In literature works, the writer usually tries to impress readers with detailed
descriptions, which increase interests of readers, yet at the same time require them to
digest articles with more energy and time. If literature works are read in the radio, it is
impossible for listeners to comprehend the text and grab the meaning in a short time.
However, in the radio reporting, the difficulty will be greatly reduced if some
approaches are tapped. To reach this aim, we look at some lexical features used in the
radio news.
Both the British and French governments had registered initial objections to
German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Gensher’s plan to provide alternative scientific
work for thousands of skilled people left unemployed and unpaid by the collapse of the
Soviet military-industrial complex, which was first floated two weeks ago, but have
withdrawn them as the idea has evolved The New York, Feb.18, 1992.
Britain and France have now agreed to German foreign minister Gensher’s plan
to give a wide choice of scientific work to thousands of skilled but jobless people left
over but the falling down of the Soviet Union. Gensher’s plan got support two weeks
ago except that Britain and France expressed their disagreement.
It is easy to tell that the broadcast scripts turn to more comprehensible and earthly
words than the newspaper. Similar midget words are scattered in the broadcasts:
When listening to broadcasts, we can often detect that the phrase Mr. So-and-
so Says is frequently heard, because reporters have the need to retell or quote what
the figure interviewed has said in a covert or frank way. In fact, however, the mood
and tone of the interviewee concerned changes greatly based on different occasions
and atmosphere. So the word say’ seems impotent to reveal the real feelings of the
speaker. In such cases, reporters are likely to spare no efforts to opt for synonyms so
that the weakness can be made up, and then the article can sound more appealing.
Here we view four examples.
admit affirm
conclude confess
contradict declare
deny disclose
elaborate emphasize
imply maintain
object pledge
reiterate remark
refute retort
reveal stress
urge suggest
In English such words as tall, beautiful, now and recently, are generally considered
fuzzy terms, because they are hard to be determined as definite. We run frequent
encounter with this kind of words and expressions. Making good use of these terms in
reporting can bring positive effects as follows:
First, it increases the credibility of the reporting. In the need of broadcasting some
facts without beginning and end time, journalists sometimes have to resort to fuzzy
words to convey the piece of news item. In doing so, it not only makes the reports
more credible but also demonstrates the down-to-earth spirit of news workers. For
example, Pakistan carried out a series of missile tests earlier this month. (The VOA,
Oct.29, 2003). Members of the ousted Taleban and their allies are blamed for guerrilla
attacks on American and Afghan forces that have killed dozens of people in recent
weeks. (The VOA, Oct.20, 2003).
Second, it conforms to the hearing habit of audience. In many cases, only when
reports are mixed with some necessary fuzzy terms can they accord with the aural
habits of listeners. Broadcasting theory has proved that the audience shows interest in
the information which meets some kind of need. In general, listeners tune in to the
news just for the main idea of events happening home and abroad. Provided that he
has no particular interest in the news item, on the condition that the news items has
no direct effect on his living, he will not request for detailed reporting. A piece of news
item stuffed with details seems rather precise at first glance. In effect, it is rather
lengthy. This kind of news has no appealing. Consequently, it loses many listeners.
Third, it makes reports vivid and interesting Fuzzy terms in the English broadcasts, if
employed properly, will not evoke vague image and doubtful feeling. On the contrary, it
enlivens the reporting in some way and achieves unpredictable effect without precise
wording. For instance:
As share prices crashed yet again on Friday, criticism mounted over the refusal of the
Stock Exchange’s new style market-makers to make a proper market. Criticism of the
lack of liquidity in the Stock Exchange’s new electronic marketplace gathered
momentum through last week’s equity bloodbath. These underlined terms have
replaced figures to demonstrate the fluctuations in the stock market. Listeners can
experience the changes as if they were at the spot. It is the result of the use of fuzzy
terms. They also play an important role in reporting, in particular, affairs concerning
diplomatic relations. In conclusion, accuracy we usually lay much emphasis on in the
script writing is by no means equal to precision. So, in reporting, we should allow
some space for fuzzy expressions sometimes. It should be stressed that accuracy is a
question of true-or-false, not a principle instructing people to tell anything in exact
figure, which is actually impossible and unnecessary. Generally speaking, precise
wording is overwhelmingly used in science reports and hard news, while fuzzy terms
are mainly used in soft news,
Grammatical features
Some people compare grammar with a pair of clutches in studying a foreign language,
because it will help better understand the language. To this purpose, we had better get
acquainted with a set of grammatical rules existing in news reporting. With these rules
in mind we can appreciate the reporting fairly easily and benefit us in writing an item
of news some day.
