It Depends on different levels you are(how many characters you know) and how is your hearing in thinking way ( English learners think in English structure way). Chinese tone are various. so it needs proficiency. Smart people can quickly memorize and think at the same time of listening. I realized that. But I am likely deaf. So I couldn't be proficient in English listening. Especially fast speech. daily dialogue. note-taking I need listen many times. I suggest you make dictation in short note /poem/ song lyrics. help you being familiar to characters. before you listening, you can memorize the transcript or look through the method. afterward you try best attention on it. Interesting things will lead you concentrate your attention on it. So you can choose your hobby lovely method. For example I like Firework (Katy Perry July 4) this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw. I would eager to master the lyrics. And English teachers liked to encourage me to upload my voice to internet, then listen back my own voice. my real teacher recorded our converse video on youtube. I am not sure it works on Chinese learner or not? maybe take a try? Many ways can improve your listening. This is my experience sharing. Maybe not so best.

你可以按照你的需要用不同的方法练习听力： You can also try to practice listening with different methods: 1. 以熟练一个语言的"flow" (节奏) 为前提，听一段很长的话（好像看剧、听歌词、看电影等）。 1. Listen to flow. Listen to a long passage (e.g. drama, songs, films). 2. 以细听为前提听一段很短的话。（比如说从电视剧抽一段你觉得有意义的材料，看看你能听懂多少，尤其那些很容易带过的词，或者一些你根本不认识的字，看看你能不能从听力推断一个一个的单词合成一个句子）。 2. Listen at a highly granular level. (e.g. take an interesting segment from a drama, and see how much you can listen (and transcribe), especially paying attention to words that are easily carried over (think lazy sounds, linking words, etc.), and see if you can piece together syllables to form words and sentences). 3. 以背诵为前提练习听力。有些话你可能觉得实在太有用了，那你可以多听，每天都听，你听了很多遍后应该很自然能够背熟一段话。这其实还是蛮有用的 - 你不只在背一段话，你会通过背诵更加理解一个语言的节奏。 3. Listen for familiarization. Some blocks of text might be so useful that you decide you want to learn it by heard. And you decide to listen to it everyday. This not only allows you to memorise that chunk of text, it also helps you better understand the flow of the language. 以上的一点想法希望对你有帮助。 I hope these thoughts are helpful to you.

当我听时候我一点明白，但是我不明白很快说。 我怎么进步我的听才？谢谢 当我听的时候我有点明白，但是说得太快的时候我就不懂了。我怎么做才能改善我的听力？ 对我来说，学习外语的时候，听力是分阶段的: To me, when learning a language, listening is split up into stages: 1. 听单词。别人说话的时候看看你听懂多少个单词。从听懂的单词大概可以理解对方的意思。 1. Listening to words. When someone else is speaking, try to see how many words you can understand. And from the words you did understand, try to guess what the other person is saying. 2. 有目的地听。你开始听的时候可能听懂一点点了，但是很多具体的东西好像还是听不懂。原因是我们母语听一段话的时候一整段话都听进去脑袋才进行进一步的过滤。但是外语的话很难这样做，因为单词量不够。所以你可以试试问自己 - 我到底听对方说的话想具体听什么呢？听他的语气？听他的观点？听一些重点信息（如地点，人物等）？你理清你想听什么的时候到某种程度会减轻你的听力负荷。 2. Listen with an objective. When you start to listen, you might understand a bit, but miss out on a lot of concrete information. The main reason is because when we listen in our native languages, we listen to the entire thing and then filter information afterwards (input, remembering, retrieval, analysis). But it's difficult to do the same with a foreign language, because we simply don't know enough words (and we're not used to thinking in the language so quickly). So you can try to ask yourself - what do you want to listen to specifically? Tone? Stance? Or concrete information (e.g. place, people)? When you specify what you want to listen to, it will greatly alleviate the difficulty associated with listening. 3. 听语调。有时候你听别人说话不是听他想说什么，而是听他是带着什么情绪去说一段话。身体语言、语调、语气等非词语信息其实也是蛮重要的。 3. Listen to tone. Sometimes when you listen, you aren't really listening to what he's saying, but the emotions that he feels when saying it. Body language, tone, accentuation are all important factors and cues to understanding someone.

With more people speak Mandarin

You may try some news, films or dramas with Chinese subtitles. First you watch and listen, but shun looking at the subtitles. You'll meet some words or phrases where you don't understand. Re-view and try to make them out. And then look at the subtitles to see what actually they are. This is a pretty helpful way in enhancing listening comprehension, though maybe a little weary, but it is the way how lots of Chinese people improvve their English listening. It's fair in return for you Amrecians to endure the cracklings of hens before you have the eggs;)