1. Listening Course Leading-in Professor Li Li School of Foreign Languages Southwest University

2. Do not expect to learn much from your teachers!

3. What Is a Teacher? 授人以鱼，未若授人以渔也。 Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and he eats for a lifetime. (Oxford, 1990:211) Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and he eats for a lifetime. (Oxford, 1990:211) A teacher is not to teach, but to show. A teacher is not to teach, but to show.

4. Language is not taught, but learned.

5. The illiterate in the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. The illiterate in the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Alvin Toffler

6. What are good language learners?

7. 1. Good language learners find their own way and take charge of their learning. They determine the methods that are best for them as individual learners. They learn from others and experiment with different methods. 2. Good language learners organize their study of the language, and they organize information about the language they study. 3. Good language learners make their own opportunities for practicing the language inside and outside of the classroom.

8. 4. Good language learners learn to live with uncertainty by focusing on the meaning of what they can understand, by not getting flustered, and by continuing to talk or listen without necessarily understanding every word. 5. Good language learners wisely use various skills in their learning. 6. Good language learners make errors work for them and not against them. And they are willing to make errors.

9. 7. Good language learners learn to make intelligent guesses. 8. Good language learners learn chunks of language as wholes and formalized routines to help them perform beyond their competence. For example, they may learn idioms, proverbs, or other phrases knowing what the whole phrase means without necessarily understanding each individual part. 8. Good language learners learn chunks of language as wholes and formalized routines to help them perform beyond their competence. For example, they may learn idioms, proverbs, or other phrases knowing what the whole phrase means without necessarily understanding each individual part.

10. What are we going to do? To develop learner autonomy; To develop learner autonomy; To learn to become a reflective learner; To learn to become a reflective learner; To learn to make full use of various kinds of learning resources; To learn to make full use of various kinds of learning resources; To establish your own learning strategies; To establish your own learning strategies; To improve your own listening ability. To improve your own listening ability.