The present tense and the active voice are often used in radio news reporting. News is
about movement, change and action. To achieve this effect, the active voice can play a
better role by letting subjects take some action, whereas passive voice could be said to
be lacking something of the snap of the original. The present tense and active voice are
tighter, crisper and more concrete. For example: it would be grammatically right to
say, °Each body was put into yellow mountaineering bags by a pair of rangers. But it
would be more effective, as well as grammatically correct, to say, °A pair of rangers put
each body into yellow mountaineering bags. As far as the tense is concerned, using the
present tense heavily in broadcasts can make events fresh and new and give a deep
impression upon audience, who therefore feel closely related to the mentioned events.
In most cases, the present or the present perfect is used in the journalistic reporting
to indicate an obvious past action, especially in the lead. This is one of characteristics
in news reporting. Typical examples can be observed as follows:
President Bush has called on Palestinian leaders Arafat to do everything in his power
to end terrorist attack against Israelis. (The VOA, Feb. 8, 2002) Researchers in
Australia say increasing drug using in Asia is leading to the rapid spread of AIDS. (The
VOA, Feb. 8, 2002) An argentine congressional committee has taken the first step
toward impeachment proceedings against the nine members of the supreme court
facing accusations of colonialism and corruption. (The VOA, Feb. 8, 2002) Former
Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skiing has told Congress he was completely
unaware of efforts to conceal the energy trading giant in pending bankruptcy. (The
VOA, Feb. 8, 2002) President Bush has welcomed the new security agreement between
Israel and Palestinian authority. (The VOA, Feb. 8, 2002) Sometimes, the simple
present is used in the lead whereas the simple past is used in the content. The reason
is that the former can make events fresh and new and the latter can give a clear
account of the events. US official say the White House wants weapons-grade Uranium
removed from 24 nuclear research reactors in 16 countries to keep it out of the hands
of terrorists. The official who asked not to be named made the comment on Friday.
One day earlier, Russia, Yugoslavia and the United States completed a secret
operation to remove 60 kilograms weapon-grade Uranium from a facility near
Belgrade. (The VOA, August 24, 2002) To achieve going-on effects, the present
continuous can be encountered occasionally in the news broadcasts. For example,
Swollen Dongting Lake in Central China is continuing to recede after the Yangtze River
flood crest passed through without any major breaches in the dike surrounded the
lake. Authorities are closely monitoring the situation with more rain expected and
some 10 million people still under threat. (The VOA, August 26, 2002) More than one
million people have been mobilized in China to keep the dikes around huge flood lakes
that have been compared to a water-filled balloon about to burst. Waters from the
flooded Yangtze River are sweeping in the Central China’s Dongting Lake. (The VOA,
August 24, 2002) It is estimated that the objective clauses account for 46% in
diversified sentence patterns in news broadcasts. A particular grammatical
phenomenon can be seen that the tense of the objective clause doesn’t seek
grammatical concord. The White House is downplaying speculation that talks
President Bush will hold with his national security team on Wednesday will amount to
a war council on Iraq. The White House spokesman says President Bush, Vice
President Richard Cheney, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and others will focus
on the big picture of US military needs, but spokesman made it clear Iraq will be
covered.
Earlier Monday, the spokesman said it again Mr Bush believes Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein should be ousted before he can use weapons of mass destruction. The New
York Time reported Monday the Pentagon is shipping arms to the Middle East for use
of possible US attack on Iraq. (The VOA, August 20, 2002) In news broadcasts,
reporters determine what kind of tense to use in the objective clauses by putting him
in the shoes of the audience when listening to the reported events. In all, the simple
present, the present continuous, the present perfect and the future indefinite are
usually employed to make news sound vivid and fresh.
Using pronouns in broadcasting requires a special discipline to get round the problem
of muddling the listener who cannot go back over what has been said. Consider the
following example. Football star David Beckham was involved in an ugly fight with
fellow player Alan Shearer in a bar today. Beckham called Shearer a has-been, and
Shearer responded by casting doubt on Cruise’s parentage. He said he would sue. At
the last sentence, there is no doubt that the audience would have in mind the
question: Is Shearer suing Beckham or versus? The solution is to replace the pronoun
for a specific name: Beckham said he would sue.
