effort or skill. Listening is a skill that requires practice and concentration to avoid the barriers that are working against it (Hynes‚ 2005). Effective communication exists when the receiver interprets and understands the sender ’s message in the same way the sender intended for it to be. According to Larry Nadig‚ Ph.D. (1999)‚ there are three basic modes of listening. There is competitive listening‚ attentive listening‚ and active listening. With competitive listening‚ the listener is more
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communicating‚ of which 45 percent is spent listening. Nixon and West give the following breakdown for the average time an individual spends communicating. Writing 9 % Reading 16 % Speaking 30 % Listening 45 % Since almost half of the time spent communicating is spent listening‚ it is important to overcome any obstacles that obstruct our ability to listen and to learn new ways to improve our listening ability. Barriers to Listening Anything that interferes with our
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Definition Through the years‚ numerous definitions of listening have been proposed. Perhaps the most useful one defines listening as the process of receiving‚ attending‚ and understanding auditory messages; that is‚ messages transmitted through the medium of sound. Often‚ the steps of responding and remembering are also included. Hearing vs. Listening Listening and hearing are not the same. Hearing is the first stage of listening. Hearing occurs when your ears pick up sound waves which
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Empathetic listening is a learned skill where the listener feels as the speaker instead of for the speaker‚ empathy as opposed to sympathy. It’s a skill that once learned will not come automatically‚ sufficient time must be set aside for it and preparations must be made for it. To be a good empathetic listener one has to let the other parties dominate the discussion‚ stay attentive to what is said‚ hold back from interrupting‚ use open ended questions‚ stay aware and sensitive to the emotions being
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Importance of Listening in Communication:-- Listening is defined as applying oneself to hearing something. In verbal communication it is to hear while giving attention to what is being said. It is an ability that can be cultivated and practiced into a skill. From this standpoint it can be viewed as an art. As a public speaker‚ it is an art to be mastered.For your message to reach the ears of those you speak to‚ you need to know what they want to hear. Everyone
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Reflective Listening Skills Answers Why is reflective listening important to your work as a parenting practitioner? Describe what your inner attitude needs to be in order to listen helpfully. Reflective listening is a two-fold process which involves: 1. Really hearing and understanding what the other person is saying through words and body language‚ and 2. Reflecting feelings and thoughts you heard through your own words‚ tone-of-voice‚ body posture and gesture so that the other
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My listening effectiveness In order to have effective listening a communicator must go beyond the mechanical process of hearing to truly understand what is being said. There is more to the process than reacting “automatically and routinely without much mental investment” (Adler‚ Rosenfeld‚ & Proctor‚ 2010). To truly have effective listening‚ a communicator must give “careful and thoughtful attention and responses to the messages we receive” (Adler‚ Rosenfeld‚ & Proctor‚ 2010). (Good definition/explanation
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There is an art to listening; and as Julia Wood states about listening‚ “We try to understand not just content but also the person speaking” (Wood 166). In essence‚ the goal of listening is to gasp the message‚ meaning and feelings of the person talking. Therefore‚ there are listening behaviors and listening styles that can either enhance or impede this process and flow of communication. To this point‚ observations have been made of two separate conversations in which listening behaviors and styles
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Kinds of Listening Informational Listening -This is simple‚ straightforward listening. The speaker intends to get a message across‚ and the listener’s goal should be to understand that message as completely as possible. The listener might need to ask questions or request clarification to get the full message. A good way to improve your informational listening skills is to rephrase and repeat the speaker’s message back to her. If the speaker affirms what you’ve said‚ you have understood the message
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Art of Listening Listening Listening is the conscious processing of the auditory stimuli that have been perceived through hearing. Listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process. Listening is key to all effective communication‚ without the ability to listen effectively messages are easily misunderstood – communication breaks down and the sender of the message can easily become frustrated or irritated. Theorist Roland Barthes characterized
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