Effectiveness of ICIC Listening Teaching Model under the Theory of Intertextuality

Abstract

English listening comprehension has been a difficulty in the process of language learning for foreign language learners, particularly for those who have few opportunities to expose themselves to the English environment. How to cultivate students’ competence in listening is an urgent task to meet the challenge of global and  interdisciplinary education. The study conducted an experimental research based on intertextuality theory for the classroom students who were enrolled in college English course. The results showed that the proper English course curriculum design is very important to teachers and students. The proficiency degree varied from one step to the sequential one, but the two are always embedded with each other. Immersion efforts embraced all kind of activities which could stimulate students’ enthusiasm for English listening. An obvious finding from the research was the students’ potential cognition, which penetrated the whole course of language learning and transformation to act as an ICIC strategy model. The findings almost manifested the hypotheses and answered the questions and verified the effectiveness of ICIC model in enhancing students’ listening proficiency.