A news item that makes sense on paper where the punctuation is visible can have a
completely different meaning when read aloud. If a clause is used, we should avoid
such a kind of misunderstanding by reading the script after writing it. For example:
(1)Opposition activists in Ivory Coast say 10 militants have been abducted by security
officers in the capital. The original meaning is expressed by (1). Who are abducted or
who releases the information is quite clear. When it comes down to a matter of
punctuations, different choices of punctuations can completely alter the fact. (2)
Opposition activists, say 10 militants, have been abducted by security officers in the
capital.. For broadcast, (2) can cause ambiguity among the listeners. The fact is
reversed by two commas. So we should use punctuations correctly. They help prevent
the forgoing problem.
Abbreviations generally make sense to the eye, but not to the ear. So except the most
commonly used ones, such as Mr, Prof and Dr, all the other abbreviations are
supposed not to be appeared in the script. Names of organizations should be spelled
out unless they are formed by initials, for instance, the BBC. Meanwhile a rule should
be borne in mind that listeners are not supposed to interpret any abbreviations based
on their own understanding. If a news term comes up, the audience should be given
the follow-up explanation in order to ensure that there is no mistake or
misunderstanding. Take IAEA for an example. This abbreviation can only be
interpreted as International Atomic Energy Agency (International Atomic Energy
Agency). In consideration of those who are not familiar with this term, the explanation
must be spelled out.
Because listeners have to retain in their memory what has been broadcast, inverted
sentences such as the one listed below should be avoided. Because of the fall in the
mortgage rate, which has stimulated home buying, house prices are going up again.
An inversion often requires listeners to retain information that is without meaning for
the time being until it is put into context. By the time that context becomes clear,
listeners may have forgotten what they were supposed to remember or may have got
confused. So the sentence above is better presented like this: House prices are going
up again. The fall in the mortgage rate has led to increased home buying. State the
point at the beginning, then explain it and try to avoid starting a sentence with
because or according to. Listeners are never able to reverse the process when listening
to news.
Stylistic features
From the above examples, it is easy to recognize the styles of texts. In terms of
radio news, it also has its particular style.
The biggest difference between news writing and ordinary writing lies largely in the
structure. News, in general, is written in a so-called inverted pyramid way. That
means that the news is arranged according to importance from beginning to end. The
most significant, spectacular, eye-catching factor is put at the beginning of the news
item. For example, A delegation from the International Monetary Fund has arrived in
Jakara to begin talks with government officials about economic reforms. The talks are
to begin Wednesday. The IMF has delayed the release of a $ 3,000 million loan to
Indonesia. IMF officials are not satisfied with the slow action of the Suharto’s
administration in carrying out the reforms. (March 18, 1998)
Figure 1
The above news is consistent with the inverted pyramid structure. The first sentence
makes clear the main content of the news, WHO, WHAT, WHERE’, while the second
one illustrates the time of action, WHEN’. The latter part gives a lot of background
information, elaborating the lead in detail. As is concluded by ZHONG Daolong, a
famous English educator, all sentences in radio news reporting are designed to answer
six questions: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How.
The lead is usually the first paragraph of the information and highlights the core part.
Because the broadcasts are written for ears, the writing of lead has formed some
characteristics different from print reporting. Let us analyze two leads in the same
event reported by The Guardian and The BBC about UN sending peacekeeping forces
to Croatia. Butros Butros Ghali, the United Nations secretary generals, yesterday
strongly recommended the deployment of the first UN peacekeeping force on the
mainland of Europe, a larger than expected contingent of 11,500 Blue Berets’ to police
three Serb enclaves in Croatia on the advice of Cyrus Vance, his special envoy to
Yugoslavia, after heavy pressure from European countries fearful that the current
ceasefire in Croatia might soon break down.
The United Nations has considered sending a larger UN peacekeeping force with
nearly 12 thousand soldiers to Croatia.
Second, the sentences in broadcast news are shorter than those in print news.
The latter ones have to turn to long sentences in order to cover all six elements, as the
lead in The Guardian having more than 60 words; however, the former ones use short
sentences to be prominent, as the lead in The BBC with no more than 20 words.
