1、1How to Improve Listening Ability of English for Junior Middle School StudentsThe purpose of English teaching focus on cultivating students to use language for communication， which contains four skills of capability， including listening， speaking， reading and writing. Listening teaching is an import
2、ant and difficult task for junior middle school students. English listening ability is formed by two parts. One is the ability of discriminating sounds and understanding meanings quickly and correctly. The other is that of comprehending the content of language.Its obvious that studentslistening skil
3、ls can not be improved in a short time， so teachers need to make long and various plans to overcome students difficulties in listening study. English teachers often regard it as a common problem of improving the students listening ability. In real life， interpersonal communication mainly concerns ab
4、out listening and speaking communication， while the traditional mode of education students trained in listening and speaking fell far behind in reading and writing skills. Its an indisputable fact that many students become a “deaf“ or a “dumb“ after learning a foreign language for many years. And I
5、heard the 2improvement of communication skills has much to do with the improvement of listening skill. However， many junior middle school students have significant problems during the hearing process. Therefore， to improve listening ability has not only become the dream of most junior middle school
6、students， but also the wish of many junior middle school English teachers. This article aims at how to improve English listening skills for junior middle school students. from the following aspects： raise the question， analyze the problem and solve the problem. Listening is the premise of receiving
7、language information. Only after understanding the listening can we properly accept and use the information. Many students think that listening is one of the most difficult things in English study， and even some of them have difficulty in understanding what their teachers teach in English. nowadays
8、the training of listening has drawn unprecedented attention than before. How to increase the students ability in listening and how to improve students listening comprehension in the examination has been the common concern of many English teachers. Therefore， its imminent to improve the listening abi
9、lity of middle school students so as to stand on an invincible position during the 3examination.So to solve this problem has already become the most important of English language teaching. We can solve this problem from the prospective of the teachers. Firstly， we can cultivate students interest of
10、listening. At the beginning of the listening， teachers should explain to students in humorous and lively ways in class， using simple means， expressions and actions. Teachers can also use the simple pictures to help students understand. Sometimes it is necessary to combine the key content and write a
11、 few Chinese words on the blackboard. It is helpful to develop students listening understanding in this way. With the students listening level improved， teachers can choose some lively language， more interesting conversation stories， which can make students more interested in English listening. Seco
12、ndly， teachers should emphasize on the pronunciation foundation. Its better to teach students the voice of knowledge， universal knowledge of their pronunciation and intonation in the beginning after students entering junior middle school， so that they learn to recognize English pronunciation. Teache
13、rs should also encourage students to listen to the pure voice of English repeatedly and imitate them. Slowly they will develop a habit of authentic spoken English， because the pure authentic 4standard spoken English capabilities can not only improve their English communication skills， will also prom
14、ote the development of their English listening. Moreover， the teacher should put listening teaching as an important status in the English class .When students first walked into English class， teachers should begin listening teaching and adhere to take the tape recorder into the classroom every day.
15、New English textbooks have arranged listening training and language training， so teachers should make full use of these materials to train the students step by step through a variety of listening practice， which can help the students to have a comprehensive understanding and capture important inform
16、ation through the Analysis of Meaning and semantic capabilities.Besides the above discussion， teachers should also make best use of every class， every teaching link to cultivate and train students listening and speaking skills. Ask students to close the books and just listen to the tape carefully to
17、 familiar with its pronunciation， intonation， and to guess the main ideas and answer a few questions. Then get students to open the books to check the correct answers， to read the dialogue or text following by teachers， it will also be a great help for the students to improve their English 5listenin
18、g comprehension.The last not least， teachers can pay much attention to repeated teaching and encourage students to read more and recite more of the listening text. And encourage students to absorb knowledge of English through various channels， to improve their English listening comprehension. Otherw
19、ise，the teacher also should improve teachers listening ability and practice in and out of class. We can also solve this problem from the prospective of the students. The students can use both extensive listening and intensive listening. And they are familiar with the types listening comprehension. G
20、enerally speaking， Listening Comprehension includes four types： 1， the word sound； 2. a single sentence comprehension： 3， dialogue understanding； 4 fill in the blank and understand the short essay. The contents of it have data and facts. Data may be the date， time， price， number of items， transport
21、start time and arrival time， and sometimes the need for simple computation. The fact is that there are people， occupation， location， purpose， method， reason， and other topics. In response to these kinds of questions， students need to do more and more practice. Arrange some time a week for 6listening
22、 tests and adopting a gradual approach. The problems should be dressed in the listening test process after each test time. Look often as soon as possible before the selection in order to find common ground and differences， according to their own background knowledge of the association， assuming， it
23、may have to ask the question. The details of the process should be shorthand， the sooner the better. Short training， should be placed on key words， such as： who， what， when， why， where， how， etc， but also to grasp some of the commonly bused short form， genre， and commonly used words.In case somethin
24、g didnt hear clearly， students must promptly give up， which may affect the subsequent tests. and work diligently. Meanwhile， speaking and writing should work together to form an interaction.The students ask for more helps to the teacher and do more experience exchange with classmates. After all， stu
25、dents are not as experienced as teachers， and they may often feel confused during the studying process and need much help for recovery， so turning to the teachers is a great choice， maybe they will be inspired and enlighten through the communication with the teachers. Besides，is to communicate frequ
26、ently with classmates for exchanging experience， practice listening to their share of 7income and， in turn， others will also share their income with you， and then conduct a comprehensive analysis complement with each other. In conclusion， the cultivation and improvement of listening ability is a com
27、plex process that requires teachers and students master the scientific training methods and study skills through the joint efforts， and through persistent efforts to achieve satisfactory results. Listening is the development of comprehensive ability. Students must comprehensively use the knowledge t
28、hey have learned. So listening is the process of integrated study. Our teaching should be permeated with it in the whole teaching process. As an English teacher， we should cultivate students listening habit and train their ability in listening， speaking， reading and writing. Let the students keep re
29、ading more， remember more， listening more. Listening must be preceded step by step and in an orderly way. To improve our listening comprehension， Listening training process is the process of practicing martial arts. Practicing martial arts， you can not expect overnight success， in addition to the sc
30、ientific method， you must also have persistence； Listening Comprehension practice is an iterative process， requiring long and arduous training to 8develop and bear fruit. Junior English teaching must increase efforts of listening teaching， Meanwhile， speaking and writing should work together to form an interaction and mutual promotion of the teaching system； students use the English language ability to make fully. （作者单位：137713 内蒙古兴安盟科右前旗第三中学）
