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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