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5.4Not Adjusting to the Speed Thespeed problem refers to that students can not grasp information from listeningmaterials quickly. First of all, a lot of students could not catch up with the standardspeed because they are lacking of listening knowledge of differences such as,intonations, stresses, strong form, and weak form, sound-linking between BritishEnglish and American English; it is a big problem which affects results oflistening. Secondly, many students are familiar with their teachers' accentsand speed. They have no time to memorize or think when they are exposed tolistening materials which are faster than standard speed. Furthermore, some of studentsnever do listening practice in their daily study. The teachers give materialsto listen, such as, a short of English music or small paragraph, but it is notenough to practice listening ability. http://www.paper51.com 5.5Inappropriate Listening Habits. http://www.paper51.com Indoing listening practice, the students of Number Two Middle School of Weishanoften tend to form the habits as follows: copyright paper51.com Firstly, the students are trying to understand every single word.Once they come across pronunciations that they can't understand they will focuson these pronunciations. As a result, this affects the following listening materials.Secondly, the students do not pay attention towhat they are listening to, because they can not understand some certain parts.Therefore, the students can not decide which answer to choose. Thirdly, the students never take notes in thelistening process. The students should have their own way of finding importantinformation. 内容来自www.paper51.com .6. Conclusion copyright paper51.com Listening is one of the essential skills in the learning ofEnglish, but it has not drawn enough attention to English teaching in manyschools in Chinaespecially in Weishan. It is high time for teachers to think about how toimprove the teaching of English listening and enhance students' listeningability. This thesis offers some useful suggestions to solve the listeningproblems of Number Two Middle Schoolin Weishan, Therefore, the suggestions are: 内容来自www.paper51.com 6.1. Improving the Pronunciation http://www.paper51.com Pronunciation plays an important rolein English listening. In order to listen successfully, students must start withworking on their pronunciation. Firstly, students need to study knowledge of pronunciation,forming a systematic structure of pronunciation. Secondly, imitating the rhythmand intonation of the language and then comparing their own pronunciation tothe standards when listening to tapes. Thirdly, teachers should try to explainwords in English, and then students listen to the standard pronunciation andrepeat the pronunciation. This method can help students establish theconnections between sounds and meaning. Furthermore, students may have habit ofasking teachers to judge their pronunciation. paper51.com |