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OnImprovingEnglishListeningSkills

Abstract:

BasedontheimportanceofEnglishlisteninginlearningEnglish,thisarticlemainlytellussomeeffectiveskillstoimproveourEnglishlistening.

Outline

1.Introduction

1.1DefinitionofEnglishlisteningskills

1.2Thenecessityofimprovinglisteningskills

2.ThereasonsinEnglishlisteningbarriers

2.1Objectivereasons

A.DifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternculture

B.Chieseeducationbackground

C.Objectiverestrictions

2.2Subjectivereasons

A.Theincorrectpronunciation

B.Theinfluenceofspeed

C.ReasonsinEnglishcomprehensiveknowledge

D.Personalreasons

3.ThewayofimprovingEnglishlisteningskills

3.1CultivateinterestinEnglishlistening

A.ListenEnglishsongsandwatchEnglishmovies

B.Overcomeyourpsychologybarriers

C.Giveyourselfsomeencourageandreward

3.2learnwesternculture

A.extendtheknowledgeofwesternculturebackground

B.learnthedifferencesbetweenwesterncultureandChineseculture

3.3ImproveEnglishcomprehensiveknowledge

A.Enlargeyourvocabulary

B.Thecombinationoflistening,speaking,readingandwriting

C.Practicemakesperfect

3.4Usetheresourcesaroundyou

A.Usetheresourcesinnetwork,TV,libraries,broadcastandsoon

B.Seizeeverychancetotalkwithforeigners

C.Repeattolistening

3.5Usetheeffectivewayindoinglisteningexercise

A.Listenwithquestions:

who,what,when,where,why,how

B.Writedownthemainideawhatyouheard

3.6Learnthecorrectpronunciation

A.Identifysimilarpronunciationcarefully

B.Stressandsoundlinking

4.conclusion

5.Bibliography

1.Introduction

1.1DefinitionofEnglishlisteningskills

Sincelanguagewascreatedbyhumanbeings,listeningfollowed.Inourdailylife,wealwaysinastateofspeakingorlistening.Wecommunicatewithothersbylisteningandspeaking.Buthowtocommunicatewellwithothers?

Weneedtopayattentiontoourlisteningskills.English,asaforeignlanguagetochinesepeople,ishardtobemastered.SoitcomestoEnglishlisteningskills.

1.2Thenecesssityofimprovinglisteningskills

Anoldsayinggoes“Godgaveustwoearsandonemouthsothatwecanheartwiceasmuchaswesay”.listeningisthefoundationoflearninglanguage.ItisanimportanttooltoabsorblanguagematerialandoneofthemostimportantpartsofstudyingEnglish.Toforeignlanguageslearners,it’sverynecessarytoimprovetheirlisteningskills.Onconditionthatweunderstandwhatotherssay,thenwecantalkwiththem.Soifyouwanttocommunicatewellwithforeigners,youshouldimproveyourlisteningskillsfirst.

2.ThereasonsinEnglishlisteningbarriers

2.1Objiectivereasons

A.DifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternculture

Languageisakindofspiritualwealthwhichiscreatedbyhumans.It’sapartofculture.Itisassumedthattheworldhasapproximately3,000language,whichcanbegroupedintoroughly300languagefamiliesonthebasisofsimilaritiesintheirbasicwordstockandgrammar.ChineseandEnglishbelongstodifferentlanguagefamilies,sothepeopleofChineseandWesternhavedifferentlanguageculture.Thatcausesthedifficultyinunderstandingeachother.Forexample:

inChinese“whereareyougoing?

”isthegreeting,butthereisnotgreeting“function”inEnglish.Ontheotherhanditisthoughttointerfereinpeople’sprivacy.

B.Chineseeducationbackground

Sincetheopiumwar,theChineseRevolutionisthetragicallyepicoftheancientethnic.Chinesegovernmentmadethediplomaticpolicyofseclusionandexecutedautocraticmonarchypolitically.ThatextremelyhinderedexchangesbetweenChineseandWesterncultures.Untilthepolicyofopeningtotheoutsideworldputintoeffect,Chinesepoplebegantohaveanaccesstoforeignculture.Atthattime,ChinesepeoplepaymoreandmoreattentiontoEnglishlearning.Buttheystilldon’thaveagoodwaytomasterit.

C.Objectiverestrictions

Weallknowthatthelearningenvironmentisveryimportanttoeverylanguagelearner.InmostareaofChina,EnglishSpeakersisquietafew.Wedon’thaveanchancetoimproveourlisteningskillsbytalkingwiththemdirectly.Moreover,somefamilies,especiallyruralfamilies,don’thaveenoughmoneytopayforlearningsupplies.Theyevencan’taffordacomputeroraMP3tohelpthempracticingtheirEnglishlistening,letalonetocommunicatewithforeignersface-to-face.That’stheeconomicrestriction.Inaddition,timerestrictionandotherrestrictionsalsohaveaneffectonimprovingEnglishlisteningskills.

2.2Subjectivereasons

A.Theincorrectpronunciation

Ifthelistenersdon’tgraspethecorrectpronunciationofEnglishwords,itoftencausesthemsomeunderstandingbarriers,speciallyforsimilarwords.

WeallknowthattherearesomedifferencesbetweenAmericaEnglishandBritishEnglish.Wealsooftenencounterthesedifferentethnicgroupsmaycauseussomeobstacleinlisteningcomprehension.

