students how to listen to the material, but more often just “poured” a huge number of listening materials to students. In the long run, students would find such teaching model boring and finally lose the interest in listening. For the above mentioned reason, listening in English teaching has been the “bottleneck” in China for many years. There hasn’t been an effective way or model to improve students’ listening comprehension proficiency yet. For most of the students, listening is always a weak link in their English study. Note-taking is an important learning strategy.In view of the problems that exist in students’ English listening comprehension and the characteristics of listening comprehension, this thesis will analysis the function of the note-taking and provide the effective teaching method for teachers. The study has positive implications not only in listening teaching but also in the whole English teaching process. Key Words: Note-taking; Listening Comprehension; Teaching implication 2摘要听、说、读、写是英语语言学习的四个重要组成部分，其中听是语言交流的重要手段，是语言输入的两个途径之一。长期以来，听力教学一直是英...
