With China's entry into the WTO and the increasing prevalence of the international cultural exchanges, the training on listening and speaking skills is getting more important in College English teaching. This paper is an empirical study of developing those skills. The subjects are sophomores and the third - year undergraduate students, and the survey instruments include a questionnaire and interviews. Particular attention is given to the recognition of listening and speaking as means of learning English, the present pattern of classroom experiences, and the problems of the environment - related construction. The report uses SPSS to analyze the statistics and puts forward some suggestions that are expected to be contributing factors in the improvement of College English teaching in Hebei Normal University.