Want to further improve oral English &; What are the recommendations of listening and listening textbooks?

You can listen to VOA Special English, which is slow, simple and extensive. There is news, entertainment and technology, which should be of interest. .........

Here are the feelings of others learning voa, which may be useful to you.

Because it is a short-wave broadcast aimed at people who want to learn English in non-English-speaking countries, it is generally necessary to have a wide enough shortwave radio to hear it. I think the internet is more suitable for you.

It is said that understanding VOA is the standard of CET-4 and CET-6.

Although you are a senior high school entrance examination, VOA can improve your listening, reading and speaking in many ways. No matter how old you are, you will definitely make progress if you persist.

This is the VOA Chinese website I have been to. You can refer to it In addition, my user name on the website is Lisa. Have the opportunity to communicate! ! ! !

/Learning-English/? m=493392

The content of this website is very comprehensive, and what is more valuable is that Banzhu is responsible for listing how people at all stages of English learning can make good use of this website.

The following are Banzhu's learning suggestions for English learners at all learning stages on this website. Customize the improvement scheme according to your own level and make rational use of VOA, which is very practical:

UNSV。 English learning guide of COM: learning materials (edited by Van Allen)

(Note: The copyright of this article belongs to UNSV.COM website, and all kinds of reprints are refused without the authorization of UNSV.COM website. )

In this article, what I want to share with you is how to choose suitable learning materials according to my own level, current situation and learning goals. Before sharing my advice, I have to warn the majority of English learners-"download English learning materials rationally".

First, the choice of learning materials should be rational. At present, there are too many classic English learning materials, such as VOA, BBC, Travel All over America, original movies, new concepts, Crazy English, ..., and countless others. I heard that this information is super classic, so I want to download it. I heard that this information should not be missed, so I want to download it. Finally, I finally filled up my computer hard disk, as if the more information, the higher my English level. This is really stupid and naive. Watch this today and learn that tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, I felt that these materials were not as good as the legend, so I went online to search and download others'! This is not bad. After downloading, more people have never learned it once. At first, they vowed to download it now and study it later, but the fact is that they will spend all their time watching movies, chatting and playing games online. Suddenly, one day, you may especially want to download a favorite drama, only to find that the hard disk space is not enough. After a fierce ideological struggle, you finally deleted the originally downloaded English materials yourself. My suggestion is: according to your own level and goals, choose only one learning type that suits you, and then consider other types after you have completed all your studies.

Second, don't blindly pursue complete sets and complete works. Since the type of learning materials is selected, does that mean downloading all the learning materials of this type at one time? For example, some people choose to study new concepts, so they travel all over the world to find the complete works of new concepts 1-4. If they don't have the whole set at hand, they won't start learning. Some people choose to study the original movies, such as Friends, so they spend many days searching online, and they won't stop until they find the complete works of 1- 10. My suggestion is: according to your study plan, just download enough materials for one month, and then download them next month after you finish studying.

Well, let's get to the point. Let's talk about how English learners with different levels and goals choose the learning materials that suit them.

First of all, English beginners

English beginners are characterized by a small vocabulary, generally less than 65,438+0,500 words, unfamiliarity with common phrases, unfamiliarity with English grammar, unfamiliarity with English phonetic symbols, inaccurate pronunciation and poor listening and oral expression skills. Based on these actual situations, it is suggested that English beginners should choose learning materials that are "short but not long, simple and not complicated". The specific understanding is as follows:

■ The number of words in reading articles should be around 500.

■ Extensive listening materials should not exceed 5 minutes.

■ One-time oral training materials shall not exceed 1 minute.

■ The article is difficult. Try not to exceed the level of 1500 common words, except professional words.

■ The article uses simple sentence patterns and simple grammar.

Therefore, I suggest that English beginners learn the special program "Words and Their Stories" in order to improve their comprehensive English ability. The website of this special program is/voanews/specialenglish/scripts/words-and-their-stories/. Words and their stories are broadcast weekly 1 episode, each episode is 5 minutes. The special program explains the allusions of common sayings, colloquial expressions and idioms used by Americans in daily life, which is quite interesting. At the same time, they also provide MP3 reading version of the program (read by American professional announcers) to help you train your English listening and learn accurate English pronunciation.

As a beginner, the eagerness to learn English well is completely understandable. In order to achieve your learning goals as soon as possible, you can work harder and walk faster than others, but you must make yourself take every step in a down-to-earth manner. The following is a special program method suitable for beginners to learn words and their stories.

(1) Read the words and their stories for the first time, aiming at grasping the main idea. Skip directly where you don't understand;

(2) Read the words and their stories for the second time, aiming at learning new words. You should have an authoritative English learning dictionary at hand. If you encounter new words, please look them up yourself. If you know all the words, but you don't know their meaning when you combine them into a short sentence, it may be an idiom. Please look up the related words that make up short sentences in the dictionary to confirm whether there is such an idiom.

(3) Read the words and their stories for the third time in order to learn grammar. You should have a concise handbook of English grammar at hand. If you encounter unfamiliar grammar, please look it up yourself. A small skill to judge whether you have grammar problems is to see whether sentences use have/ have /had, May/ may/will/will, how/when/ what /where, which/that/ those, Was/Was/Be, if/wish/hope, etc. If you want to learn basic grammar systematically, please browse the English Practical Language Course (course handout +MP3 supporting recording).

