Listening skill has long been considered as the most difficult skill among the four skills of English learning.In the past decades,an increasing interest has been shown in the research of promoting metacognitive awareness in listening teaching.The first part of the essay identifies an issue in lis tening course in China wher e metacognitive approaches have rarely applied to the classroom and metacognitive instruction is absent.The second part touches upon the theories of the metacognition and autonomy.The third part of the essay discusses some ways to...