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WorksheetsListening
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
You are thinking about what happened last weekend at the party while listening to your mother talk about her garden.
Physical distractions
Mental distractions
Multitasking
Factual distractions
Semantic distractions
The little boy is happy that his parents will take him to McDonalds’ but he ignores the conditions that his parents have set for him prior to going to McDonalds’.
Physical distractions
Mental distractions
Multitasking
Factual distractions
Semantic distractions
John nods his head and looks at the speaker, but he is actually planning where he should go next for his vacation.
Pseudo-listening
Mental distractions
Multitasking
Factual distractions
Semantic distractions
Your brother is practising his drums while you are watching TV. The noise disrupts your concentration.
Physical distractions
Mental distractions
Multitasking
Factual distractions
Semantic distractions
You are replying a text message, snacking on chips and listening to the instructor at the workshop.
Physical distractions
Pseudo-listening
Multitasking
Factual distractions
Semantic distractions
Tim listened to all the details of an audio recording during a listening test but forgot the main ideas presented.
Physical distractions
Pseudo-listening
Multitasking
Factual distractions
Semantic distractions
The team leader ignores the problems highlighted by his young inexperienced team member during a meeting even though the problems are significant.
Ambushing
Pseudo-listening
Multitasking
Experiential Superiority
Semantic distractions
All members praised the weak non-feasible idea brought up by the regional manager.
Ambushing
Pseudo-listening
Multitasking
Experiential Superiority
Status
Simon continues talking even though his friend keeps looking at his watch.
Ambushing
Pseudo-listening
Insensitive Listening
Experiential Superiority
Status
Ivan did not listen to his grandfather’s advice because he believes that older people are superstitious.
Ambushing
Pseudo-listening
Insensitive Listening
Experiential Superiority
Stereotyping
James keeps talking about himself at a colleague’s farewell party. He redirects the conversation to himself whenever another person tries to start a new topic.
Ambushing
Stage-hogging
Insensitive Listening
Egocentrism
Stereotyping
Andrew keeps thinking about the meaning of “stereotyping” that his lecturer mentioned in class. Due to this, he loses his focus on what the lecturer is saying.
Semantic Distractions
factual Distractions
Insensitive Listening
Experiential Superiority
Stereotyping
Peter thought that James was teasing him and responded negatively when James praised him for doing a good job in the assignment.
Defensive Listening
factual Distractions
Insensitive Listening
Defensiveness
Stereotyping
Mary looked at her favourite TV host admiringly during a press conference. As a result, she did not listen to what her idol had said.
Ambushing
Sights and sounds
Insensitive Listening
Experiential Superiority
Mental Distractions
Which of the following is an example of hearing rather than listening?
He heard what she said and responded with an appropriate answer.
The sound of firecrackers filled the nighttime air.
He heard the sound outside and decided that the noise must have been a
car accident.
She heard his cry for help and reacted by immediately calling the rescue
squad.
You hear with your brain; you listen with your ear.
True
False
Hearing is difficult to avoid because it is physiological; listening is easier to avoid because it is psychological.
True
False
A person responds by asking, “Are you suggesting that I am not doing my job on this project?” You could classify the response as an example of defensiveness.
True
False
“You wouldn’t think that way if you had been a cop as long as I have” is an example of experiential superiority.
True
False
Which of the following is an example of a physical distraction to listening?
I didn’t know what he said because I was so worried about what the kids were doing in my absence.
I could only pay attention to anything she said after she mentioned “feminist theory.”
The two people talking in the row ahead of me kept me from catching very much of his lecture.
Are you kidding? All I could think about was my vacation that starts tomorrow.
