The Effect of English Movies on College English Listening Teaching

It is commonly acknowledged that listening plays an important role in language learning. Researchers at home and abroad have been diligently pursuing various approaches on teaching listening to improve students’ listening proficiency. Among them, teaching English listening through movies is regarded as one of the effective ways to fulfill the need. However, most of the studies on teaching listening through English movies are theory recounting. What's more, researchers just consider the change of listening achievement in their experimental studies, almost pay no attention to anxiety and motivation, which are believed to be two important determinants of second language learning achievement. The present study explored the effects of utilizing English movies on teaching college English listening with considering anxiety, motivation and achievement.