Third, in most cases, the lead in broadcast uses the present perfect or the
present to describe the event occurred in an aim to add timeliness, freshness and
immediacy to reporting. On the contrary, the lead in print often uses past tenses to
account the past incidents. For example, The Guardian and The BBC use the simple
past strongly recommended’ and the present perfect has considered’ respectively to
depict the past facts.
When it comes to data treatment, broadcast news adopts different way from print
news. In print news exact figures will be listed in the paper as they are, but in
consideration of habits of listening broadcast news will only give out a general number
with some words having the meaning of vagueness, such as roughly, about, some,
average, nearly, just over and just below so on and so forth.
Saudi Arabia and Iran, Opec’s two senior members, signed the agreement late
on Saturday but expressed reservations about the output ceiling of 22.98 million bpd,
undermining the latest attempt to drive oil prices closer to a target of $21 a barrel.
After we have discussed the stylistic features, let us look at an example first.
The speech below is quoted from a government official talking about the refugee
surging into Miami. Last time, everybody pitched in and absorbed them into the
economy. But it hurt. It really hurt, according to Dede County Commissioner Mary
Collins, we just can’t withstand another major refugee influx without assistance from
the federal government.
A Miami official says they just can’t cope with another major flooding of Haitian
refugees without help from the federal government.
First, unlike print news, broadcast news reporting always uses indirect
speeches when there is a need to quote (except for live reports or on-the-spot reports).
But print news is free and flexible to select both indirect speeches and direct speeches.
Besides, it is necessary to point out that indirect speeches used in broadcast news
tend to be short and brief, otherwise, the audience is likely to get perplexed, unable to
detect the quotes. The indirect speech in The VOA is no more than 20 words, whereas
the direct speech in The USA Today has more than 30 words.
Second, to highlight the content of news, print news reporting usually puts
source attribution at the end of the news; however, broadcast news has to reverse the
order to meet the aural customs by placing the source attributions at the start of the
news, because it sounds natural for ears, as in The VOA shows, a Miami official says
Four Factors Affecting Listening Comprehension
gathered and interpret the information within immediate and larger social and
Such conception has been strongly supported by Brown (1990: 11). Brown thinks,
°Listeners are not simply passive processors who undertake automatic signal
recognition exercises as acoustic signals are fed into them and so construct
meaning. He explains, ° When listening, the listeners are active searchers for
meaning. The active listeners will use all relevant background knowledge----
the place, the time), knowledge of the speaker (gender, age, known opinions),
knowledge of the topic. Armed with this activated knowledge, the listener
monitors the incoming acoustic signal, which will simultaneously shape and
assumed.
translated into words in working memory. Parsing means mentally dividing the
Many subjects are studies on various levels. Consider, biology, for example.
Molecular biologists study the chemical compounds that make up living things.
Cellular biologists study cells, which are made up of many chemical compounds
and, at the same time, are themselves the building blocks of living organism.
Evolutionary biologists study the many varieties of animals and plants and how
species change gradually over the centuries. We will view difficulties facing
problems: it is hard to get the gist of the news item. The reason is not because
he cannot catch the linking words, but because he cannot bring up an association
unlikely to be activated, which demonstrates that the two sides lack common
that any person who is sentenced to death after extradition cannot be extradited
Richards1(1990) holds the view that there are two approaches to listening
material to the letter. The other one is bottom-up process, which means students
backdrop. So, when writing news, they will probably bypass what they conceive is
common sense for natives. But, those who are strange to western society and
cultures cannot wholly comprehend news without the indispensable background
English materials can increase some knowledge, yet the major way to expand
knowledge is to study other courses, read newspapers, browse the Internet and
watch TV instead of focus energy and time solely on English courses, which are
far from enough. It is necessary to point out that most of Chinese students,
learning English and for tests. Teachers should exhort those who look for
Sound phonetic knowledge is the good foundation for understanding English news.
A good mastery of phonetic features can help find the correct word in the
dictionary according to its pronunciation, even if the word you have never met.
On the contrary, with poor phonetic ken, you are not able to articulate what you
have met or learned in the book, not to mention the content you are not familiar
with or touch upon for the first time. For reasons, many a people have not got
reading articles and written materials. But in some sense, he is a °deaf man,
as follows:
correlate word pronunciation to word formation. What they have kept in mind is
word formation rather than word pronunciation. Therefore, only when materials
are written down can they determine whether they understand the material.
