Generally speaking, the preparation training of short listening must be carried out by combining vertical listening with horizontal listening. The so-called vertical listening refers to hearing a set of questions from the beginning to the end, and hearing the last question from the first question. The so-called horizontal listening refers to comparing and listening to articles of the same theme and genre, so as to quickly grasp the rules of the same type of articles and truly seek changes in the same. For example, in recent years, there are two articles about biographies, namely 1999 65438+ October 1 99665438+October 1. Listening to these two articles together, we can find that they both started with introductory writing. These contents are often tested. At the end of the article, we usually mention the great achievements of the characters and comment on their merits and demerits. Generally, the article tells characters experience in narrative language, with little plot description or dialogue between characters. Through this repeated comparative listening, we can quickly grasp the mode and examination ideas of biographical articles, and seize the test sites in a short time.

The author here provides a set of specific short listening training methods:

Candidates can select 10-20 articles with different themes and genres from the examination questions over the years, and carry out intensive listening training according to the following steps.

Step 1: When listening to the tape for the first time, do the questions carefully, pay attention to the time and simulate the atmosphere of the examination room. After you finish, you should also pay attention to the right and wrong numbers, analyze the characteristics of option settings, and practice the ability of fast scanning options.

Step 2: Listen to the tape 4-5 times without written materials. It is absolutely not allowed to listen to written materials at this time. You should use the repeat key on the tape recorder repeatedly and try your best to understand the whole text. When listening to the fifth or sixth time, you can write down the full text while listening, and then compare the written materials to see what is wrong with the written records and analyze the reasons why you don't understand. Is it pronunciation, vocabulary or grammar? Then solve it in a targeted manner.

Step 3: After you are familiar with the content of this paragraph, open the written materials, listen to the recording, carefully understand the corresponding test sites and answers to questions in the paragraph, and analyze why you are misled by some distractions.

Step 4: Read aloud after the tape to improve your speaking speed. If you can basically keep up with the speed of the listening materials, it is not difficult to do the same type of questions again.

In addition, there are some things that deserve our attention in practice. Please form good habits and try to avoid:

1. ostrich hearing. Many students have no habit of doing things while listening. Listening is listening, and they try to recall the information related to the topic when doing it. Even some students like to listen with their eyes closed or their heads down on the table, thinking that this can concentrate more, but it is often easy to get distracted and the efficiency of listening is very low.

2. More, but not more. Many students seldom listen to what they have already heard, which is a wrong idea. One-sided pursuit of practice can not effectively improve understanding when doing listening problems, and you must feel it with your heart to get remarkable results.

3. Unwilling to read aloud written materials, thinking that listening is listening, and there is no need to associate it with reading oral English. Actually, the listening test is spoken English. When spoken English is improved, listening will naturally go up. At the same time, reading aloud can cultivate correct pronunciation and intonation and strengthen our understanding of the article.

4. Improper training schedule. Listening training requires a high degree of concentration, and it is appropriate to arrange the time at the best time every day. The time should not be too long, just listen for half an hour to an hour at a time. In addition, because listening is a skill training that becomes a habit, it is best to arrange a period of time every day to avoid fishing for three days and drying the net for two days.

In short, listening to CET-4 composition is not terrible. If we can grasp it macroscopically and insist on "listening attentively" at ordinary times, we will certainly improve our English language ability from different angles and levels.