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Listening StrategiesListening Strategies
Overcoming Listening Barriers or Noise
Useful Listening Tips
A. Employing Strategies to get the most Out of Listening Memory strategies: used for storage of
information (Oxford, 1990) learn and retrieve information in an orderly string (e.g.,
acronyms) create learning and retrieval via sounds (e.g., rhyming) images (e.g., a mental picture of the word itself or the
meaning of the word) body movement (e.g., total physical response) mechanical means (e.g., flashcards) location (e.g., on a page or blackboard)
Useful Listening Tips
A. Employing Strategies to get the most Out of Listening Cognitive Strategies: to understand the
linguistic input and get knowledge (Holden, 2004)
- Cited by Flowerdew and Miller (2005)Informed guessing be inferring from cluesPredicting what is to follow by establishing connection among the ideas he presentsGetting the objective of the speaker by noting what is repeated and what he mentions to support itTaking down notes to come up with a summary or concept map of the ideas presented
Useful Listening Tips
A. Employing Strategies to get the most Out of Listening Compensatory strategies: employ an
alternative method to reach comprehensability (Bialystok, 1981; Corder, 1983)
Context clues Synonyms Elaborating on what was said Using one’s own personal knowledge and
experiences as support
Useful Listening Tips
A. Employing Strategies to get the most Out of Listening Metacognitive strategies: to plan, monitor, and
evaluate their listening They plan by deciding which listening strategies
will serve best in a particular situation. They monitor their comprehension and the
effectiveness of the selected strategies. They evaluate by determining whether they have
achieved their listening comprehension goals and whether the combination of listening strategies selected was an effective one.
Useful Listening Tips
A. Employing Strategies to get the most Out of Listening Affective strategies: concerned with the
learner's emotional requirements such as confidence
Lowering your anxiety Encouraging yourself Taking your emotional temperature
Useful Listening Tips
A. Employing Strategies to get the most Out of Listening Social strategies: increase interaction
Asking questions Cooperating with others Empathizing with others
Useful Listening Tips
Noting the stages in the Listening Process TQLR
TUNE IN Determine the speaker's topic and recall what you may already know
about the topic. QUESTION
Raise mental questions concerning the topic that you expect to talk over
Continue the listening process by asking questions in your mind such as: "What point is the speaker making?", "What devices for support is he/she using?"
QUESTION
Useful Listening Tips
Noting the stages in the Listening Process TQLR
LISTEN This part of the process includes determining the
basic message and answering the questions being raised during the total process.
RECALL Evaluate the message against your questions, fit
ideas together, summarize ideas, and evaluate the meaning and impact of the message based on your circumstances.
Some Dos and Don’ts in Listening
Prejudging
Some Dos and Don’ts in Listening
Assuming
Some Dos and Don’ts in Listening
Entertaining private agenda
Some Dos and Don’ts in Listening
Selective listening
Some Dos and Don’ts in Listening
Getting so focused on details
Some Dos and Don’ts in Listening
Adopting a passive physical response
Some Dos and Don’ts in Listening
Showing defensive physical posture
Some Dos and Don’ts in Listening
Getting more focused on the speaker than the message
Some Dos and Don’ts in Listening
Faking attention
Some Dos and Don’ts in Listening
4PNCR P1: determining your purpose for listening to the
talk P2: determining the speaker’s purpose or
objective P3: single out the topic and what the speaker is
asserting about it and the main and supporting points
P4: showing positive non-verbal feedback N: taking down notes C: listening to the conclusion R: recalling/reviewing information
Ten keys to effective listening
Find areas of interest.The Poor Listener: Tunes out dry topics.The Good Listener: Seizes opportunities: "What's in it for me?"
Judge content, not delivery.The Poor Listener: Tunes out if delivery is poor.The Good Listener: Judges content, skips over delivery errors.
Hold your fire.The Poor Listener: Tends to enter into argument.The Good Listener: Doesn't judge until comprehension is complete.
Listen for ideas.The Poor Listener: Listens for facts.The Good Listener: Listens for central theme.
Be a flexible note taker.The Poor Listener: Is busy with form, misses content.The Good Listener: Adjusts to topic and organizational pattern.
Ten keys to effective listeningcontinued
Work at listening.The Poor Listener: Shows no energy output, fakes attentionThe Good Listener: Works hard; exhibits alertness.
Resist distractions.The Poor Listener: Is distracted easily.The Good Listener: Fights or avoids distractions; tolerates bad habits in others; knows how to concentrate.
Exercise your mind.The Poor Listener: Resists difficult material; seeks light, recreational material.The Good Listener: Uses heavier material as exercise for the mind.
Keep your mind open.The Poor Listener: Reacts to emotional words.The Good Listener: Interprets emotional words; does not get hung up on them.
Thought is faster than speech; use it.The Poor Listener: Tends to daydream with slow speakers.The Good Listener: Challenges, anticipates, mentally summarizes, weights the evidence, listens between the lines to tone and voice.
Sources:
Contextualizing Oral Communication http://web.ntpu.edu.tw/~language/workshop/read2.pdf https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/compensation-
strategies http://www.academypublication.com/issues/past/tpls/
vol02/04/28.pdf http://www.kagawa-u.ac.jp/high- edu/journal_8_6.pdf http://www.nova.edu/yoursuccess/pdf/
keys_good_listening.pdf