Otherwise, they are likely to tell they do not know the aired sources. Stress
of the change of stress. Then, we should take into account the different
the sound. To grasp the gist of material needs reflection and consideration.
Occasionally, learners cannot get what native speakers say. Once one compatriot
mistakes. First, they mistaken two words into one, for example, °a part for
apart, °a special for °especially. Sometimes they divide one word into
several components, for example, °underground for °under the ground. Second,
word clipping occurs. It means that a word appears abridged resulting from weak
listening comprehension. For instance, they listen to °set up tent cities for
°set up ten cities, and °freeze the nuclear program for °to free the nuclear
Fourth, they are unable to analyze suffixes and prefixes. A great amount of
English words derive from active words plus prefixes or suffixes. Without the
knowledge of rules relating to adding them, learners will encounter many new
°marine means °relating to sea, °way means °road, but suppose that he
doesn’t know the meaning of °sub, then he seems not to understand submarine,
which means °under the surface of the sea, or naval vessel that can operate
As far as vocabulary is concerned, the following four aspects should call our
some challenges.
Fourth, there are a huge number of complicated proper nouns, for example,
°UNDP.
So far, we have known that background information and vocabulary etc have
effects on how the learners develop their ability to comprehend the radio news.
many and various. °Learners’ preferred ways of learning may influence their
overall orientation to the learning task and the kind of input they find it
4.3.1 Attitude
which are changeable and hard to identify. Suppose that a student has just been
criticized by his teacher for his improper behaviors in class, it is
understandable that his feeling goes up and down to some extent. His spirit must
groups, positive and negative. The positive attitude can encourage listeners to
4.3.2 Motivation
The most extensive research into the role of motivation has been conducted by
learning. Such is the case that a child seeks to identify with his parents by
learning their language. The former occurs when the learners wish to identify
with the culture of the L2 group. Instrumental motivation occurs when the
learner’s goals for learning the L2 are functional. For instance, learning
facilitating study of other subjects through the medium of the L2 are all
MacNamara (1973) suggests that the real important part of motivation lies in the
and the pleasure experienced when this is achieved that motivates the learners.
influence by the teacher than motivation that derives from a sense of academic
developed by carefully selecting learning tasks. They are designed for the right
interest.
4.3.3 Personality
measures of sociability and talkativeness on the one hand and proficiency on the
other in early grade French immersion and French as second language students.
However, Rossier (1976) did find that his subjects’ oral fluency correlated
Inventory.
influence the degree of anxiety they experience and their preparedness to take
that extrovert learners learn more rapidly and are more successful than
easier to make contact with other users of the L2 and therefore will obtain more
input. Kashen (1981a), for instance, argues that an outgoing personality may
Apart from psychological factors, two physical aspects memory and attention
spanhave been focused on, because they play a critical role in listening to
comprehension, we must first know what effects they will have on listening
4.4.2 Attention span
Attention span means a period of time during which man is able to mentally
focus, attend and sustain concentration. Attention span in listening means the
time when he can go on listening without feeling bored and distracted. Attention
span is subject to internal and external factors. Internal factors are hard to
surroundings disrupt the speech from time to time. Other factors such as tapes
handled before class. Researchers have found that in the process of listening
comprehension, the highly intensified attention to materials can only last about
15-20 minutes (Bligh, 1983), then fall down to a low level, after a while rise
to the previous level again. The process shows a shape of U. Bligh also found
that students who undertake listening training will show the sign of over
against the rule of attention span will directly affect the listening
comprehension.
As the top priority of five skills, listening comprehension seems not to have
got sufficient attention. The scheduled time for listening is much less than
reading and grammar courses. Because of economic reasons, many smaller colleges
are poorly equipped with audio and video facilities. It is difficult to image
that more than thirty students sit in the classroom listening to the speaker. As
a result, students can not undertake enough practices. It is well known that
Step compiled by East China Normal University. The other is Listen to This
textbooks has remained relatively unchanged for decades. Responses from students
reports and news. No wonder, there occur absence and truancy in class. As for
the work done by the teacher, it is very limited. He puts a cassette into a
recorder, plays the tape, raises questions, checks answers and then goes on to
next task. The experts and professionals have realized these problems and have
life, people have a definite purpose in doing anything. He first makes sure what
his target is, then decides how to approach it. Different targets require
different approaches. On the one hand, people hold various purposes toward
improving listening, so the listening materials in need vary accordingly. For
training course. On the other hand, where diversified listening materials are
concerned, though they resemble each other in style, topic and structure to
great extent, yet their focus, orientation of the content and level of
difficulty can only meet the demand of a small group of people. Therefore,
The right’ textbooks can facilitate the rapid improvement of listening and
determined by the fact whether the textbooks match the purpose or the actual
proficiency of listeners. Take a concrete example. Both A and B enter into the
TOEFL examination. A spent all his time on listening to news reports from
foreign media instead of TOEFL tests during the preparation. The result is not
quite good. B scored high marks by choosing materials designed for TOEFL. The
welcomed. If not the case, listeners will find it hard to have a sense of
kind of listening material has its specialty and strength. The best choice is
that the textbooks can meet our expectation and personal listening capabilities.
