In-depth Interpretation of Listening in on English Monologues

Abstract

There exists some difficulties among high school students in understanding English monologues because some words are unfamiliar to them while some sentences are long and complex. Just by listening, reading, and translating from English into Mandarin, the students are unable to fully grasp the conveyed messages in these monologues. In the General Senior High School Curriculum Standards (2017 Edition), it clearly required candidates to be able to understand familiar short dialogues and monologues about daily life topics. Candidates should be able to understand the gist, obtain specific factual information, make simple inferences about what they are listening to, and understand the speaker’s intention, views, as well as attitude. This article mainly discusses specific implementation strategies of in-depth interpretation when listening in on monologues.