Listening practice **skills

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Skills for practicing listening: 1. It is essential to choose a set of listening materials that are slightly above one’s actual level in order to conduct intensive training. 　　For beginners in English, it is extremely important to choose the right learning materials. These materials can be part of a series or consist of two separate volumes, but their difficulty level must be suitable for the learner’s current proficiency. The author has used many English listening textbooks, such as Step by Step, College English, Listen to This, Crazy English, and so on. After thorough comparison, I found that the Listen to This series (also known as English Listening for Beginners (Intermediate, Advanced)) is straightforward and structured in a progressive manner, making it the most suitable for self-learners to use for intensive training. 　　Set aside no less than 1 hour per day for intensive listening and extensive listening. 　　The ancients said, “With enough effort, an iron rod can be ground into a needle.” ”It means that we must put in thorough effort whether we are doing things or learning*, otherwise we will achieve nothing. For beginners in English, the hardest thing is undoubtedly \"perseverance\". Intensive listening means listening to a small unit every day according to one’s learning progress, and making every effort to understand the meaning of the sentences and passages. Passive listening refers to listening to English songs, movie dialogues, news in English, etc., using a portable recorder at any time and place; in essence, it is about creating an English learning environment for oneself. 　　2. Use a pencil to make notes and preview in advance to make guesses. 　　In the initial stage of listening practice, it is best to develop the good habit of holding a pencil and skimming through the questions in advance for a short period of time. In English exams, candidates usually receive the test paper in advance. The examiners advise them to write down their names, admission ticket numbers, etc., and although they are not allowed to start answering questions, they can take a look at the test paper first. For beginners in English, using this short time to preview the question content can provide a lot of information for the exam. For fill-in-the-blank questions, one can read the entire passage to get an overall idea and make guesses for some of the blanks ； For multiple-choice questions, reading the options helps improve the accuracy rate ； For question-and-answer questions, simply focus on the question part; during the listening session, pay close attention to that section. 　　Self-study tips: Holding a pencil allows you to mark key words and sentences while previewing the material, to use as a guide when answering listening questions. But try to erase it before the exam ends to keep the paper neat; otherwise, points may be deducted. 　　3. Conduct dictation training on beautiful passages. 　　Dictation has always been a learning method that I highly recommend. On the surface, it seems that every learner understands the entire meaning after listening carefully to a listening material, but this is not always the case; it is necessary to study some beautiful passages more in depth. Dictation is the most effective method. 　　Self-study tips: Try to use an external recorder for listening practice, and when doing dictation exercises, you can control the time by pressing the pause button. After repeating this process, you will arrive at two conclusions: first, there are many mistakes in the dictation ； II. After dictation, one has an extremely strong impression of what was dictated, to the point where it’s hard to forget!