how to improve your listening

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1、HowtoImproveYourListening　　编者按：先生毕业于英国剑桥大学和贝尔法斯特大学，是专攻英语教学的双学位获得者，20世纪90年代以来一直在我国台湾省和韩国当英语教师，教过中学生、大学生和研究生，目前正执教于北京大学和中国社会科学院研究生部。应本刊邀请，先生专门为我刊读者撰写了专稿，指导英语学习者——特别是本职工作很忙的业余学习者——如何提高英语口语能力，如何改进发音，如何提高听力，如何扩大词汇量，如何提高阅读和写作能力，直至如何准备各类考试等等。因文章简明易懂，除少量生僻词语加注外，这里仅刊出英语原文，以飨读者。　　Everyoneknowsthattherear

2、efourskillsinlearningalanguage，namelylistening，speaking，readingandwriting.Theyarealwaysrelatedintermsofusage，andspeakingisviewedbylearnersasthemostdesirableskillinface-to-facecommunicationintheglobalizationera.However，whatistheanswertothefollowingquestions？　　*Whatdoyouhavetodobeforeyouspeak？　　*

3、Whatdoesachildlearnbeforehetalks？　　*Whatdoyoudobeforechatting？　　Listen，ofcourse！　　InEnglishlearning，notenoughattentionispaidtolistening.Youhaveonemouthbuttwoears！Therefore，weshouldlistentwiceasmuchaswespeak.Didyoueveraskyourself，“HowdidIlearnmyownlanguage？”Infactyouneverreallylearneditatall——yo

4、ujuststartedspeakingit.Butthisspeakingwastheresultofhearingyournativelanguagefortwoorthreeyears.Allthathearingwasnecessaryforyoutostartspeaking.FortwoyearswordswentINtoyourheadandthenwordscameOUTofyourhead.ThatiswhyhearingEnglishasmuchaspossibleissoimportanttoyounow.ThemoreEnglishyouputin，themo

5、reyou’llgetout！　　Whyislisteninggoodforyou？　　ListeningisgoodfortheEnglishstudentbecause：　　1.Whenlistening，youarereviewingalotofEnglishusagesuchasvocabulary，grammaticalstructures，intonation，accentandyourowninterpretation.　　2.Youcanlearnnewwordsandexpressionsbyhearingthemfrequently.　　3.Generalknow

6、ledgegainedfromtelevisionorradionews，features，orevenadvertisingspotsiscertainlybeneficialifyouarearegularlistener.　　4.Youcanimitatewhatyouhearandapplyitwithgreatconfidence.　　5.Listeningcanbeagreat“hobby”whileyoudootherthingssuchascooking，exercising，relaxing，etc.Inotherwords，youhavenowastedtimea

7、tall.　　6.Listeningisalsoagreatwaytotrainyourattention.　　Theresultsofgoodlistening　　Confidence　　Tobeabletolistenwellgivesyouconfidenceincommunication.Andthemoreconfidentyouareatlisteningthemoreconfidentyouwillbeatspeaking.　　Goodcom