Method 1: Listen more
Preparing for the TOEFL listening test is actually a process of sharpening your ears. Only by listening more will your listening level be improved. But everyone should note that this process is only possible through repeated practice. Otherwise, if you fish for three days and dry the net for two days, it is basically impossible to improve your listening level.
So how can you listen more when preparing for the TOEFL listening test? When you usually practice, you just study the TOEFL real questions or TPO or find it boring, so here you can watch American TV series, watch English movies, listen to English songs or Listening to English radio and other forms to practice TOEFL listening is also a very effective practice.
Due to the education and learning environment of Chinese candidates, many candidates do not have a good English learning environment, so here you have to create such an environment, adapt to it, and like it. Exam-oriented education teaches us that English learning is used to cope with exams. So if you want to get good results in the TOEFL exam, you can't study for the exam. You have to like English, whether you listen during review or rest. You should also practice listening when you have time or free time (i.e. non-study time). Only in this way can you train your sense and attention to English pronunciation in an unconscious state, thereby developing your own sense of English language and paragraphs. Doing this when preparing for the test will not only help improve your TOEFL listening, but also significantly improve your TOEFL speaking.
Method 2: Combining intensive listening and extensive listening practice methods?
From the experience sharing of many high-scoring students on the Internet, we can easily find that everyone prepares for the TOEFL listening test. The most commonly used review methods are intensive listening and extensive listening practice methods. At this time, many candidates will ask: I have also used these methods, but they have no effect. What is the reason for this? Sister Lion still thinks that there may be a problem with your method.
Since many high-scoring TOEFL students use these two methods to improve their TOEFL listening scores, it means that this is an effective preparation method that has been proven by practice. This is also true, intensive listening and extensive listening. The practice method is the most practical and effective way to prepare for the TOEFL listening test. If you can combine these two methods, the effect will be even better. So how to maximize the use of this combination of methods?
Careful listening and material selection are very important. Under normal circumstances, everyone will practice with real questions from past years. In addition, TPO is also very useful. Note that when practicing intensive listening, everyone must practice strictly according to the time limit. This also starts from the time of preparation for the exam to cultivate the candidate's concept of time during the exam. When training, we should pay attention to avoid pausing in the middle or giving up directly; we should also note that regardless of the accuracy, we must complete the exercise within the prescribed time. After finishing, we should carefully compare the answers, mark the wrong ones, and summarize the wrong questions. See why you are wrong. Through targeted training based on your mistakes, you can quickly improve your TOEFL listening accuracy.
Method 3: Adjustment of mentality
When doing anything, mentality is very important, and this is also very important for academic exams.
If you cannot adjust your attitude to the best during the test, it will have a great impact on your TOEFL test score. The TOEFL listening test is the second test subject in the TOEFL test. It is after the TOEFL reading test. After the TOEFL listening test, you will have a 10-minute break to replenish energy. So after taking the TOEFL reading test, everyone needs to pay attention to how to maintain the best condition to cope with the TOEFL listening test.
Basically, the time for the TOEFL listening test is between 9:30 and 10:30 in the morning. Then for your usual review, you can put your intensive listening practice in the morning or in the morning. Through a period of practice, you can help yourself stay focused during a fixed period of time, which is very helpful for exams. In daily training, you can make adjustments at any time according to your listening situation. In short, you need to work hard to get yourself into a test state. In the selection of practice materials, it is generally easy to start first and then difficult, step by step. When practicing, we can also do a set of questions several times until we fully understand it. This method of combining intensive listening and extensive listening is the most effective way to improve TOEFL listening.