Helping Learners Become Independent Listeners-Teaching Listening to English Majors through Learner-centered Approach

A traditional and typical listening course at college levelcan be described in terms of three steps: press button-checkanswers-repress button. It has been believed that theteaching of listening comprehension centers on what teachersdo, that is, the actions and behaviors which teachers carry outin classroom are given prominence. Students are seen as thereceivers of "comprehensible input". (Krashen, 1982) Currentunderstanding of the nature of listening comprehension,however, draws research, not just on how to teach listeningskills, but on what students are "doing" when they listen and