有关听力技能的研究受到越来越多的重视和关注。本文综述西方学者们近十几年来所从事的二语听力方面的研究， 对学者们提出的关键问题以及今后的研究方向进行提取和总结，以期给国内从事英语教学、对外汉语教学等相关领域的教师和研究人员提供参考。

Research on listening skills has received more and more attention in second language acquisition in recent years． This paper reviews the  key  research  studies  of  second  language  listening  conducted  by  western  researchers  during  the  past  few years and summarizes the widely recognized key issues as well as future research directions．        It aims to provide some reference for teachers  and other relevant researchers working in the field of English language teaching and teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages．