listening skills

英文听力得重要性英语作文The Vital Importance of English Listening Skills.In the globalized world of today, the significance of English listening skills cannot be overstated. English, as the lingua franca of international communication, plays a pivotal role in bridging cultural divides and facilitating understanding among people from diverse backgrounds. The ability to comprehend spoken English is crucial for effective communication, academic success, and professional growth.Firstly, English listening skills are essential for effective communication. When we engage in conversations with native English speakers, it is imperative that we are able to understand their words and phrases. This not only helps us respond appropriately but also enhances thequality of the interaction. Listening well enables us to pick up on nuances in language, such as tone, pace, and emphasis, which are often crucial in understanding theintended meaning.Moreover, English listening skills are crucial for academic success. In many fields of study, being able to comprehend lectures, seminars, and discussions is paramount. Whether it's a science class discussing complex theories or a literature course analyzing poetry, the ability to listen and understand the spoken word is fundamental to academic learning. Additionally, many exams and assessments require students to demonstrate their understanding of spoken material, further emphasizing the importance of listening skills.Professional growth is also greatly influenced by English listening skills. In the workplace, being able to understand instructions, participate in meetings, and communicate effectively with colleagues and clients is crucial. English is often the common language ininternational businesses, and proficiency in listening can open up opportunities for career advancement and success. Moreover, with the advent of technology and the increasing use of video conferencing and online meetings, the abilityto listen well has become even more important.Beyond the immediate practical benefits, English listening skills also contribute to personal and cognitive development. Listening to native speakers helps us improve our language skills, expand our vocabulary, and enhance our understanding of different cultures and perspectives. It broadens our horizons, making us more tolerant and open-minded.Furthermore, English listening skills are integral to language learning itself. They provide a foundation for speaking, reading, and writing skills. By listening to native speakers, we can learn new words, phrases, and grammatical structures, and develop a better understanding of language patterns and usage.In conclusion, English listening skills are vital for effective communication, academic success, professional growth, and personal development. They are the gateway to understanding and engaging with a globalized world. By cultivating our listening skills, we open ourselves to newopportunities, expand our knowledge, and enhance our ability to connect with people from diverse backgrounds. Therefore, it is imperative that we prioritize the development of our English listening skills and continuously strive to improve them.。

Practice(练习）.发音有问题是难免的，因此很多人会 害怕说错而不开口。没关系，多练习就好了，不要害羞。
Find a partner(找伙伴）.从别人那里得到反馈是很重 要的。找个也对提高英语水平感兴趣的伙伴，互相鼓励， 互相比赛，多对话。
Be poetic(充满诗意）.大声地念诗、演讲，专注在字的 重音和音调。因为，诗歌通常都是琅琅上口，有节奏感 的，多多练习有助于提高英语水平。发音准了，语调对 了，语感慢慢出来了，这对记忆单词和交流都有好处。
泛听
泛听目的有二：一是练习捕捉大意，让理解单位从 “词汇”到“句子”再到“大意”；二是熟悉语速和 语境，既真实英语的使用环境。切忌把泛听当精听。 战胜“细节完美主义”的办法是重大意而非细节，重 内容而非语言，重正在听的内容而非听过的内容。
“拳不离手，曲不离口”，泛听要形成“磨耳朵” 的习惯，充效果。
学习方法与策略
在阅读过程中、从书本例句中、从对话中 看、听到地道、标准、典型、或优美的句 子摘抄下来。
将每一个摘抄的句子分别记在不同卡片或 纸条上随身携带。
随时取出尽量做到大声、快速、清晰地读 几遍。
.经常回忆所记的句子。
suggestions
Listen to yourself（听自己）.如果你不能听出你自 己的发音问题，就很难去改正它。试着把你的朗读或 演说录下来，并与以英语为母语的外国人士做个比较。
Listen for key words. Key words are stressed. They are louder, longer, and higher pitched than other words. These are the words that the speaker thinks are most important in a sentence. For example, notice the stress and intonation in this dialogue: A: I went to the store. B: Which store?

