Psychological process of english learners in listening comprehension

Abstract

Listening is on important aspect of English acquisition. Many English learners in China have difficulties in English listening. From the perspective of cognitive psychology, this paper probes deep into the psychological process of English learners in listening. First, the author introduced the connotations of metacogn'ition and listening comprehension, and analyzed the correlation between the two issues. Then, the cognitive patterns and psychological mechanism of English listening were summed up based on the modes of information processing in listening comprehension. Next, 150 Grade 2 English majors from a university in Hunan, China, were selected for empirical research. The statistics on psychological process and cognitive change were collected through a metacogn'ition questionnaire and an English listening test. The psychological process of the students in English listening was discussed in details based on the statistics. The results show that the metacognition of English learners has a predictive effect on their listening performance. The research results help to promote the teaching of English listening in colleges.