HowtoimproveListeningListening,whichisoneofEnglishlanguageskills,isaskillofunderstanding.ButlisteningisthemostdifficultforourChinesestudents.Gettingthroughthedifficultywillbehelpfulfortheimprovementoftheotherskills.AmericanPaulblueProfessorJinstatisticsshow,"listening"45%whichaccountsforpeople'sdailyspeechactivity,"saying"accountsfor30%,"reading"accountsfor16%,"writing"onlyaccountsfor9%.Listening,speaking,readingandwritingoffiveaspectsofuniversitystudent'sEnglishintegrationcapability,translating,listeningstandsinthebreach;However,formoststudents,listeningisaweakpoint.AlotofEnglishlearnersallhavesuchafeeling:Asamearticle,toreadiseasiertounderstandthantohear;Inthecourseofunderstandingofhearing,"familiartotheear"toacertainword,whenrememberingaword’smeaning,afewsentenceshavealreadybeenread.ThereasontocausethisphenomenonrelatestothefactthatalotofEnglishlearnerisusedto"readingEnglish".So,wanttoimprovehearing,itisessentialtoformthegoodandcorrectstudyhabit.Howtoimprovestudents'listeningleveleffectively?Firstofall,Relymainlyonhearingandreadingaloudwhilestudyingthenewwords.Thiscouldimprovetheaccumulationofthequantityoftheinformationofthepronunciationamazingtothesenseofhearinginthisway,andthenimprovethereactionspeedinthehearingcourse.Secondly,pronounceaccuratelybyoneself.ThepronunciationofEnglishthatoneselfisaccurateandgenuinedoesnotmakeyoueversuccessfulonhearing,buttheinaccuratepronunciationnotgenuinecan'tsolvethehearingproblemeffectivelydefinitely.Andaccurateandgenuinepronunciationoftenbenefitsfromandcorrectsone'sownpronunciationinhearingagain.Thetwopromoteeachother.Knowthebasicpronunciationruleisafoundationoflearninghearingwell,inpronunciationteaching.Third,Listeningpracticeshouldgoonwithreadingatthesametime.Alotofpeopleconcentratealltimeonexerciseofthehearingmaterialinordertoimprovehearing.Isaysurely,thisisamistake.Wedonotliveabroad,whateveryoudo,therecan'tbearealforeigncultureatmosphereatyourside,thiscanalreadyprovethatitiswrongtoonlypayattentiontosinglehearingandpractice..Secondly,1howmuchinformationdoyoutouchfromlisteningexercises?Thisinformationincludesallthingssuchasvocabulary,grammar,usage,culture,etc,whichcanbemetwhilecontactingmaterials.Ibetyoulistentotenboxesoftapesbeinglessthanmyamountofinformationofreadinganoriginalwork.Iftheothers'speakingcontentgoesbeyondyourtapecontentheardfluently,areyouconfidentofunderstanding?Thisisaverynaturalthing,whetherthecontentthatyouspeakofindailylifecanbeputintotenboxesoftapes.Formsofreadingrapidlyextensivereadingaremostsuitableforimprovinghearingtounderstand,shouldpayattentiontotheconversionabilitytoexpandthevocabularyandtrainthelanguageonthebasisofunderstandingwhiletraining;Understandthatgoesforwardsidebysidewiththespeed,accomplishwithoutanyletup,don'tfrequentlyconsultthedictionarytoinfluencetheprocessofthinking;Thereadingmaterialandhearingmaterialshouldkeepunanimity.Fourth,understandingoneboxtapeisbetterthanuncriticallylisteningtotenboxtapeswithoutrealcomprehensionofwhatonereadsorstudiesattentively.Rememberourwordswiththeheartatordinarytimes,thoughyouknowthisword,butprobablyyoucannotunderstandthisword,hearingisfamiliartothewordofearswhenpracticed.Preciselylisteningtoaboxoftapeyourememberallwords,sentences,pronouncing,intonationswithears.suffusedwithlisteningtotenboxesoftapes,youcannotremembermanythings.Fifth,precislyhearing,itisveryimportanttobesuffusedwithhearing.WhatIwantedtoemphasizeiswhilelisteningtothatsuffusedwith:Speedofthelanguage,intonation,makeyouusedtothenormalspeedoflanguage.Wearealwayslisteningtothesamewordrepeatedlyconstantlywhenlisteningprecisely,butotherswillonlysayoncetoyouinfact.Soitinsuffusedwithlisteningtomakeoneselfusedtoothersusenormallanguagespeed,talkonlyonce.Thesixth,paycloseattentiontothecommonlyusedwords.Foreignerswillnotspeakwithwordsthatyoudonotknoweverytime.Whatyoucannotunderstandisoftenwhatisfrequentlyused.Justtheymakeyouthinkitwasanewwordbymistakeunderoftenreadingrapidly,insuccession,slightlysound.Itisbelievedthateverybodyhasalreadyhadanintimateknowledge.Whicharethecommonlyusedwords?,suchasinhearing,go,you,where,when,him,them,etc.VOASpecialEnglishisaverygoodlisteningmaterial,andyoushouldlistentothethingofthespeedofnormallanguagesofsomeforeigners.ItisimpossibleforyoutorequireforeignerstospeakforyoutohearrapidlywiththelanguageofSpecialEnglish.VOASpecialEnglishisnotonlyararehearingmaterialintheABCofEnglish,butalsoaexcellentmaterialtocorrectpronunciation.NomatterwhatdegreeyourEnglishIreachhopingyoucanlistentoSpecialEnglishconstantly.2Sofromtheabove,weknowweshouldusetheskillstoimprovelisteninglevel.Weneedtopayattentiontomanythings.AndatthesametimeweshouldtraintheinterestofEnglishstudytobecomeinterestedinEnglish,thenthelisteninglevelwilljustbeimproved,thusestablishconfidence,andovercomethepsychologicalobstacle.Possessingcertainculturebackgroundknowledgeleadstodeeperunderstandingtothematerialslistenedtolikethis.Ofcourse,everyonehashisownexperience.Maybetheabovecanbefitforsomestudents.LetusstudyhardatEnglishtogethertoimprovelistening.3
