

Draw a triangle around the X you have just made 6. Put an X on the lower left-hand corner 5. Draw five small squares in the top left corner 3. Write your name in the top right corner of the paper 2. Read all the instructions below before doing anything. To question and test evidence and assumptions To be inspired To improve your own communicationĩ Read all the instructions below before doing anything.

Listening is not my problem! Listening and hearing are the same Good readers are good listeners Smarter people are better listeners Listening improves with age Learning not to listen Thinking about what we are going to say rather than listening to a speaker Talking when we should be listening Hearing what we expect to hear rather than what is actually said Not paying attention ( preoccupation, prejudice, self-centeredness, stero-type) Listening skills are difficult to learnħ Purpose of Listening To gain new Information and Idea An Active Process Of Eliciting Information Ideas, Attitudes And Emotions Interpersonal, Oral Exchange _ Communication Order Learned Extent Used Extent Taught _ Listening First First Fourth Speaking Second Second Third Reading Third Third Second Writing Fourth Fourth Firstĥ Meaning Listening Is With The Mind Hearing With The Senses Active listening is a process in which the listener takes active responsibility to understand the content and feeling of what is being said and then checks with the speaker to see if he/she heard what the speaker intended to communicate. Paying close attention to, and making sense of, what we hear.ģ Definition Effective listening is listening to the words of the speaker and the meaning of the words.

2 Hearing Listening The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
