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Atthebeginningofmyessay,I’dliketogivemygratitudetomyEnglishteacher.Withthehelpofher,mylisteningskillhasimprovedalotafterthissemester’slearning.However,knowledgeisinfiniteandtherearestillalotformetolearn.HerearesomelessonsIhavedrewfrompast.Firstly,notonlyshouldIimprovemyshortmemorybutalsofindgoodmethodsoflistening.Inthepast,Iknewtheimportanceofdictationbutitwasahardpartforme,andIsupposedthattryingbesttowritedownallthewordscorrectlyandcompletelyIhadlistenedatoncewasagoodway.Butinfact,Icouldnotmakeitinthiswaybecausemypencan’tcatchupwiththespeakingspeedofthepeople.NowIfindthatwhatI’vedownwasstupid.Ijustneedtowritedownsomekeywordstohelpmerememberwhatthepeoplesayinrecord.SoIreallyneedtoimprovemyshortmemory.Besidesthis,owninggoodlisteningskillsneedsnotonlyalongtimeofpractice,butalsosomegoodmethods.Itishardandnoneedtowriteallwordsasidenticalastheoriginaltext.Fordictation,wejustneedtogivethesimilarwordswhichhavethesameideasastheoriginaltext.Secondly,it’snecessarytoscantheoptionsbeforelisteningthem.Maybeyoucanpredictwhatthespeakerwillsayandinferthequestions.Actually,Iusedtothinkthatit’sstupidtodothis.ButgraduallyIrealizethatreadingtheoptionsinaheadisessentialforlisteningcomprehension.What’smore,knowingsomeinformationinadvancemaybeveryhelpfulforunderstandingthelisteningandreactingquicklytotheexercises.Thirdly,weshouldconcentrateonthelisteningandneverbeabsent-minded.Ibelievethatmostofushavesuchexperiencethatweevendon’tknowwhathasbeensaidalthoughthepassageisended.Sohowdidithappen?IalwaysthoughtthatitwouldbeusefultoconcentrateonlyonthekeywordsofthequestionswhenIdidlongpassages.ButIalwayswaitedthekeywordsandmissedsomeusefulinformationbecauseIdistractedduringthelongconversations.Itcannotbedeniedthatkeywordsareessential,butitisnotadvisabletowaitfortheirappearance.Wemustconcentrateonitfromthebeginningtotheendandtrytounderstandthemeaningofthewholepassage.Fourthly,besidestheseskills,weshouldnotignoretheimportanceofmemorizingvocabulariesandknowmoreaboutbackgroundknowledgesuchashistory,scienceandsoon.Ontheonehand,vocabularyisthebasicofpassageandexpandingourvocabularyhelpusunderstandthepassage;ontheotherhand,ifyouknowthebackgroundknowledgewell,youmaypreparewellbeforelisteningandfinditeasiertounderstandwhatthespeakerssayandanswerthequestions.Sometimeswecanevenconcludetherightanswersfromourlogicaljudgments,usingtheknowledgeweknowbeforewestartlistening.Lastlyandalsothemostimportantly,afterwemasterwhatIhavementionedabove,weshouldputthemintopractice.It’sjustliketheoldsaying:everythingmustbeonlydownthenbeenunderstoodprofoundly.Themorefrequentlywepractice,themoreprogresswewillmake.Inthecomingsemester,Iwillpracticemylisteningskillaccordingtotheabovemethods.IbelivethatIwilllearnitwell.