How to Improve English Listening Skills

Abstract: At present domestic education, test-oriented education plays an important role .In the exams, news listening is the weakest link for many students. How to win with flying colors in the listening exams? This paper will give you a key.” The aid of this paper is to improve English news listening. As an important part of listening , it is different from other parts. Therefore, analyzing the features of news is the basis to improve the ability . At first , the paper analyses the news features. Some examples and figures will be given. The focus of this paper is laid on the second part which gives several methods to improve the skill. Many details and valuable information will be contained. The third part is about the signifience of news listening and the last conclusion.
Keywords: news; features; skills; signifience

I. Features of News Language

News refers to the true report of the latest events. As a special form, its language , grammar , structure are different from others.
1.Vocabulary
(1)Special Words
Although news uses a large vocabulary ,the basic vocabulary of language is stable .For example, the common words that used in VOA Special English News are about 1500, whose rate of repeating is very high .News often uses certain words to express facts and events. Therefore, these words are gradually getting the special meanings that related with news reports through a long time used ,so-call journalistic words . There are some examples following. The former is often used in news , and the later is often used in common articles. ban prohibition cut reduction clash disagreement boost rise curb decrease shock astonishment
News reports are the latest information all over the world .So involve persons ,places counties, some rivers mountains scenic spots and historic sites. Be familiar with those words listeners know the news more quickly and accurately.
(2)Short Words
English news strives to use