语音问题自身准确地道的英语发音不能让你在听力上面无往不利，但是不准确不地道的发音绝对要妨碍听力水平的提高。

试设想，如果你的语音不准，甚至错误，你又怎能听懂正确的发音呢？中国学生在语音方面经常遇到的问题有以下几种：1、连读连读即连在一起读，就是两个或多个分属不同单词的音因相邻或语速快等原因而连在一起读出的现象。

如：I called~you half~an~hour~ago. It~is~an~old book连读的条件：相邻的两词在意义上必须密切相关，同属一个意群。

连读所构成的音节一般都不重读，只需顺其自然地一带而过，不可读得太重，也不可太轻。

连读主要有以下几种类型：(1)“辅音+元音”型连读在同一个意群里，如果相邻两词中的前一个词是以辅音结尾，后一个词是以元音开头，这就要将辅音与元音拼起来连读。

I’m~an~English boyIt~is~an~old bookLet me have~a look~at~it.Ms Black worked in~an~office last~yesterday.I called~you half~an~hour~ago.Put~it~on, please.Not~at~all.Please pick~it~up.(2) 击穿清辅音（h）的连读在英语听力中，如果前一个单词以辅音结尾，则该辅音几乎必然要击穿后一单词开头的清辅音（h），直接与（h）后面的元音连读。

如：isn’t he? (izn ti)d on’t have (dɔn tæv)sell her books (se lə buk)(3) 失去爆破：顾名思义，指爆破音失去爆破。

发生的条件如下：当前面的单词以[p]、[b]、[t]、[d]、[k]、[g]这六个爆破音中的任何一个结尾，而紧随其后的单词是以辅音开头的，这时前面单词中的爆破音失去爆破，即由相关的发音器官做好这个发音的姿势，稍做停顿后即发后面的爆破音。

