英语听力dictation

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英语专四听力突破辅导：如何进行英语听写练习精听一个重要的练习方法是听写（Dictation）。

英语专业四级考试中听写还是很重要的一块。

考察方式是，一篇文章一共读四遍。

第一遍总听，大约把握文章主题和大意。

听第二遍时开始写，但肯定会漏掉很多词没写下来。

第三遍开始补空。

最后一遍总体检查。

假如我们平时练习听力也用这样的方法的话，你会发现既浪费时间，提高得也很缓慢。

但说心里话，我觉得当时的老师并没有教给我们什么学习方法，完全靠拼命反复做题。

由我的经历可以得出：你要是特别能吃苦，可以天天学英语十几个小时，并且坚持下来的话，你的英语同样可以学好，在刻苦练习的过程中自己也会总结出很多学习方法和规律。

可人的生命太短暂了，假如我们把有限的生命错误地投入到一些低效能的事情上的话，就得不偿失了。

人要把有限的精力投入到最有也许带来效益的事情上去。

现在大家有福了！我会尽力帮大家总结提炼些能帮助你们高效提高英语水平的学习方法。

听写材料的选择建议大家不要用电影对白或者托福听力的对话部分练听写。

换句话说，对话类型的材料（conversations）是不适合拿来练听写的。

因素很简朴，对话的难点不在于某一个词，或一个复杂的句型，或比较晦涩的内容，或巨大的信息量。

难点往往来自于一些音变现象，比如连读失去爆破；来自于一些俚语习惯表达；来自于上下文语境的理解。

换句话说，很多对话材料，就算原文里每个单词你都结识，但不一定理解这句话的意思。

所以，费了半天劲听写下来的对话内容，要么看不懂不理解；要么就是这次看懂了，下次还是听不出。

所以，对话材料应当采用的练习方法其实是跟读模仿。

后面会讲到。

用来练听写的材料应当是一个人的陈述、讲座之类的（Lecture）。

之所以选择这样的材料，是和练听写的目地分不开的。

练听写的核心本质其实是为了提高我们快速理解和记忆的能力。

有的同学误认为听写就是要把听到的所有内容都写下来，那是一些考试的规定，不是我们平时提高听力的方法。

英语专四听力Dictation真题答题技巧2018英语专四听力Dictation真题答题技巧2018英语专业四级考试，很多考生感到无从下手不知道怎么复习及如何复习，新东方在线专四频道将专四听力、专四阅读、专四作文、专四完形填空、专四语言知识进行了解题技巧大汇总，希望能帮助考生们顺利通过专四考试。

首先，必须提高英语专四听力水平，熟悉英美国家的说话发音的不同方式，语音语调;其次对于大纲中所列单词和短语，不仅要认知，而且会熟练拼写。

另外考生可以利用二读三读时的停顿，一般地说，二读时，某个意群如有停顿，接下去是另一意群，那么两者之间可能有符号，如逗号，也可能没有。

此外，要充分利用语法知识进行分析，如单复数是否一致,上下文时态是否相配,大小写是否恰当,介词搭配或词语用法是否合乎规范,前后语意内容是否通顺等。

加强记忆和速记能力。

有时候，听的内容都懂了，但由于记忆的问题或时间的问题没写下来，因此在平时的训练中，有意识地不是以单个的词而是以意群为单位进行理解和记忆;在短暂的停顿空间，如果时间来不及，可以选用自己熟悉的缩写形式或符号记录，等以后有时间时再复原。

这种速记能力也要靠平时的多练，才能获得。

根据评分方式，学会取舍。

因为听写的评分不是根据写出的单词个数多少而是以是否表达清楚原文的主要意思为依据，然后以是否有小的错误，如单复数，大小写，定冠词等分层次扣分，也就是说，扣分有主要和次要信息之分，因此听的时候也要分清重点和非重点;另外听写的全部内容根据意群分成15分，每个意群最多扣一分，如果在听的过程中有个别词或词组一下反应不出来，就不要苦苦纠缠单个的词，要跟着录音进行下一意群的.听写，避免个别词或句的错漏影响对其它内容的听音。

注意以下错误扣分情况：A. 小错误：1)单词拼写错一到二个字母。

例：inconvenient- unconvenient, inconvient;originally- origionally, originally; knives- nives。

如何做dictation？有些同学问我怎么做dictation来提高听力。

其实步骤很简单，我跟大家概括一下，顺便随便抽了一张去年练的BBC常速英语（5min）做个示范，希望同学们能找到适合自己的方法，提高听力水平。

1.通听第一遍。

拿到材料（常速也好，慢速也罢）以后，第一件事情是听一遍，了解这个材料讲了哪些事情或者哪一件事情。

这一次可以在草稿纸上面写下重点信息（非常少的），比如“乌克兰-爆炸”、“巴以纠纷”等。

2.精听+听写。

以句子为单位（按BBC常速来举例的话，一般3-5秒的信息量），将听到的东西写出来。

有的句子听了一遍忘记了，再回放一次句子（注意一定要是整块的信息，而不是单独的词，不然没有训练到记忆力跟理解力，没有意义），直到写出答案为止。

实在写不出来的，就拼一个词出来，下面划横线，表示此处不确定。

3.通听最后一遍+修改。

全部写完以后，再全部听一遍，不要停顿，修改自己写的东西。

4.订正+整理。

订正听力稿，整理新闻中出现的生词（包括重要地名与人名，比如我以下图片中整理的“William Hague”）。

注：dictation的方法对于提高听力水平十分有效，不过必须是通过长时期的大量练习。

大家现阶段可以根据自己的能力，选择适合的材料进行听写，VOA慢速也可以。

更难一点的材料是VOA-CNN-BBC，而且时间也可以越听越长。

写这个的目的不是为了给大家施压，跟我们上课内容也没有关系，只是帮助对于提高听力感到迷茫的同学。

此外，大一阶段要打好各方面基础，以后应试专四、专八时就不会感觉太过于头疼。

大家加油吧~！↖(^ω^)↗。