In daily communication, listening play an important role in English learning and listening is the most important channel to understand the language input.However, current English listening teaching in junior and high school is still not satisfying, and there are still many problems.Task based learning is a kind of teaching method, which is based on the specific task with learning motivation.Through classroom observation and teaching, this author explores the application of task based teaching in junior and high school listening teaching.The author applied task-based teaching method to the listening teaching in junior and high schools, and solved two main problems presented in junior and high school English listening teaching: