LISTENING : A
Communication
Must
LISTENING : DEFINITION
Listening is the active process of receiving and responding
to spoken (and sometimes unspoken) messages. Listening is
not just hearing what the other party in the conversation has
to say. "Listening means taking a vigorous, human interest in
what is being told us," said poet Alice Duer Miller. "You can
listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where
every sound comes back fuller and richer."
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LISTENING : DEFINITION
Listening is receiving language through the ears.
Listening involves identifying the sounds of speech
and processing them into words and sentences. When
we listen, we use our ears to receive individual sounds
(letters, stress, rhythm and pauses) and we use our
brain to convert these into messages that mean
something to us.
LISTENING : DEFINITION
Listening in any language requires focus and attention.
It is a skill that some people need to work at harder
than others. People who have difficulty concentrating
are typically poor listeners. Listening in a second
language requires even greater focus.
TRAITS AND
BEHAVIOR OF A
GOOD LISTENER
BARRIERS TO
EFFECTIVE
LISTENING
TECHNIQUES
TO IMPROVE
LISTENING
SKILLS
BENEFITS
OF
GOOD LISTENING