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Title
The Influence of Discourse Organizational Patterns on Chinese EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension

Author
Yang Xueqian 
Hainan Normal University, China

Bio
Yang Xueqian, M.A., is a lecturer at Hainan Normal University; Research fields: Applied linguistics and CALL;

Abstract
This experiment is designed to test whether Chinese EFL learners are affected by discourse organizations when listening in English. Two listening texts, revised to be identical in all aspects except discourse organizations, are used as instruments on two parallel groups of subjects. Results do not directly show that Chinese learners comprehend more information when they listen to a Chinese-style English text. But observations into the position of some Information Units reveal that Chinese learners tend to perform significantly better on comprehending Information Units which locate at the end of a paragraph than those at the beginning.

Key words:- discourse organization listening comprehension Information Units