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Listening
Art or Skill ? Listening
requires effort & concentration.
Robert G. Cole Jr.Sr. H.S. Barbara Lien
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Two Kinds of Listeners
PASSIVE: all the responsibility for
successful communication lies with the
person doing the talking.
1. Causes us to be “lazy”.
2. The talker does “all” the work.
ACTIVE: effective listeners play an active
role by guiding the talker with feedback
and thinking.
Robert G. Cole Jr.Sr. H.S. Barbara Lien
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Hearing is not Listening!
When you “Listen”, you think. That’s why
you’re tired out after a long lecture where
notes were taken. When you listen, you
intercept a message and translate it.
When you “hear”, no direct interception or
translation or comprehension of the
message takes place, more of a sensing
what was said.
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Advantages:

Stay out of trouble

More up to date

Improve relationships with friends

Increases knowledge
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Why we listen?
INFORMATIVE : The most common
reason to listen, 45% to 90% of the time in
school is devoted to listening for
information (28 minutes out of every 60).
 ENTERTAINMENT/Relax/Appreciative:
For enjoyment, relaxation, and fun –
music, conversation, radio, etc.
 CRITICAL: To analyze or compare – to
deal with cause and effect situations
 DELIBERATE: To judge or evaluate – to
be able to draw a conclusion
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Why We Listen?
DISCRIMNATIVE: used to single out one
particular sound in a noisy environment.
EMPATHIC: encourages people to talk
freely without fear of embarrassment,
“sounding board”
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Why we don’t listen?
It’s hard work. We’re lazy!
 We want to be entertained.
 We’re too tired or hungry.
 We’re impatient and tune out when we
don’t understand something.
 We want to interrupt and speak, instead of
listening.
 We yield to distractions.
Internal (with in the mind)
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Listening Tips
* Get enough sleep, and eat healthy meals.
 Work at it.
* Don’t yield to “any” distractions.
 Take notes.
* Don’t talk!
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Interesting Facts!
1. People can speak comfortably at 120 to
180 words a minute.
2. People have the ability to listen six times
faster than they speak.
3. “Listening Spare Time”: we sandwich our
own thoughts between the ideas of a
speaker – internal distraction at times.
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