关于如何练习听力(英文版)概要1.pptVIP

An Introduction to  English Listening Your puzzlement in listening How can I improve my listening competence? What material should I select? Where can I obtain the material? Are there any effective listening skills I should learn? What should I do if I encountered new words while listening? ...... The charm of sound and voice Watch and listen to two short film clips. Scientific researchers indicate that brain is better at remembering voice and images rather than words and signals. Listening is the base of study as well as the origin of learning. Interest is the best motivation to improve your listening ability. The nature of listening An important channel of input. Listening is not a passive process of receiving information. It involves the interaction between the speaker and the listener. In this process, a listener tries actively to construct meaning, though the success of listening comprehension relies on many factors like the vocabulary and grammatical knowledge of listeners, their psychological statement and emotional fluctuation, background knowledge, etc. Factors influencing listening 1. Linguistic knowledge (phonological knowledge, vocabulary size, homophone) an example in Friends 2 background knowledge (Tom: Rose, did you go shopping yesterday? Rose: How could you go shopping Christmas Day? Question: Did Rose go shopping yesterday?) 3 speed of speech. AP news/ VOA special 4 accent British/American/Australian/Canadian... accent Features of pronunciation in English 英语发音中的音变：连读，同化，不完全爆破，弱读，缩读。 1. 连读。 a. Look at get out above all put it on all of us not at all b. great teacher bad day with the quickened the c. I love her. But she loves him. However, he doesn’t love her that much. Cathy was having a hard time with her Physics homework but Sam has kindly offered to assist her Features of pronunciation in English 2. 同化。Assimilation: the process by