Today we're gonna talk about how to improve English listening proficiency.

聽力應該是四個語言能力中最難提升的

Listening might be the most difficult skill to learn out of the four language skills.

老師不會真的「教」怎麼去聽

And teachers don't really "teach" how to listen because listening is considered like a passive

因為「聽」感覺是一個比較被動的能力

skill

好的語言學習者，會善於使用自己「後設認知」能力

Good language learners are the ones who are better at using their metacognitive skills

所以什麼是「後設認知」⋯⋯BLAAA

So what are the metacognitive skills......

所以什麼是「後設認知」能力？

So what are the metacognitive skills?

包括計畫、監督、評價等等

It includes planning, monitoring and evaluating, so on and so forth

換句話說，「後設認知」的能力就是利用自己已有的知識，去學習自己未知的部分

In other words, metacognitive skills is the ability to use the things that you already

所以今天要和大家分享一些實用的「後設認知」能力

know to learn something that you don't know

可以在聽力測驗或是和別人對話的過程中用上

So today I'm going to share some really practical and useful metacognitive skills that you can

基本上就是利用一些策略，來提升你的英語聽力

apply when you are doing your listening comprehension test or when you are talking to other people

廢話不多說，快點進入影片吧

Basically improving your listening ability through some strategies

第一個策略是「猜」

So without further ado, let's get into the video

當你在聽一段演講或對話

So the first strategy is to guess

有很多原因會導致你聽不懂

When you're listening to a speech or conversation, there are many reasons why you can't understand

可能是因為當地的口音

maybe it's because of a local accent or maybe an unknown vocabulary or just the noisy background

或者是不知道的單字

When this happens, you should use the information that you already know and make a guess quickly

或者只是吵雜的背景

So how can you make a guess

當這些情況發生時，你應該用你知道的資訊

First, you can guess the speech of the word

然後快速做出猜測

Is it a noun or is it a verb

所以要怎麼猜呢？

If it is a noun, it is likely to be a person, place or object

首先，你可以猜這個字的詞性

Second, you can guess according to the context

是名詞還是動詞？

Where does the conversation or speech take place?

如果是一個名詞

So these are all the clues that you can use to make a rapid guess

那很有可能是人、地方或物品

Strategy number 2, to anticipate when you're talking to someone or when you're

第二，可以根據前後文作猜測

listening to a speech, you might anticipate what is going to come up

這個演講或對話在哪裡發生的？

For example, I live in Montreal right now and people talk about the weather constantly

這些都是在快速做出猜測時可以用的線索

so when I meet someone, I am somehow prepared to talk about the snow or how it ruined my

第二個策略：預期

nice boots and at the same time, I would also expect

當你在跟別人說話或聽演講時

that the other person would talk about the fact that it is -15 degrees outside right

你可能會預期接下來的內容

now Is it?

例如，我現在住在蒙特婁

Let me see.

人們常常都在討論天氣

It is -15 degrees outside.

所以當我遇到某個人

Right now, huh, when I am filming.

我某種程度上已經準備好要討論雪了

Anticipating can help the listener to be prepared and also have more time to organize

或是我好的靴子都被雪給毀了

Three, to keep to the point.

然後同時

In fact, it is impossible for the listener to hear every single word in the sentence

另外一個人會說

So it is more important to know what is important and more relevant

現在外面只有-15度這件事

So how can you do that?

是嗎？

First, listen with a purpose.

讓我看看

So you should think yo yourself: what is the conversation or speech mainly about.

外面真的-15度

For example, when you're listening to the new, try to understand where the incident

現在⋯⋯我在錄影的時候

happened, when did it happen and how did it happen.

「預期」可以幫助聽者

So when you are focusing on these questions, you are more likely to capture the important

做好準備，也有更多時間組織

parts of the speech.

第三，抓重點

Second, listen to the first sentence and transitional words in the speech

事實上，要聽出句子裡的每個字是不太可能的

We all know that the first sentence of the paragraph is the topic sentence.

所以比較重要的是要

And the topic sentence shows the central idea of the whole paragraph.

哪些比較重要和相關

Also, the transitional words show the thinking of the speaker.

所以要如何做到呢？

Following these targets can help the students focus on the main point of the talk instead

第一，有目的的聽

of peripheral details that are distracting.

所以你應該問你自己

In the end, I just wanna say that listening training is not about understanding every

這個對話或演講主要在講什麼？

single word in the sentence.

比如說，當你在聽新聞

Listening is not that passive as you think.

嘗試理解這個事件在「哪裡」發生

According to research, if the learners' metacognitive awareness increases, not just listening comprehension,

「何時」發生？

overall language proficiency increases.

還有「如何」發生？

So metacognitive awareness or strategies are all really important and should be emphasized

所以當你專注在這些問題上時

in classrooms.

你比較有可能在演講中抓到重點

Besides developing your language, the learner should also learn to guess, to anticipate

第二，聽第一個句子還有轉折字

and to keep it to the point.

我們都知道一個段落的第一句話是主題句

You should come and say bye.

主題句展現整個段落的中心思想

You should come and say bye to everyone.

另外，轉折詞會展現

Ok!

講者個思考路徑

So these are the three metacognitive strategies that I wanna share with you guys today and

跟隨這些線索可以幫助學生專注於說話內容的重點

she's here to say goodbye.

而不是讓人分心的旁枝末節

I hope you've enjoyed all my videos on second language acquisition research.

最後我想說的是

And if you're interested.....awwww she's so warmmmmm

聽力訓練不是要理解句子裡的每一個字

Anyways, if you're interested, of course everything will be linked in the description box below.

聽力並不是你想像中的那麼被動

Where are you going?

根據研究

It's great making these videos and I'm really happy that I'm learning about this right now

如果學習者意識到「後設認知」的能力

and hopefully I'll be sharing more.

不只是聽力能力

Ok, that's about it for this time and I'll see you guys soon!

整體的語言能力都會提升

Bye~~ Awww you're leaving neh.....oh!

所以「後設認知」的意識與能力都非常重要

Bye!

在課堂中也應該被強調