Use Listening Strategies Based on Purpose

Use Listening Strategies Based on Purpose

By SHERILYN NUESCA

Poll

Are you ready to learn new concepts about listening?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

• Not sure

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Multiple Choice

Asking questions improves listening effectiveness.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

It is when you listen to gather specific important details or information.

• Listening for details

• Listening for the main idea

• Predicting the content

• Inferring the meaning

Multiple Choice

It is when you listen to infer the meaning presented by the speaker using clues and prior knowledge to work out the meaning of what you hear.

• Predicting the content

• Inferring the meaning

• Listening for the main idea

• Listening for details

Multiple Choice

When listening for information, it is wise to

• make some quick judgments about the speaker, so you are not misled.

• tie the message and speaker together in your mind.

• be opportunistic by learning what you can from this speaker, even if

  you learn what not to do.

• listen for details rather than the main ideas.

​Lesson One

​As human beings, we have many important ways to convey and understand information as we communicate. We are born with ears and never learn to hear - how to say it. As kids, we grow up learning how to speak by listening to the people who are close to us and imitating others.

​Reading and listening are receptive skills. While listening and

reading share many comprehension processes, there are differences in the way the information is processed.

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​In today’s lesson you will practice your listening skills by applying the

listening strategies based on purpose.

Multiple Choice

What is a situation that calls for using your active listening skills?

• During morning news updates on Youtube

• Watching TV

• Listening to Taylor Swift's new CD

• When a teacher explains the homework assignment

Multiple Choice

What is an important use of body language and active listening?

• to show you are listening

• to encourage the person to talk

• to see how the speaker is feeling

• all of these

​Five Key Active Listening Techniques

​#1. Pay Attention Give the speaker your undivided attention and acknowledge the message. Recognize that non-verbal communication also "speaks" loudly.

​#2. Show That You're Listening Use your own body language and gestures to show that you are engaged. Encourage the speaker to continue with small verbal comments like yes, and "uh huh."

​#3. Provide Feedback Our personal filters, assumptions, judgments, and beliefs can distort what we hear. As a listener, your role is to understand what is being said. This may require you to reflect on what is being said and to ask questions.

​#4. Defer Judgment Interrupting is a waste of time. It frustrates the speaker and limits full understanding of the message.

​#5. Respond Appropriately Active listening is designed to encourage respect and understanding. You are gaining information and perspective. You add nothing by attacking the speaker or otherwise putting her down.

​Activity 5: COMPLETE ME.

Directions: 1. The Ten Steps on How to Develop Effective Listening will be read.

2. Listen carefully.

3. Complete each sentence in Column A by choosing an appropriate word/phrase in Column B. Use a separate sheet for your answers.

​Six strategies to improve your listening skills:

​1. Be Attentive – practice mindfulness by consciously eliminating distractions from your mind and body.

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​2. Ask Questions – one of the ways you can live in the moment is by asking clear questions. Often times, people's comments are open to interpretation to understand their desire to understand what they hear.one of the ways you can stay in the moment is to ask clarifying questions.

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​3. Don’t interrupt unnecessarily – use the acronym WAIT, Why Am I Talking? to keep your comments relative to the speaker’s thoughts.

​Six strategies to improve your listening skills:

​4. Use body language – being able to understand and interpret body language can help you grasp other people's unspoken questions, problems, or negative feelings. Face-to-face, you can convey that you are listening by nodding, smiling, and maintaining eye contact.

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​5. Empathize – the ability to perceive the feelings of others, as well as to imagine what someone else is thinking or feeling. To listen effectively to what the speaker is saying, try to look at him from his perspective

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​6. Take notes – it provides you with a permanent record to refer back to. Good note taking will improve your active listening, comprehension of material, and retention.