英语专四听力突破辅导听写练习方法及要点

英语专四听力突破辅导：听写练习方法及要点

听写练习

听写练习的难点有三：

一是未能选择适合自己的听写练习素材，

二是没有掌握循序渐进的正确听写方法，

三是没有合理地把做过的练习进行总结，

为了克服这种事倍功半的现象，首先要找到适合自己水平的材料。

选择听写材料的五大黄金原则：

1．不要选择专业术语、专有名词较多的材料

2．注意语段材料的时效性，时效性越强越值得练习

3．初学者不宜用影视剧对白练习听写

4．刚开始练习时，材料篇幅不宜过长。

5．不推荐听收音机节目来做听写练习

练习方法

练习方法也很有讲究。一定要以句子为单位进行听写。

根据练习的不同目的，听写练习可分为两个层次：

1．练习信息概括能力和表达能力

指听写句子时，不要求完全按照录音原文精确记录，而是根据理解，用自己的话概括，在纸上表达出大意，非常类似四六级复合式听写的最后三个长句子的要求。这样的练习，旨在提高听英语时提炼、概括信息的能力，和语言的综合表达能力。

此时不应拘泥于个别听不懂的单词，而要学会联系上下文语境推断没有听懂的部分，从而跳开难点，理解内涵，从而达到概括出重点信息的目的。

2．精确听写每一词，每一句，细化提高英语实力

练习听写还可以这样进行：一句话先听一遍，要求自己严格地把所听到的内容一词不变地记录下来，如果有记不下来或不确定的，就先留出空格，然后再听一遍。基本上一句话可以反复听三遍，如果有某些部分听了三遍还是无法攻克，就先放一放，听下一句。就这样逐句把整篇材料听完。

接下来对照录音原文，把之前没有写出来的，或者写错的部分圈出来，并进行分析：为什么这里我会犯错？

原因往往有二：第一，这个词你确实不认识，反复听也没感觉，或者听的时候似曾相识，但拼写发生了错误，那么对答案时要马上把它背出来。通过这个过程背单词印象深刻，效果绝对优于死背词汇书；第二，大家是否有过这样的经历，在听写时，有一个词反复听也听不懂，但最后对照原文一看马上就认识了，不由感慨道“原来就是它呀，其实我早就背到过了”。为什么有的单词你会看得懂而听不懂呢？很可能是因为你对于它的发音存在误解。比如lamb这个词，表示小羊羔，最后一个字母b是不发音的，但很多同学在积累词汇时，总是以为这个b 是要念出来的，所以对于这个词的发音便留下了错误的印象。

可见，一旦练习时精确到点，那么对答案时的分析总结非常重要。其实我们练习听写，并在原文上圈出错误部分，让自己学习中的薄弱环节呈现出来，这可以帮助我们发现和判断自己英语老提不高的“病根”究竟在哪里，然后“对症下药”——单词不认识的背单词，拼写不熟悉的记拼写，发音不正确的纠正发音，从而全方位提高英语实力。

提高听力最好的方法是“听抄”

英语专四考试考察的不仅是对主要内容的把握，同时也考察同学们对细节的把握，即‘所听即所答’。这里的两个难点一个是细节往往容易被忽视，特别是没有得到系统训练之前，第二个就是单词的拼写。所以，对于这种以考察细节为主的考试类型最好的训练方法是‘听抄’。

听抄是一种在听写的基础上发展起来的听力训练方法。它包括听写、跟读、重听这三个层层递进的步骤。

正确的做法包含三个‘三遍’和一个‘三十分钟’。

第一个‘三遍’是指同学们应该在脱离听力原文的基础上以句子为单位把听力材料先听三遍，这个步骤和听写是一样的。

第二个‘三遍’是指针对刚才第一个三遍中没有听懂的地方对照听力原文跟读三遍。这往往是同学们忽视的却异常重要的部分，因为这就是对没有听懂的地方的发音和拼写熟悉的过程。

最后一个‘三遍’是脱离听力原文把刚才跟读的地方再听三次，很显然最后的这个三次是在发音正确的基础上增强同学们的听力敏感度。

相信这三个逐步递进的三遍训练结束后，同学们对于这个语言点就完全可以掌握了。

最后的这个‘三十分钟’指的是每天听抄的时间保持在三十分钟比较适宜，即达到了一定的训练强度，又不至于负担过重。

英语专四听写做法四种境界：

第一种境界

认真做题后，先校对答案，然后反省为何对为何错，之后再听3遍。

第二种境界

做完以上工作，然后精听，在原文中标出“口音”、“语音特点”、“语调”、“特殊发音”，最后模仿原声朗读其文字材料。

第三种境界

听题笔记。做完以上工作，整理听题笔记，内容包括：

1．对话：对话场所，人物关系，对话话题；第一次学到的词汇、短语等

2．独白：独白背景，人物身份，独白话题；第一次学到的词汇、短语等

4．整理“录音节奏信号词”

5．分析每一道“题目的定位词”

6．分析每一道题目的“答案信号词”

7．分析每一道题目的“考点”

第四种境界

用以上步骤，将专四真题做完后，再分别将题目按照①场景，②section，③题型，④考点等方面进行归纳整理，之后再将这些规律应用到题目中听题。精听还有三种方法可以参考：

其一，找一段专四中的听力材料，或者其它难度适中的材料，每放一句，便跟读一句，力求听出每一个细微的单词。如果一遍不行，单句重新来做，并总结自己听不出来的原因。

其二，跟上一方法比较类似，只不过以笔带口，跟读变成听写。

其三，不间断的播放整个一个section，边听边做笔记，不要去看题目，这是最像英语专业四级考试的一种练习方法。记完后，将自己的笔记跟题目对一下，看是否能把考题中的考点都捕获到。通过这种练习可以揣摩专四出题中关注细节的这一特点。

合理安排听力训练的时间

听力训练时需要精力高度集中，故时间安排以每天精神最佳时候为宜。而且，时间不宜过长，不要连续听一小时以上。听力又是习惯成自然的技巧训练，所以每天应安排一段时间，不能三天打鱼，两天晒网。

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