Anotherreasonistheexistenceofstressandsoundlinking,whichaffectourlisteningcomprehension.

B.Theinfluenceofspeed

Thelanguagespeedvariesanditoftencausesomeproblemsinlisteningcomprehension.Whenthespeaker’sutteranceisquiteeasyandthespeedisquiteslow,thelistenerwillhavenotanydifficultyinunderstandinghim.Ohterwise,ifthelistenercannotfollowthespeedofthespeaker,therewillbesomeproblemsincomprehensionhiswords.What’smore,thereoftenapearconnectingreadingandweakreading,losttone,stressshiftingandsooninadialogue,whichhaveanegativeeffectonlisteningcomprehension.Forexample:

Notatall.（connectingreading）

Putitonthebox.（connectingreading）

Motheraskedmetodosomecleaning.（losttone）

There’sadeskandachairinit,too.（stress）

C.ReasonsinEnglishcomprehensiveknowledge

Theinfluenceofvocabularyisoneoftheimportantfactors.Vocabularyisthebuildingmaterialinlisteningprocess.Ifyourvocabularyisnotenough,therewillbesomedifficutyinlistening.

“Withoutgrammar,peoplecan’texpressmanythings;butwithoutvocabularytheycanexpressnothing”,thefamousEnglishphoneticianD.A.Wilikinsoncesaid.Inordertounderstandthelisteningmaterialexactly,studentsmustgraspthecorrectEnglishgrammar.

Actually,listening,speaking,readingandwritingarethefoundationoflearningalanguage.Theyaresupplementeachother.IfwewanttoimproveourEngllishlisteningskills,weshouldfocusontheotherpartsatthesametime.Inaword,Englishcomprehensiveknowledgehaveagreateffectonwhetherwecanunderstandtheforeignersmeaning.

D.Personalreasons

“Interestisthebestteacher”,Einsteineversaid.Ifonehaven’taninterstinEnglishlistening,hewillbeverydifficulttoimprovehislisteningskills,andviceversa.

SomeonemayhavepsychologicalbarrierduringEnglishlistening.Theyalwaysfeelnervousandpassive,afraidofwithoutcatchingthemeaning.That’sthepsychologybarrier.

3.ThewayofimprovingEnglishlisteningskills

3.1CultivateinterestinEnglishlistening

A.ListenEnglishsongsandwatchEnglishmovies

TherearesomanybeautifulEnglishsongsMusiccancrosscountries,andalmosteveryonelikestoenjoyit.Thepronunciationofthesongsisverypureandidiomatic.Ifweoftenlistenthem,ourlanguagesensecanbeenhancedquickly.Sochoosingsomepleasingsongsandtrytosingitout,you’llfindthatyourpronounciationbecomesmoreandmoreaccurate.

IfyouareafanofeuropeandAmericamovies,pleasenotonlypayattentiontotheplot,butalsothelanguage.Writedownthesentencesyourareinterestedandtrytorecitethem.Youcanalsorepeattolisteningthedialogueyouareinterested.Learntheusefulphraseandthecorrectpronounciation.Soonerorlater,yourEnglishlisteningwillmakegreatprogress.

MusicandmoviescanmakeyouloveEnglishmoreandmoreanddonotbebored.

B.Overcomeyourpsychologybarriers

IfyoucannotunderstandwhatissaidinaTVprogrammeorontheradio,justcontinuetolisten.Themoreyoupractise,themoreyouwillimproveinlistening.ThemoreyoufearlisteningtoEnglish,themoreyouareunwillingtogetopportunitiestolisten.Rememberthattherearevariousaccents,andifyoucannotlistenclearlytoaparticularaccent,itdoesn'tmeanthatyouwillgetpoorgradesinlistening.

C.Giveyourselfsomeencourageandreward

GiveyourselfsomeencourageindoingEnglishlistening.Believethatyoucanmakeit.Whenyoudowellandmakeprogress,giveyourselfsomereward.Believethat:

themoretimeyouspend,thebetterresultyouget.

3.2learnwesternculture

A.extendtheknowledgeofwesternculturebackground

HowtoenlargetheknowledgeaboutEnglish?

First,youshouldreadsomethingabouttheirculture.Forexample,inthewesterncontries,peoplearenotallowedtoasksomethingaboutcarriage,child,job,salaryandage.second,youcanlearntheirhistoy.Histoyalwayshelpyouunderstandtheformationoftheiruniqueculturebackground.Atlast,youcangettheknowledgefromtheirmoviesandsoon.

B.learnthedifferencesbetweenwesterncultureandChineseculture

ThemajordifferencebetweenChineseandWesterncultureisthatChinaisanorientalcountry,anditstraditionalcultureiscompletelydifferentfromwesternheritage.Westernersbelieveinindividualism,andChinesebelieveincollectivism.Westernculturehasawealthyandluxuriouslifestyle,butChinesemostlyhaveamodestwayofliving.TheChinesebelieveinrelationships,andsearchingforinnerblissandhappinessthroughmeditation.TheWesternculturebelievesinamaterialisticapproach,andhasapragmaticandemotionalattitude.

3.3ImproveEnglishcomprehensiveknowledge

A.Enlargeyourvocabulary

Howtoenlargeyourvocabulary?

Youreallydon’tneedtotakeyourvocabularybookwhereveryou