ABSTRACT
This paper first explores that listening is the weakest link in the four links which are listening, speaking, reading and writing in the context of English listening teaching in China, and points out the importance of studying listening strategies in listening teaching. It then elaborates that the learners lack autonomy and the ability of autonomous learning while learning English especially English listening, and thus makes the learners lose interests of learning listening. It finally discusses a series of effective listening strategies through questionnaire and a comparative experiment. Through implementing these effective strategies, it can help enhance learner autonomy and foster the ability of autonomous learning while learning English listening.
1．Introduction 1
2. Study of English listening strategies review 2
2.1 Definition of learning strategies and its research methods 2
2.2 Relation between listening strategies and fostering autonomy 4
2.3 Research of listening strategies 5
3. Research on autonomous learning of English listening 10
3.1 Definition of autonomous learning 10
3.2 Theoretical basis of autonomous learning 10
3.3 Present situation and causes of autonomous learning 11
3.4 Ways to foster learner autonomy 11
4. Research and experimental study 14
4.1 Basic introduction of questionnaire 14
4.2 Targeted experiment 14
5．Conclusion 18
Acknowledgements 19
References 20
