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Listening Effectively
Listening vs. Hearing
Listening
Getting meaning from sounds that are heard
Most listen with 25-40 percent efficiency
Hearing
Being able to detect sounds
Why listen?
Practice etiquette
Part of good manners
If you care about someone, you listen
Increase enjoyment
Helps to enjoy the moment
Increases involvement
Comprehend and evaluate ideas and info.
Helps us learn to make decisions
Helps to understand
Why listen? Cont.
Become a better student
Good listeners=better students
Helps complete homework
Ability to Listen
Lack of rest
Poor Nutrition
If you lack sleep it becomes harder to listen
Activity and nutrition help us listen
Lack of Interest
Hard to listen if you don’t care
Try to assume the speaker has something
interesting to say
Ability to Listen
Personality of Speaker
Speaker’s mannerisms are bothersome
Don’t like the speaker
Environment
Negative features can inhibit listening
Critical Listening
A listener who analyzes and tests the
speaker’s ideas.
Listen Critically
Understanding what is being said and
testing the strength of what is being said.
Identify the speaker’s goal
Identify main ideas
Identify supporting details
Use context clues
Take advantage of nonverbal clues
Reasoning
Faulty reasoning
A mistake in the reasoning process.
Generalizations
General conclusions or opinions drawn from
particular observations
Example: Fishing is good at Spiritwood Lake
Reasoning cont.
Hasty Generalizations
General conclusions or opinions that are
drawn from very few – 1 to 2 – observations
Example: Student turns one paper in late,
then all papers will be late.
Begging the Questions
Assuming the truth of a statement before it is
proven
Reasoning cont.
Irrelevant evidence
Information that has nothing to do with the
argument being made
It may sound impressive, but unless it is
related to the point at hand it shouldn’t be
used.
False Premises
Premise - a stated or implied starting point for
an argument - is assumed to be true.
Reasoning Cont.
False Premise
A premise that is untrue or distorted.
Example: We have a good starting line-up on
the BBB team, so we will win.
False Analogy
Draws invalid conclusion from weak or often
farfetched comparisons.
Example: Jim can play the guitar so well he
should be able to play the flute.
Propaganda
Persuasion
Convincing others to do something or believe
something.
Propaganda
A form of persuasion that tries to convince
people to accept an idea or belief without
thinking for themselves.
Speakers try propaganda
Propaganda
Transfer
Bandwagon
Encouraging people to act because everyone else is.
Name-calling
Building a connection between things that are not
connected
Labeling to arouse powerful negative feelings.
Card-Stacking
Presenting partial information to leave in inaccurate
impression.
Propaganda
Stereotypes
Emotional Appeals
A biased belief or attitude about a group of
people.
Statements used arouse emotional reactions
Loaded Words
Words that evoke positive or negative
feelings.
Being an Effective Listener
Get ready physically to listen
Pay attention to the speaker
Practice listening critically
Identify faulty reasoning and propaganda
techniques.
Do not jump to conclusions
Listen actively
Association
Tying a behavior to an image
Mnemonic devices
Rhymes, acronyms, and other verbal forms to
help remember information.