5 skills of listeningWe are losing our listening. We spend roughly 60 percent of our communication time listening, but we’re not very good at it. We retain just 25 percent of what we hear. Now not you, not this talk, but that is generally true.Let’s define listening as making meaning from sound. It’s a mental process, and it’s a process of extraction. We use some pretty cool techniques to do this.One of them is pattern recognition. So in a cocktail [ˈkɒkteɪl]鸡尾酒party like this (Crowd noise of party), if I say, “David, Sara, pay attention,”some of you will sit up. We recognize patterns to distinguish noise from signal, and especially our name.Differencing is another technique we use. If I left this pink noise on for more than a couple of minutes, you would literally cease [si:s]停止to hear it. We listen to differences, we discount sounds that remain the same.And then there is a whole range of filters [ˈfɪltə(r)]过滤. These filters take us from all sound down to what we pay attention to. Most people are entirely unconscious of these filters. But they actually create our reality in a way, because they tell us what we’re paying attention to right now. Give you one example of that: Intention is very important in sound, in listening. When I married my wife, I promised her that I would listen to her every day as if for the first time. Now that’s something I fall short of on a daily basis. But it’s a great intention to have in a relationship.But that’s not all. Sound places us in space and in time. If you close your eyes right now in this room, you’re aware of the size of the room from the reverberation [rɪˌvɜ:bəˈreɪʃn]混响and the bouncing [ˈbaʊnsɪŋ]弹跳of the sound off the surfaces. And you’re aware of how many people are around you because of the micro-noises you’re receiving. And sound places us in time as well, because sound always has time embedded [ɪm'bedɪd]嵌入的（并存）in it. In fact, I would suggest that our listening is the main way that we experience the flow of time from past to future. So, “Sonority [sə'nɒrətɪ]响度（声音）is time and meaning存在”—a great quote [kwəʊt]引用（名言）.I said at the beginning, we’re losing our listening. Why did I say that? Well there are a lot of reasons for this.First of all, we invented ways of recording –first writing, then audio recording and now video recording as well. The premium [ˈpri:miəm]溢价（好处）on accurate and careful listening has simply disappeared. Secondly, the world is now so noisy, with this cacophony [kəˈkɒfəni]杂音going on visually视觉上and auditorily [ˈɔ:dit əri ]听觉上, it’s just hard to listen; it’s tiring to listen. Many people take refuge [ˈrefju:dʒ]避难in headphones, but they turn big, public spaces like this, shared soundscapes, into millions of tiny, little personal sound bubbles. In this scenario [səˈnɑ:riəʊ]脚本（情况）, nobody’s listening to anybody. We are becoming impatient. We don’t want oratory [ˈɒrətri]雄辩术anymore, we want sound bites. And the art of conversation is being replaced –dangerously, I think –by personal broadcasting. I don’t know how much listening there is in this conversation, which is sadly very common, especially in the U.K. We’re becoming desensitized. Our media have to scream at us with those kinds of headlines, in order to get our attention. And that means it’s harder for us to pay attention to the quiet, the subtle, the understated.This is a serious problem that we’re losing our listening. This is not trivial. Because listening is our access to understanding. Conscious listening always creates understanding. And only without conscious listening can these things happen –a world where we don’t listen to each other at all, is a very scary place indeed. So I’d like to share with you five simple exercises, tools you can take away with you, to improve your own conscious listening.The first one is silence. Just three minutes a day of silence is a wonderful exercise to reset your ears and to recalibrate [rɪ'kælɪbreɪt]重新校准so that you can hear quiet again. If you can’t get absolute silence, go for quiet, that’s absolutely fine.Second, I call this the mixer. So even if you’re in a noisy environment – and we all spend a lot of time in places – listen in the coffee bar to how many channels of sound can I hear? How many individual channels in that mix am I listening to? You can do it in a beautiful place as well, like in a lake. How many birds am I hearing? Where are they? Where are those ripples ['rɪplz]涟漪? It’s a great exercise for improving the quality of your listening.Third, this exercise I call savoring ['seɪvə]品味, and this is a beautiful exercise. It’s about enjoying mundane [mʌnˈdeɪn]世俗的（平淡的）sounds. This, for example, is my tumble [ˈtʌmbl] dryer滚筒干衣机（Tumble dryer）. It’s a waltz. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. I love it. Or just try this one on for size. (Coffee grinder) Wow! So mundane sounds can be really interesting if you pay attention. I call that the hidden choir[ˈkwaɪə(r)]唱诗班. It’s around us all the time.The next exercise is probably the most important of all of these, if you just take one thing away. This is listening positions – the idea that you can move your listening position to what’s appropriate to what you’re listening to. This is playing with those filters. Do you remember, I gave those filers at the beginning. It’s starting to play with them as levers杠杆, to get conscious about them and to move to different places. These are just some of the listening positions, of scales of listening positions, that you can use. There are many. Have fun with that. It’s very exciting.And finally, an acronym [ˈækrənɪm]首字母缩略词. You can use this in listening, in communication. If you’re in any one of those roles – and I think that probably is everybody who’s listening to this talk – the acronym is RASA, which is the Sanskrit [ˈsænskrɪt]梵语word for juice or essence. And RASA stands for Receive, which means pay attention to the person; Appreciate, making little noises like “hmm”,”oh”,”okay”; Summarize, the word “so” is very important in communication ; and Ask, ask questions afterward.Now sound is my passion, it’s my life. I wrote a whole book about it. So I live to listen. That’s too much to ask from most people. But I believe that every human being needs to listen consciously in order to live fully –connected in space and in time to the physical world around us, connected in understanding to each other, not to mention spiritually connected, because every spiritual path I know of has listening and contemplation [ˌk ɒntəmˈpleɪʃn]沉思at its heart.That’s why we need to teach listening in our schools as a skill. Why is it not taught? It’s crazy. And if we can teach listening in our schools, we can take our listening off that slippery[ˈslɪpəri]滑的slope [sləʊp]斜坡to that dangerous, scary world that I talked about and move it to a place where everybody is consciously listening all the time – or at least capable of doing it. Now I don’t know how to do that, but this is TED, and I think the TED community is capable of anything. So I invite you to connect with me, connect with each other, take this mission out and let’s get listening taught in schools, and transform the world in one generation to a conscious listening world – a world of connection, a world of understanding and a world of peace.。