Recent years have witnessed numerous studies on how to improve learners’ listening comprehension and how to effectively teach listening classes. Despite these efforts, some problems still exist in listening teaching methods in China. In the first part of the essay, three issues in listening classes will be identified. Based on these issues, the second part present three corresponding methods of incorporating communicative-based activities, videos and checklists into teaching to improve listening classes.Each method will be justified by relevant theories and literature. A conclusion will be made in the end.