With the promoting of world integration,the role of English listening and speaking is becoming more and more important.English listening is attached more importance to in higher education.Although many universities and college students take different measures to improve the students’English listening abilities,it is found that it is difficult to improve the students’English listening abilities effectively.This article will analyze the reasons of students’difficulty in improving their listening in the aim at discussing the measures to improve the students’listening effectively with other educators.