As we all know, the most important ability of TOEFL is listening. In addition to reading, the other three are closely related to listening ability. Therefore, there is a saying: "Those who get listening get TOEFL".
Then, how to improve TOEFL listening? The improvement of listening must go through three processes: understand - remember correctly - answer correctly.
First of all, what is understanding? That is, listen to the general idea+listen to the details. Many people think that TOEFL listening is not intensive listening, so it is enough to know roughly what the meaning is. In fact, most of the time, what you don't understand is what you test. Although not understanding that small part does not affect your understanding of the full text. Moreover, it must be admitted that if you do not understand the original text, you cannot do the right thing.
Secondly, what is accuracy? Just remember the answer to the question. You may say, how do you know what people ask? The new Lange's listening teacher will give you a very detailed explanation of the structure of TOEFL listening articles, and you will be very sensitive to the question points when practicing according to the teacher's methods. In addition, note taking is a double-edged sword. Benefits of taking notes:
1. Concentrate
2. Make up for the shortage of short-term memory
3. Assist in answering questions.
But more importantly, taking notes also has disadvantages:
1. Listening time occupied
2. It is easy to mislead. Therefore, it is also important to remember accurately. If you can't remember accurately, you might as well not remember.
Take notes. It's better to remember more than to remember accurately. You can remember, but you must remember selectively.
Don't remember three kinds of content: 1. The non examination points that you understand. 2. Specific description of examples. 3. Student's answer.
Finally, what is the right answer? Maybe many people feel strange. If they understand and remember correctly, can they still answer incorrectly?! The answer is yes, and just yes! This involves the problem of problem solving methods, not listening ability. Some people may have a high level of English, but they just can't get good grades. Why is this? It's not because of anything else, but mainly because you don't know the idea of the person who wrote the question, and you don't know the characteristics of the correct answer. This is a problem solving skill. The same content, different questions, different answers. It is important to listen, but it is also very important to read and examine the topic. Be sure to be familiar with the questions of various topics, and sometimes even guess what the author thinks is more important.
Finally, let's make it clear that listening must be practiced more! As long as you are willing to spend time and energy, everyone can score 30 points!