IntroductionOf the four language skills many people feel that listening is the most difficult.Students can be goodat reading and writing,while their listening levels are elementary.Yet it is very important forlanguage learners to improve their listening comprehension,because it greatly affects communicativeability.Anderson and Lynch pointed out,‘Listening is an essential skill for communication’(1988:60).So although the importance of teaching listing is gradually being recognised,there aremany problems.The teaching methods are dull,which inhibit students’ progress.The need to improvethe teaching of listening is a serious problem for teachers.