How to deal with the accent problem in IELTS listening test

There are many spoken languages in IELTS listening, so can students distinguish different accents? Let's take a look at how to deal with the accent problem in the IELTS listening test.

Those accents in IELTS listening

In fact, various accents have their own characteristics. For example, the British accent has a clear pronunciation and a fixed tone. Just like a gentleman, it is introverted and calm. American accent is casual, sometimes the tongue is swallowed up in a few sounds, and the tone fluctuates frequently. If you meet enthusiastic people in the midwest, a simple hello, how are you today, can also be ups and downs, feeling that if you don't give him a soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Sorry, audience.

Although there are great differences between British and American accents, the most obvious difference between American and British accents in IELTS listening is the difference between R-roll tongue sounds and vowels:

For example, in English, the r after vowels does not roll, while American sounds roll every r, and the English pronunciation is/? /and/? :/place, basically become similar to/? /and/a sounds:/

For example, caught sounds a bit like it? Cut? , and the letter A is normally pronounced as /a:/ in English sounds, while it is biased as /A:/ in American sounds. The voice of

For example, class, ask and advance, American consonants are vague, and unvoiced consonants are easy to be voiced. The word letter can be easily pronounced as ladder.

Australian accent sometimes sounds inexplicable. Although it is similar to the British accent of members of the Commonwealth, there are two main differences. First, /ei/ will be issued as /ai/. There is a very popular joke about Australia about this. An Australian was walking down the street in London, looking down at his mobile phone and almost being hit by a car. The driver was very angry and shouted, Are you here to die? Did you come to die on purpose? ) The Australian said innocently, "No, I came yesterday." No, I came yesterday. Because the Australian accent pronounced "day" as "die", Australians thought the driver was asking him if he would come today. )。 Secondly, /e/ can be pronounced as /i/, which sounds very uncomfortable. For example, next will become nixt, and December will become December.

Indian English is also very strong. Indian boys speak English fluently and at an amazing speed. There are no rolling tongues, plosive sounds and unvoiced consonants, so P is B, T is D, K is G, R is L, and their tones are relatively easy to recognize. I agree-> I swear, me too-> I fight, car-> Gar, man-> Thank you very much-> Thank you very much. I'm 30 years old. I am dirty.

It is not so funny when these interesting accents are mixed together in the exam, because the mixed accents greatly increase the difficulty of the listening exam, and it is even more difficult for us to choose the answers we want from strange accents. So how should we face such a situation?

First of all, mentality is very important.

If you want to play a good hand, you must play well along the cards in your hand and practice repeatedly with high intensity to create a pair of ears that are harmless and shared by friends? Five minutes to get English listening, ten days to break IELTS listening? Just read this article, don't take it seriously. If there is such a shortcut, the Chinese exam will be meaningless. Usually watching movies and chasing dramas, in addition to paying attention to lucky rolls and house of cards, you can also watch the three fools make a scene in Hollywood and pay attention to Bollywood. Besides, you can also go to the database of English dialects such as International English Dialect (/Global Map) and listen to English accent samples collected around the world. Listening to the most exotic English accent, Indian English and Australian English are nothing.

Secondly, examination skills are also very useful for distinguishing English accents in IELTS listening test.

Like predicting the answer. Taking time to read the exam questions can determine the context of the dialogue and monologue, infer the possible dialogue scenes, and of course help to guess the key words, so the probability of making a mistake is very small. For example, two Australians are saying hello, of course, no one will ask? How did you die today? Isn't it? In addition, it is also useful to listen carefully to keywords such as numbers, names and time. These words are often the key information, but the accent of these words has little effect. Paying attention to these keywords can get twice the result with half the effort

If some accents are difficult for you to distinguish, the dialogue is not in the right state at the beginning. Don't be nervous. One of the characteristics of an English speaker is that he likes to repeat information. For example, the question and answer in dialogue may be due to the different structure of brain circuits. The party who answers often reorganizes the other party's questions or information in his own language, then digests it and finally gives the key information. So when reading the exam questions, you can also try to paraphrase yourself and find out what the speaker will say next. It's quite possible that the first two sentences he wants to say are on your mind.

In short, the IELTS listening test does not need to be implemented in every word and sentence. Don't be nervous, it's most important to focus on the key points. No matter how many accents there are, isn't it still English? Jean? S rock!