1, it takes a lot of time to improve listening.
I spend a lot of time listening. When I just graduated from college, I specially practiced TOEFL listening, which took about 300 hours. Later, I heard the middle listening and listening of Beiwai intermittently. Do you hear me? And SE from VOA. I have been listening to ST every day for the last four years, with an average of about 2 hours a day. The improvement of English listening needs a lot of accumulation, and it is impossible to make a breakthrough without spending a lot of time.
2. Improving listening requires the assistance of reading, speaking, writing and translation skills.
It is impossible to learn listening alone. During my college and postgraduate years, I spent a lot of time reading original English books, as well as some courses (macroeconomics, mass communication, western literature, etc. ) I basically read the original English books and translated some materials in my spare time. Because I have accumulated a lot of vocabulary, I am familiar with English expressions, which lays the foundation for the following listening practice. In addition, we should practice oral English more, write more and read more. I am proud that due to my usual efforts, I can get good grades in every important English exam, such as the entrance English exam for undergraduates, master students and doctoral students, without careful preparation.
3. To improve listening comprehension, you must have a corresponding vocabulary.
I recited it in college? English 8000 common words? I also recited a small English dictionary. And combine memorizing words with daily English reading to strengthen the vocabulary foundation. In the early stage of English learning, contact Ying Ying dictionary and practice explaining English in English. Thereby improving the sense of language. In recent years, my vocabulary has basically stabilized at over 10,000.
Dictation is a good method.
One of the great benefits of dictation is that it can help us identify pronunciation. Only by listening to English pronunciation correctly can we record the correct words and expressions. Long-term adherence to dictation can cultivate subconscious response to English pronunciation. It is difficult to learn dictation at first, but you can practice from SE and gradually transition to ST. The most important thing is the ability to distinguish sounds and improve the sensitivity of your ears. This is a physical exercise. Without the ability to distinguish sounds, everything will be impossible.
5. Insist on intensive listening
After you have a certain listening foundation, you can practice intensive listening. Listen sentence by sentence, but be sure to understand. Listen to simple words first, then listen to long sentences and complex sentences. I have to listen to it many times at first, and then I can understand it once or twice. Next, practice listening to a few sentences and paragraphs, and also ask for a complete understanding once or twice. Because intensive listening is completely understood by the ear, rather than referring to the recorded words, it is very helpful to improve listening. The purpose of all listening exercises is to improve listening comprehension. Dictation is only a means, not an end. To a certain extent, we should reduce the amount of dictation, and we can't understand it by recording the text by dictation.
6. Extensive listening with high quality
Extensive reading can improve listening comprehension at one time. Keep a calm mind when listening, just listen all the way, and don't pester individual new words and difficult sentences. It is required to quickly understand the general idea, and some details and difficulties can be understood during the second and third listening. Extensive reading of listening materials should not be too difficult, and the number of new words should not be too large.
7. Take the initiative to listen to some challenging materials
Scientific and technological reports, medical and health reports, interview records, etc. It's hard to understand, so you can listen selectively. Dare to chew hard bones and listen to general reports, and you will feel relaxed.
8. Subconscious listening practice
Listening before going to bed, completely relaxing listening, is conducive to the formation of English subconscious, and sometimes you can understand English in your ears when you sleep. Don't try to understand every sentence, you can also accumulate language feelings in a vague state.
There are many books about how to remember English words for reference. But the premise is rote memorization, and you must recite more than 6,000 basic vocabulary. Then use prefixes, suffixes, roots and other methods to expand vocabulary. I used to copy common words on the calendar with a brush, and I could see them as soon as I looked up. Pronunciation loudly when reciting words, and remember spelling rules. If a word has more than one meaning, remember the most commonly used meaning and gradually expand your understanding of the meaning of this word in the future.