In the education of English in colleges and universities in China

the teaching of listening in classes has always been a big problem. In the past teaching

teachers usually noticed the explanation of basic English knowledge

ignoring the practice of listening

and they do not know how to cultivate students’ listening efficiently. However

if “schema theory” is applied to our classroom teaching of college listening

there will be obvious results. This article gives a brief overview in terms of schema theory

and places particular emphasis on the study of schema theory’s effects and strategies in China’s college English listening classroom teaching. This article hopes to promote and improve the quality of college English listening classroom teaching in China and improve the overall English listening level of college students in China.