Listening
Stages of Listening
Levels of Listening
Levels of Listening
Listening Barriers
100
An intentional act and active proces

What is listening

100

Simply hearing the words 

Sensing (stage 1)



100
Requires very little envolvement

Listening for enjoyment

100
Analyzing and evealuating information

Critical Listening - Level 3

100

Impaired hearing

Physical barrier

200

A passive activity that happens all of the time even when you are unaware

What is hearing.

200

Deriving meaning from the words

Interpreting (Stage 2)


200

watching television

Level one- Listening for enjoyment

200

Class instructions or coaching tips

Level 2 Listening for information

200

Your personal attitude

Mental barrier

300
This requires concentration on what you are hearing.

 active listening

300

Judging what the message is about in context

Evaluating (stage 3)


300

Paying attention to details 

Precision listening- Level 4

300

tone of voice, subtitles of a message

Level 4 Precision listening

300

A mumbling speaker

Physical barrier

400

There are ___ stages to the listening process.

4

400
Turning listening into a two-way process

Responding (stage 4)

400
Listening to recall and retain information

Listening for information- Level 2

400

Testing what you hear against other information

Level 3- Critical Listening

400

An accent

Cultural barrier

500

The stages of listening process progress from 

hearing to thinking to responding

500
The speaker and the listener must listen to each other and respond in order for this to occur.
successful communication.
500

Listening at the dinner table to your grandparents telling a memory moment

Level 1- Listening for enjoyment

500

The ability to share and understand a speaker's feelings

Empathic Listening - Level 5

500

lack of concentration

Mental barrier