What is hearing?
The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Comprehensive listening
Listening to understand the message of a speaker as when we attend a classroom lecture or listening to directions for finding a friends house
Why is listening important
Not only does listening enhance your ability to understand better and make you a better communicator, it also makes the experience of speaking to you more enjoyable to other people
What is the difference between hearing and listening
Hearing is the process, function, or power of perceiving sound. Listening is paying attention to a message in order to hear it, understand it, and physically or verbally respond to it
What is listening?
Paying close attention to, and making sense of, what we hear.
Spare brain time
the difference between th rate at which most people talk (120-180 words per minute) and the rate at which the brain can process language (400-500 words per minute)
What are ways we jump in conclusion
Being close with the speaker and think you’ll know what there going to say
Prematurely rejecting a speakers ideas as boring or misguided
What is important to develop strong listening skills
Focus your full attention on the other person talking
Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
appreciative listening
Active listening
giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker’s point of view
What does it mean to listen to hard
Try to remember every details and end up missing the main point
What are six ways to become a better listener
Take Listening Seriously
Be an Active Listener
Resist Distractions
Don’t Diverted by Appearance or Delivery
Suspend Judgment
Focus Your Listening
Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it.
Critical listening
an outline that briefly notes a speaker’s main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form
Key-word outline
There are four basic questions to ask about a speaker's evidence
Is it accurate?
Is it taken from objective sources?
Is it relevant to the speaker's claims?
Is it sufficient to support the speaker's point?
Four causes of poor listening
Not Concentrating
Listening Too Hard
Jumping to Conclusions
Focusing on Delivery and Personal Appearance
What is empathic listening?
Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Poor listening
Someone that don’t listen
What is Jumping to conclusions
Putting words in a speakers mouth
How is listening connected with critical listening
Critical thinkers must first engage in highly active listening. Active listening provides critical thinkers with what is needed to organize the information they hear, understand its context or relevance, recognize unstated assumptions, make logical connections between ideas, and draw conclusions.