Abstract: This thesis, based on the theoretical principles of pragmatic presupposition, is to study the importance and necessity of using pragmatic presupposition in English listening comprehension to improve students’ listening proficiency. This study involves 30 students from a senior high school, chosen as the participants, divided into two groups and taught by different approaches, with a view to finding out whether the training on pragmatic presupposition can promote the learning of listening and whether learners can effectively improve their comprehension of the listening material when teachers involve the impartment of presupposition knowledge in listening teaching. The results of the study have proved that pragmatic presupposition is critical to students’ performance in a listening comprehension test. Therefore, it is suggested that it is necessary and practicable to apply presupposition to the teaching of English listening.  

Key words: presupposition；English listening； pedagogical implications；

摘要：本论文是关于语用预设的理论原理的基础上，研究在英语听力中使用语用预设对于提高学生的听力水平的重要性和必要性。该研究选取了30名高中生作为参与者，并将他们分为两组，通过不同的方法教学，以便找出对语用预设的训练是否能促进英语听力的学习，以及当老师在听力教学中给予预设知识，学习者是否能有效地提高他们对听力材料的理解。研究结果证明,语用预设对学生在听力测试中的表现是至关重要的。因此,将语用预设应用于英语听力教学是必要的，也是可行的。

关键词：预设； 英语听力； 教育启示；