Listening Cps

LISTENING
SKILLS
“Are you listening to me?”
◦This question is often asked because the
speaker thinks the listener is nodding off or
daydreaming.
Difference between Listening and
Hearing
Listening Hearing
Involves a series of cognitive steps Physiological process
Active Passive
Learned process Natural

WHAT IS LISTENING?
Listening and hearing are not the same; listening is a lot
more complex than hearing.
Listening can be described as a series of five steps:

receiving, understanding, remembering, evaluating, and
responding.
◦On average, people only grasp about 50%
of what is heard
◦On average, after 24 hours people only
remember 10% of the original message
◦People who typically listen well are:
◦Top business executives
◦Successful politicians
◦Excellent teachers
◦More than 60% of business errors come from poor
listening
◦Effective listening improves:
◦Efficiency
◦Sales
◦Customer satisfaction
◦Employee moral
◦Effective listeners tend to hold higher job positions
and have higher grades
◦Bad listening can lead to passing on bad information
Kinds of Listening
◦There are 4 kinds of listening:
◦Appreciate listening
◦Listening for pleasure or enjoyment
◦Examples: Music, Comedy, Entertaining Speech
◦Empathetic listening
◦Listening to provide emotional support to a speaker
◦Examples: Friend in distress, psychiatrist to a patient
◦Comprehensive listening
◦Listening to understand the message of the
speaker
◦Examples: Classroom lecture, directions to
someone’s house
◦Critical Listening
◦Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of
accepting or rejecting it
◦Examples: Sales pitch, Campaign speech
◦You must use your mind as well as your ears
when listening critically and comprehensively
Causes of Poor Listening
◦There are 4 main causes of Poor Listening:
◦Not Concentrating
◦Spare “brain time”: The difference between the rate at
which most people talk (120 to 150 words a minute) and
the rate at which the brain can process language (400 to
800 words a minute)
◦Listening Too Hard
◦In trying to get every single detail, often times the
main point is missed
◦Jumping to Conclusions
◦Listener’s put words in the speakers mouth that aren’t
there
◦The listener is so sure they know what the speaker means,
they don’t listen to what they actually say
◦Prematurely rejecting a speaker’s idea as boring or
misguided
◦Focusing on Delivery and Personal
Appearance
◦Listeners judge speakers based on the way they look or
speak and thus do not actually listen to what they are
saying
How to Become a Better Listener
◦There are many ways in which to become a

better listener:
◦Take Listening Seriously
◦Good listeners are not born that way, they work at
it
◦Requires practice and self-discipline
◦Be an Active Listener
◦Passive listening vs. Active listening
◦Passive examples: Studying with music
on, listening to someone while making
dinner
◦Active listening: Giving undivided
attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to
understand the speaker’s point of view
◦Resist Distractions
◦ Make a conscious effort to resist distractions
◦ Try to anticipate what the speaker is going to say and listen to see how it
compares
◦ Mentally review what the speaker has said and make sure you
understand it
◦ Listen between the lines and assess what a speaker implies verbally
and says nonverbally with body language
◦Don’t be Diverted By Appearance or Delivery
◦ Set aside preconceived judgments based on a person’s looks or
manner of speech
◦ Don’t be misled by appearances in both “positive” and “negative”
manners
◦Suspend Judgment
◦Hear people without making a final judgment
◦Try to understand their point of view
◦A closed mind is an empty mind
◦Focus Your Listening
◦Listen for main points
◦Most speeches are made up of 2-4 main points
◦Listen for Evidence
◦Is it relevant to the speaker’s claims?
◦Concern yourself with the evidence:
◦Is it sufficient to support the speaker’s point?
◦Is it accurate?
◦Is it taken from objective sources?
◦Listen for Technique
◦Analyze the introduction
◦Assess the organization of the speech
◦How is attention grabbed?
◦Is it clear and easy to follow?
◦How does the speaker relate to the audience?
◦What are the main points?
◦Study the speaker’s language
◦Is it accurate, clear, vivid, and appropriate?
◦Does the speaker adapt well to audience?
◦Diagnose the speaker’s delivery:
◦Is it fluent, dynamic, and convincing?
◦How well does the speaker use eye contact and
visual aids?
◦Figure out why it went well or it didn’t
◦Develop Note-taking Skills
◦Know what to listen for and know how to record it
◦ Key-word outline: An outline that briefly notes a speaker’s main
points and supporting evidence in rough outline form
◦ Brief but clear notes separated by main idea and supporting
evidence of each
◦Practice makes perfect!
◦Page 15 Question 4
is your assignment

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