【正文】 that influences listening prehension. Grammar is the primary framework to constitute sentences and passages. It is equally important in both reading and listening. Good grammar can help us write speeches, letters and reports, meaning that we would be much 安徽工程大學(xué)畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文） 15 more popular in workplace. And if we want a job in journalism, we will have to know what kind of words that really attract the audience. Nobody wants to read a boring article from someone who knows nothing about grammar or how it works. Despite the great part grammar plays, schools nowadays do not attach great importance to grammar teaching. Teachers are shifting their focus and energy from grammar to speaking. Although speaking is very important, yet grammar is the foundation of speaking. Without good grammar, all we say is a broken sentence as if we were poorly educated (高妍， 20xx： 23). Psychological barrier Psychological barrier is a subjective element, which must be overe in the process of English news listening. Students distracted with emotional tension often can not improve hearing ability. Students in class neither using hand to write notes nor using brains to think questions have no impression on the content he or she just listens to. Some even listens to news with a fear of emotion. When he or she hears an unknown word, he bees nervous quickly and of course the following content is missing. Russian psychologist Shensi Ji has said that attention is the only gateway. Only passing through this gateway can external world be felt in heart（王蕾， 20xx： 60） . Experience proves that the more concentrated someone is, the more he will understand. Once he focuses, there is a period of exciting moment in his mind, thus the listener is pletely involved in the content. Just treat listening as a mon event. 鄧晶晶： Analysis and Exploration of the Way to Understand News English Quickly 16 4. Approaches to understand news English Above characteristics and barriers of news English have been mentioned. Next we’ll talk about some corresponding strategies to solve or ease these problems. Lowering students’ anxiety Students often think that successful listening prehension is plete prehension. They think they have to understand everything in the listening materials. So when they do not, they give up and feel frustrated. But the most vital element in learning to listen effectively is confidence and confidence es with practice and with success at an early stage（呂建娜， 20xx： 50） . To deal with this problem, teachers should create a relaxed atmosphere, help students realize their language anxiety and build up their self – confidence. When students are relaxed and feel at ease, they do not have to worry about the questions of teachers. For students themselves, they can listen to English music and watch English movies and TV series so that they will be more familiar with the English language. English music and movies are also very fast in speed. If students can be very familiar with them, they will not be afraid of the English news. Enlarging vocabulary Vocabulary is at the center of English news listening. Students should read extensively. When they confront an unknown word, they should underline the word and check it in the dictionary. Many students find it timeconsuming to 安徽工程大學(xué)畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文） 17 consult a dictionary, but what they do not know is that they can remember the word better if they look at usage column carefully. Reading the usage column can help the students know the frequent collocations of the word and whether the word is formal or not and the synonyms and antonyms of the word. Checking one word will enable the students to know more than that. And it is beneficial for students to memorize a large amount of idioms and useful expressions. Improving grammar Those who need to improve their grammar can buy a grammar book like Bo Bing English Grammar. Read the book carefully, and basically all problems can be solved. But reading the book is not enough. Students need to practice by doing exercises to help them reinforce their understanding. When they make similar mistakes, they have to summarize and read the point again to memorize better. Keep a grammar book and when students have any difficulty in understanding the sentence structure or writing some sentence themselves, they can consult the book. After they have solved all the grammar problems, they will not find listening to plex sentences that hard. They can analyze the structure themselves. They will not be intimidated by any long and plex structure to the meaning of sentence. Broadening background information 鄧晶晶： Analysis and Exploration of the Way to Understand News English Quickly 18 Background information is closely related to our daily life. Students can read newspapers and magazines to know what is happening around them, which is a very effective way because newspaper are cheap and everyone can afford them. Knowing this information can help them form a better understanding during the news listening and if they really know the news very well, they can even answer the questions before they finish listening to the news. They can also watch CCTV9, which usually reports the latest news and their pronunciation is authentic. Teachers should encourage students to read newspapers more, and ask them to form a group. Each group chooses a latest piece of news to cover and do a presentation to all the other students. Ask them to do it every week so that reading newspapers will bee their habit. Strengthening phoics practice In order to improve the pronunciation, students can take several actions: they can watch some American and English TV series and films. In this way, they can not only listen to the most authentic pronunciations but also learn their lifest