图式理论对英语听力教学有重要的启示意义。基于大学生英语学习中普遍出现听力难以提高的现象,本文从图式理论的角度出发,概述了图式理论的定义、图式知识的种类、作用以及人脑在语言信息处理中的两种方式,并就如何在大学英语听力教学中应用图式理论,改善学生听力理解,提出了自己的看法。 Schema theory has important implications for English listening teaching. Based on the phenomenon that college students’ English listening comprehension is hard to improve, from the perspective of schema theory, the paper summarizes the definition of schema theory, the types and functions of schema knowledge, and two ways of human brain in language information processing. And put forward his own views on how to apply schema theory in college English listening teaching and improve students’ listening comprehension.