1 Effective Listening Chapter 3. 2 Why Listening is Important Listen & confirm a person’s...

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3 Listening vs. Hearing Hearing – vibration of sound waves on our eardrums, impulses sent to the brain Hearing – vibration of sound waves on our eardrums, impulses sent to the brain Listening – the process of giving thoughtful attention to another person’s words & understanding what you hear Listening – the process of giving thoughtful attention to another person’s words & understanding what you hear

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Effective ListeningEffective Listening

Chapter 3Chapter 3

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Why Listening is Why Listening is ImportantImportant

Listen & Listen & confirmconfirm a a person’s humanity, person’s humanity, presence, & worthpresence, & worth

We spend more time We spend more time listening than speakinglistening than speaking

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Listening vs. HearingListening vs. Hearing HearingHearing – vibration of sound – vibration of sound

waves on our eardrums, waves on our eardrums, impulses sent to the brainimpulses sent to the brain

ListeningListening – the process of – the process of giving thoughtful attention giving thoughtful attention to another person’s words & to another person’s words & understanding what you understanding what you hearhear

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Reasons We Fail to Reasons We Fail to ListenListen

Listener interferenceListener interference Differing listening Differing listening

stylesstyles Speaker interferenceSpeaker interference Inability to get beyond Inability to get beyond

differencesdifferences

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Listening StylesListening Styles

Experiential listenerExperiential listener

Auditory listenerAuditory listener

Visual listenerVisual listener

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Listenable SpeechListenable Speech

Considerate speech:Considerate speech: Oral styleOral style – words – words

meant to be heardmeant to be heardvs.vs.

Written styleWritten style – words – words meant to be readmeant to be read

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Considerate SpeechesConsiderate Speeches

Ease the audience’s Ease the audience’s burden of processing burden of processing informationinformation

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Interference Caused Interference Caused byby

Information that isInformation that is too complicatedtoo complicated too challengingtoo challenging too basictoo basic

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Interference Caused Interference Caused byby

Language that isLanguage that is too formal or too formal or

technicaltechnical too casualtoo casual too noninclusivetoo noninclusive too clutteredtoo cluttered

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Difficult LanguageDifficult Language

JargonJargon SlangSlang ColloquialismColloquialism EuphemismEuphemism

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Culturally InclusiveCulturally Inclusive

Respectfully recognizes Respectfully recognizes the differences among the differences among the many cultures in the many cultures in our societyour society

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Gender InclusiveGender Inclusive

Recognizes that both Recognizes that both women & men are women & men are active participants in active participants in the worldthe world

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SpotlightingSpotlighting

The practice of The practice of highlighting a person’s highlighting a person’s race or ethnicity during race or ethnicity during a speecha speech

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Verbal ClutterVerbal Clutter

Extra words that padExtra words that pad– sentences & claimssentences & claims– but don’t add meaningbut don’t add meaning

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Interference Caused Interference Caused by Differencesby Differences

Speech styleSpeech style Background & Background &

occupationoccupation AppearanceAppearance ValuesValues

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How to Listen How to Listen EffectivelyEffectively Listen for speaker’s Listen for speaker’s

purposepurpose Listen for main ideasListen for main ideas Listen for supporting Listen for supporting

evidence & sourcesevidence & sources Listen for consistency of Listen for consistency of

delivery & contentdelivery & content

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How to Listen How to Listen EffectivelyEffectively (cont.) (cont.)

Write down new words, Write down new words, ideas & questionsideas & questions

Offer nonverbal feedbackOffer nonverbal feedback Listen for the conclusionListen for the conclusion Make adjustments for Make adjustments for

listening styleslistening styles

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How to Listen CriticallyHow to Listen Critically

Listen for:Listen for:

accuracy of content accuracy of content

implications of messageimplications of message

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How to Listen EthicallyHow to Listen Ethically

Suspend judgmentSuspend judgment Assess informationAssess information Respond to speaker’s Respond to speaker’s

ideasideasTry Interactive Activity 3.1:Assessing Your Listening online atthe Invitation to Public Speaking website.

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Speakers as ListenersSpeakers as Listeners

Monitor audienceMonitor audience expressionsexpressions postureposture feedbackfeedback level of attentionlevel of attention

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Adapt to Audiences Adapt to Audiences Who Are:Who Are:

UninterestedUninterested Disruptive or distractedDisruptive or distracted Distracted by the speakerDistracted by the speaker ConfusedConfused Planning responses Planning responses

rather than listeningrather than listening

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