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ifth, there are no transcripts. [12] Here are two examples of the radio broadcast materials: First, News headlines are eminently suitable for gist listening. They normally total only four or five sentences, and are of real interest and relevance. Students will sometimes anticipate an item through their own knowledge of current affairs, so comprehension is made easier. Second, the weather forecast is also comprehensible, once the class has been taught the phrases and vocabulary that native speakers actually use (textbook treatment of the weather rarely includes scattered showers, overnight frost, and the like). The headlines and the weather can be used frequently, even at early levels, as a change of activity or as the basis of an entire listening lesson. 3.4 Online news listening materials In China, Traditional English news listening was utilized in the form of recorded materials, either from listening texts or VOA, BBC recorded by the teachers. Both have defects, for the news in them is not up-to-date. Since the declining years of last century, the Internet technology has witnessed a rapid development. Online news in the Internet is widespread. Some famous radio broadcast companies such as VOA, BBC and CRI have launched online news broadcast. Consequently, people can pick up the English news online and it will facilitate the teaching and practice of English news listening. Compared with the traditional radio broadcasting, it has the following advantages. First, it has good acoustic quality. Modern online news Broadcasting is transmitted through digital communication and less interrupted. Second, it presents a complete daylong. There’s no limit on time and people can pick up the program online whenever they need. Third, it has Long-span covering. As long as people have connected to the Internet, they can get the online program anywhere. Fourth, it uses the written form script. Although online radio of BBC and VOA fail to supply the whole script, some headlines on their websites are available for checking up. Some home websites access provides the online news of VOA, BBC and the scripts of online radio news can be downloaded as well. [13] In the multi-media classroom, you can surf the website providing the online radio news. At first, live news can be presented to the students, mean while, the materials can be recorded by recording software, such as Total Record, Cool Edit. However, the online listening is very complex and challenging, it can be an ideal teaching mode for senior students of English major to further improve their listening. 3.5 Operations of the listening materials How does the teachers utilize the materials for the main lecture effectively? According to the principles of teaching and learning listening, “Listening comprehension lessons should be constructed with careful step–by–step planning. This implies that listening tasks progress from simple to more complex as students gain in language proficiency; that students know exactly what the task is and are given directions as to what to listen for, where to listen, when to listen and how to listen.” [14] The first process is that the teachers should listen to the materials through before class. Thus, they will be prepared for any problems, noises, accents etc. In addition, they can judge whether students will be able to accomplish the tasks or give students some necessary help at certain places. This can ensure teachers to solve the possible