(4) Read more words and their stories, aiming at consolidating the new words and grammar learned until you can fully understand the meaning of the article;

(5) Start listening to MP3 reading version of words and their story programs, with the purpose of consolidating and improving listening vocabulary. Please open the program draft and play the MP3 reading version of the program draft at the same time. Listen and watch while listening, giving priority to listening. After listening to it for 2-3 times, try to listen directly without reading the manuscript. Repeat this until you can completely break away from the manuscript, hear every word clearly and understand every sentence;

(6) Try to imitate the pronunciation of MP3 when reading aloud, aiming at training standard English pronunciation. Please refer to UNSV for specific methods. English learning guide of COM: practical methods: Part III: imitation training of accurate English pronunciation;

Generally speaking, English beginners are advised to complete steps (1), (2), (3) and 1 day, step (4), step (5) and step (6) in two days. In this way, it will take you six days to learn one word and their stories a week. If you can work harder and make faster progress, you can slow down the progress appropriately so that you can learn two words and their stories every week, which is enough. Give you a word of encouragement: gluttony is not bad, gluttony is not digestible.

Second, the intermediate level of English.

Some high school students with excellent English scores, non-English majors, freshmen majoring in English, and some non-English majors can basically be included in the ranks of intermediate English level. They have more than 3,000 words, master basic grammar and have a certain knowledge of listening, speaking, reading and writing. However, there are still shortcomings in instant understanding and fluent expression, and more training in listening, speaking, reading and writing is needed to improve it in an all-round way.

What kind of learning materials are suitable for intermediate English learners? Here, of course, I want to share with you my favorite-super heavyweight classic learning material VOA Special English. No matter colleges or English training institutions, VOA Special English is listed as the most important English learning material, and even the ability to understand VOA Special English in CET-4 and CET-6 will be taken as an indicator. The unsv.com website you are visiting now is the first brand of VOA Special English Learning Website in China. VOA Special English is a senior American announcer who broadcasts world news with clear and accurate pronunciation, simple vocabulary and grammar, and tells about American humanities, geography, literature and history. This program lasts for 30 minutes at a time. The first 9- 10 minute is world news, followed by a 4-5 minute feature, and the last 15 minute is a long feature.

The website of VOA special English program is /voanews/specialenglish/.

1, English listening. In my opinion, repeated dictation training is the only effective way to improve English listening, which must be adhered to for a long time. According to your professional expertise and hobbies, please choose 2-3 from the following 7 VOA Special English topics as the content of long-term dictation training:

(1) Word count & their American vocabulary and allusions. It is broadcast every Sunday for 5 minutes. It is not only a good dictation material, but also helps us to deepen our understanding and application of English vocabulary, which is suitable for all kinds of intermediate English lovers to dictate.

(2) Development report. It is broadcast every Monday for 4 minutes. Because the program often reports the new progress in the world medical field, it is especially recommended for medical professionals to dictate;

(3) Agricultural report. It is broadcast every Tuesday for 4 minutes. Report the latest development of agriculture around the world, especially recommend dictation for people majoring in agriculture and biotechnology;

(4) Health report. It is broadcast every Wednesday for 4 minutes. Report news in the field of medicine and health all over the world, especially recommend dictation for medical professionals;

(5) Education report. It is broadcast every Thursday for 4 minutes. It mainly reports the news trends of the education circles in the United States and the world, and especially recommends that educators dictate. The program also produced a series of special reports for international students preparing to study in the United States, covering the selection of institutions, visas for studying abroad, TOEFL, GRE exams, American bursaries, and the introduction of policies and regulations for international students.

(6) Economic report. It is broadcast every Friday for 4 minutes. Reporting important news in the field of world economy is suitable for college students and graduate students of all majors to dictate.

(7) Current news in the news. It is broadcast every Saturday and week for 5 minutes. Report the important current news of the world, suitable for dictation of all kinds of intermediate English lovers.

In addition, there is the news topic of the World, which is broadcast for 9- 10 minutes at a time, and consists of several news clips of current world affairs. World News is also a good dictation material, but it is not recommended, because there is no official text of World News, and there is no way to check dictation. At the same time, it is precisely because there is no official text that News of the World has the opportunity to be listed as the topic of "PK News Dictation Competition" in unsv.com.

Specific dictation training methods: Please see UNSV. English learning guide based on COM: practical methods: Part IV English listening breakthrough exercises.

2. English reading comprehension. The key to improving reading comprehension is to read more, read deeper and read repeatedly. The following topics are suitable for intensive reading and extensive reading:

Four optional topics are recommended for intensive reading:

(1) American story American story literature. It is broadcast every Saturday for 15 minutes, and the content is American short literature works in modern times. Among them, the works of literary masters such as Mark Twain and O Henry are unpopular, which have both literary appreciation value and interest. Through intensive reading, it is required to carefully understand and master the vocabulary and expression skills of describing nature, portraying characters, showing event scenes and revealing inner activities by literary means;

② Current news in news. Broadcast every Saturday and Sunday, the program lasts for 5 minutes, and the content is to report important global current affairs news. It is required to master important current news vocabulary through intensive reading, such as names of people, places and institutions that often appear in news, and be familiar with news writing patterns;

(3) American words and stories. It is broadcast every Sunday for 5 minutes. It is required to deepen the understanding and application of English vocabulary through intensive reading and master the skills of quoting allusions to explain problems;

(4) Economic report. Broadcast every Friday, the program lasts for 4 minutes, and the content is to report important news in the world economy. It is required to master the common vocabulary of individual capital and economic news through intensive reading, and be familiar with the news writing mode.

Specific intensive reading practice method: Please see UNSV. English learning guide based on COM: practical methods: part I vocabulary and reading comprehension.