傳播領域的相關研究顯示，收聽/看新聞的過程與閱讀不同，閱聽人並無法藉由重複閱讀來理解新聞內容；第二外語習得的學者認為聽力理解是主動的處理過程，這個資訊處理的歷程是傳播研究收訊分析取徑自1980年代以來所關注的焦點。鑑於第二外語習得的相關研究，並未觸及新聞文本對收聽新聞的影響，本研究試圖結合基模及理解理論，來探討新聞結構及議題顯著性對閱聽人理解及記憶英語新聞的影響。 在研究方法上，本研究採用2 (正/倒寶塔結構) X 2 (高/低顯著性議題) 的二因子實驗設計，以小團體施測的方式進行，共計134名國立政治大學學生參與實驗。 研究結果顯示，閱聽人對正寶塔式及倒寶塔式的新聞結構在理解新聞的程度上有差異；議題顯著性高的新聞較議題顯著性低的新聞能增進閱聽人對新聞內容的記憶。上述發現說明了不同議題顯著性及不同結構的新聞，在閱聽人收訊的過程中會產生不同層面的影響。 最後，研究者提出研究限制與檢討，並提供建議供閱聽人收訊及英語新聞相關課程教學的參考。 / Mass commimication researchers have found that listeners, unlike readers, cannot digest news at their own pace, reread passages or check details. Listening comprehension is viewed as an active process by second language acquisition researchers. However no research has been done to clarify how listeners are affected by news genres. An experiment was conducted in which 134 National Chengchi University students were recruited as subjects and were presented with news stories in four different versions: Low salient/ pyramid, low salient/ inverted pyramid, high salient/ pyramid, and high salient/ inverted pyramid. The study found that subjects assigned to the inverted pyramid structure news condition comprehended better than those in the pyramid structure news condition. Subjects in the high salient issue condition remembered the news contents better than those in the low salient issue condition. These findings suggest that knowledge of news structure and prior information would facilitate listening comprehension.