Step by Step and Listen to This Series have been used by many colleges for a
decade. Step by Step is compiled by unit on the basis of content and level of
for students of different capabilities. Volume One and Two lay emphasis on
etc. Meanwhile comprehensive exercises are also paid attention to. Volume Three
develop students’ inductive and deductive ability and judgment. The content
Responses from students indicate that the contents are quite interesting and
knowledgeable.
Listen to This Series touches upon aspects of daily life and society, enabling
newspaper and books, closely related to the content, these readings not only
provide teachers with historical and cultural background information, but also
Nevertheless, every coin has two sides. As for Listen to This Series, students
topics and a load of exercises are not easy to handle with. News reports in both
textbooks have not kept abreast of time, so actually they can’t best serve the
need for improving the comprehension of news reporting completely. To get used
above. At present, there are other options available for teachers and students
As we know, college students are dynamic and active in thinking and eager for
new knowledge. They are sensitive to and interested in novel things. BBC, VOA
and CRI programs are very good supplementary listening materials to textbooks,
partly because they not only keep up with the time, but also help students get
familiar with features of news reporting. It should point out that only when a
student listens to news broadcasts can he truly keep cool-minded facing the
All the students can’t be at the same starting point. Therefore, in listening
skills. Some students can listen word by word, phrase by phrase, and sentence by
sentence. They can even repeat sentences they have memorized without knowing
what they mean, but they can’t understand the material as a whole. Some tend to
think about every sound, every word, do grammatical analysis and then translate
them into their own language. They don’t know how to glean the information from
what they have heard and subsequently catch the main idea. They do not even know
what they should obtain from listening to understand the material. Most
probably, they will lose confidence about their listening ability if they cannot
guess the meaning of unknown vocabulary and if they can’t answer the questions
from the material. They are likely to have an incomplete understanding of the
material without the teacher’s help. A problem may rise that students hope to
get the answer only from the teacher. They listen to the material by using their
ears rather than their minds. Teachers should take into account personal
proved that good learners usually have strong confidence, while poor learners
lack confidence. That is to say, confidence has close relationship with language
acquisition. Listening is the same case. Teachers should set the goal of
fostering and motivating confidence.
environment in Indonesia, the classroom seems rather precious. First, teachers must
developed through two parallel channels: aural and visual. Teachers are supposed
to increase the information input and create linguistic environment for students
in order to reinforce what they have heard in their brain and enhance their
teachers’ live’ input. The fact that teachers use correct and fluent language
the language and make best use of it after class in order to enhance their
linguistic competence.
judge, deduce, induce and conclude. Teaching practices proved that without
pay much attention to impart knowledge and give guidance to students to reach
the teaching goal. It should be noted that the work should be done at any time
materials used in listening classes are audio, this nature determines that
teachers must make use of multimedia facilities to carry out listening training
several advantages. First, booths in the lab provide independent and quiet study
space. All of students can clearly and correctly receive the same content. In
the booth students can not only focus attention but also avoid doing oral
exercises before others’ eyes, which can boost their initiative and confidence.
able to let several students exercise at the same time. Each student has more
time to practise and he can record what he doesn’t understand simultaneously and
study repeatedly.
can do proofreading among groups and correct all mistakes. This kind of practice
helps get used to vocabulary and sentence structures commonly used in news
intonation, stress, liaison and etc. On the other hand, extensive listening is
the morning and at night. In accordance with the way of wh-s and h-, they are
required to write down the main ideas of broadcasts. Such practice increases the
have been learned to fight against loss of memory. Extensive listening will
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