If the listening goal is 8.5, the foundation should be quite good. IELTS listening is a skill item, so it is relatively easy to get points. Emphasis is placed on vocabulary accumulation, synonymous substitution and problem-solving skills. However, listening to 8.5 is very difficult, so it takes many times of effort.
vocabulary size
First of all, vocabulary is the basis of IELTS. Even if you can read the questions but can't write them, it won't help. In the process of preparing for listening, it is very necessary for candidates to accumulate and recite words repeatedly. Make sure that they have enough listening vocabulary before the exam, can listen and write, preferably reading.
In terms of vocabulary, it is mainly memorizing high-frequency vocabulary and listening scene vocabulary, which are familiar to everyone. I recommend you to use an IELTS word cutting app, which is more comprehensive and convenient to recite. In particular, memorizing words must be consolidated repeatedly. It takes a lot of effort to consolidate words in the early stage, and it will accumulate in the later stage. Good vocabulary accumulation is really helpful for doing problems.
Synonymy substitution
Secondly, synonymous substitution is the most commonly used routine for examiners in IELTS listening and reading. In listening, the original words are rarely reproduced. If you are unfamiliar with the same substitution, it will be quite difficult to locate it and there will be a chain reaction. One problem is missing, and the problems behind it are even bigger. Therefore, in ghostwriting, the first is to recite the ghostwriting materials compiled by predecessors, which can be found. Second, it is common to sum up and accumulate in the usual practice.
Thirdly, it is the mastery of the characteristics and problem-solving skills of each part. If the goal is 8, it is suggested that it is better to study in shifts, which is faster and more directional, and it takes too long to ponder for yourself. I can simply tell you the characteristics of each part. The difficulty of IELTS listening is graded. From Section 1 to Section4, the difficulty rises step by step, and the tasks of the examination room are different with different difficulties. 1 segment is score saving, and 2& segment; Section 3 is struggle and section 4 is challenge. The most difficult part is in the latter two parts, which require more experience, so it is best to solve the problem in a targeted way.
take exercise
Finally, brush the questions. Give priority to brush the sword, from sub-topic practice to segmentation practice, and then to limited time segmentation practice, and ensure enough practice every day. Practice paying attention to steps. After listening for the first time, don't look up the answer immediately, let alone read the original text immediately. Listen for the second time, write down the changed part and the part you heard the second time with different colored pens, listen for the third time, and then change the pens with different colors. If you still can't hear anything after the third time, it's your ability, so you should strengthen your practice accordingly.
In the process of practice, the most important part is to summarize and analyze, find problems, solve problems, and summarize substitutions and vocabulary, which is very helpful. Usually it takes 40 minutes to do the problem and twice as long to analyze it.
Intensive listening part
As for intensive listening, if you have enough time, I suggest you do it, but pay attention to the method. I'll introduce you to a method called shadow practice. You may have heard that its English name is shadowing practice.
You can try the functions in the alpaca IELTS APP. All the information in it comes from the original text of Cambridge 4~ 14. Every time you listen to the simple and elegant real questions, you can listen carefully on the app. And intensive listening is gradual.
Don't look at the original text for the first time, focus on my mistakes, grasp the positioning words, and then listen to synonymous substitution. As long as these two steps can be completed at 100% and the synonymous substitution is wrong in my typo book, the second intensive listening will be much easier.
Look at the original text for the second time and share with you a method, that is, mark some tips from the original text. When listening to it for the third time, I always pay attention to the hint of prohibition. All these are of great help to the later extensive reading. In addition, after finishing the intensive listening steps, listen at double speed to see if you have any understanding problems.
This will be of great help to meet the content with accent and fast speech. As long as you master certain pronunciation skills and pause meaning groups in daily conversation, you will naturally improve your understanding of some meaning groups in the process of listening.
The fourth time is to understand every sentence, every new word, word content and details.
Finally, do it again as a whole, don't pause, read it by yourself and see if you can synchronize the audio. This step trains the overall reaction speed. Don't recite this step, follow it as soon as you understand it, showing your understanding ability. It doesn't matter if you can't keep up, but look at the whole.
The above is about the experience and skills of getting 8 points in listening test. These points must be thoroughly understood. High marks are still very simple. Each man is the architect of his own fate. As long as you refuel, success is yours!