EU EN101 M. OchinangLISTENINGWhat is listening?Wk 2.1Students spend 20% in school50% -Are most of your activities focused around listening, especially in the classroom? Which activity involves the most amount of listening? Hearing is physical. Listening is following an unerstaning the soun!--it is hearing with a purposeListening an Hearing!ood listening is "uilt on three "asic s#ills# $TTIT%&E$TTENTI'N$&(%ST)ENT$ $ $$istening is the a"sorption of the meanings of words and sentences "y the "rain $istening leads to the understanding of facts and ideas %ut listening ta&es attention, or stic&ing to the tas& at hand in spite of distractions Listening is*Listening is a very important s#ill, especially for tutors!iving a student your full attention is sometimes di'cult "ecause you start to run out of time, or you (nd yourself thin&ing a"out your ne)t *uestion+ however, the time you spend actively listening to your student will result in a *uality tutoring session +ont*,oor Listening Ha"its ,oor Listeners...Goo Listeners... ,ritici-ing a spea&er critici-e the spea&er.s voice, clothes, or loo&s /herefore, they decide that the spea&er won0t say anything importantreali-e that a lecture is not a popularity contest. Goo listeners loo# for the ieas "eing presente. not for things to critici-e.1inding fault with the spea&er"ecome so involved in disagreeing with something the spea&er states that they stop listening to the remainder of the lecture listen with the min. not the emotions. Goo listeners /ot own something they isagree with to as# the spea#er later. then go on listening. ,oor Listening Ha"its an Goo Listening Ha"itsAllowing yourself to "e distracted use little distractions -- someone coughing, a pencil dropping, the door opening and closing -- as an e)cuse to stop listening 0lter out istractions an concentrate on what the spea#er is saying. 1a&ing attention loo& at the spea&er "ut don.t listen /hey e)pect to get the material from the te)t"oo& later unerstan that spea#ers tal# a"out what they thin# is most important. Goo listeners #now that a goo lecture may not contain the same information as the te1t"oo#. 1orcing every lecture into one format outline the lecture in detail /he listener is so concerned with organi-ation that he misses the content a/ust their style of note!ta#ing to the spea#er2s topic an metho of organi-ation. ,oor Listening Ha"its an Goo Listening Ha"its$istening only for facts only want the facts /hey consider everything else to "e only the spea&er.s opinion want to see how the facts an e1amples support the spea#er2s ieas an arguments. Goo listeners #now that facts are important. "ecause they support ieas. $istening to only the easy material thin& it is too di'cult to follow the spea&er.s complicated ideas and logicA poor listener wants entertainment, not education want to learn something new an try to unerstan the spea#er2s point. $ goo listener is not afrai of i3cult. technical. or complicate ieas. ,alling a su"2ect "oring decide a lecture is going to "e dull and 3turn out3 the spea&er listen closely for information that can "e important an useful. even when a lecture is ull. ,oor Listening Ha"its an Goo Listening Ha"its4verreacting to 3push "utton3 emotional words get upset at words which trigger certain emotions -- words such as communist, income ta), 5itler or a"ortion 6motion "egins and listening ends hear these same wors. When they o. they listen very carefully. $ goo listener tries to unerstan the spea#er2s point of view. Wasting thought speedmove along la-ily with the spea&er even though thin&ing is faster than spea&ing A poor listener daydreams and falls "ehind use any e1tra time or pauses in the lecture to re4ect on the spea#er2s message. They thin# a"out what the spea#er is saying. summari-e the main points. an thin# a"out the ne1t points.,oor Listening Ha"its an Goo Listening Ha"its7iscriminativelisteningisthe most"asictypeoflistening, where"ythedi8erence"etween di8erence sounds is identi(ed5. &iscriminative listeningT6,ES '7 LISTENINGWelearntodiscriminate"etween sounds within our own language early, andlaterareuna"letodiscriminate "etweenthephonemesofother languages+ont..$istening is a visual as well as auditory act, as we communicate much through"ody language +ont..8. +omprehension listening/ocomprehendthemeaningre*uires(rst havingale)iconofwordsatour(ngertips andalsoallrulesofgrammarandsynta)"y whichwecanunderstandwhatothersare saying/hesameistrue,ofcourse,forthevisual componentsofcommunication,andan understandingof"odylanguagehelpsus understandwhattheotherpersonisreally meaning:n communication, some words are more important and some less so, and comprehension often "ene(ts from e)traction of &ey facts and items from a long spiel,omprehension listening is also &nownas; content listening,2 informative listeningand< full listening+ont*9. +ritical listening,ritical listening is listening in order to evaluate and 2udge, forming opinion a"out what is "eing said =udgment includes assessing strengths and wea&nesses, agreement and approval:. ;iase listening%iased listening happens when the person hears only what they want to hear, typically misinterpreting what the other person says "ased on thestereotypesand other "iases that they have Such "iased listening is often very evaluative in nature. Sympathetic listening:n sympathetic listening we care a"out the other person and show this concern in the way we pay close attention and e)press our sorrow for their ills and happiness at their 2oys?. Empathetic listeningWhen we listenempathetically, we go "eyond sympathy to see& a truer understand how others are feeling /his re*uires e)cellent discrimination and close attention to the nuances of emotional signals When we are "eing truly empathetic, we actually feel what they are feeling@. Therapeutic listening:n therapeutic listening, the listener has a purpose of not only empathi-ing with the spea&er "ut also to use this deep connection in order to help the spea&er understand, change or develop in some way5A. &ialogic listening/he word .dialogue. stems from the !ree& words .dia., meaning .through. and .logos. meaning .words. 7ialogic listening is sometimes &nown as 2relational listening2.55. Belationship listeningSometimes the most important factor in listening is in order to develop or sustain a relationship /his is why lovers tal& for hours and attend closely to what each other has to say when the same words from someone else would seem to "e rather "oring;7iscriminative listening2,omprehension listening%iased listening56valuative listeningT6,ES '7 LISTENING;Appreciative listening2Sympathetic listening/herapeutic listening57ialogic listening?@elationship listeningT6,ES '7 LISTENING