...Effective Listening Strategies Paper LaDonna Landry BSHS 385 Audra Stinson June 15, 2015 Effective Listening Strategies Paper Thinking and acting in ways that connect you to a person that is speaking is attentive listening. The benefits of listening are codependent and synergistic not many people are attentive listeners but if they can possess the skill of listening there are many benefits. Some benefits are respect, airtime, information, increased likability, better relationship and clarity. When you are giving you full listening attention you are showing respect and in turn gain the respect of the speaker. If you listen first to the speaker usually the speaker will return the favor. I say usually because it depends upon the individual and what may be going on with them such as self-absorption, stress or other reason that they might not lend their ear as the listener has done. Attentive listening helps to get information so that you can learn more about the person. The more you know about the individual the more you can do to assist them. People like to be listened to the more you listen to people the more you like them and the more you listen to the person talking the more they began to like you just for the fact that you listened. Listening creates a feeling of goodwill in relationships. If you are to listen to others problems non-judgmentally this gives the individual a chance to hear themselves and possibly find their own solution to their problem. Listening...
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...of Listening of the Tertiary Level Students” A Research Presented to: Bachelor of Business Teacher Education Major in Information Technology Education In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for “Speech Communication” By: Baquiran, Gerome Nicole Isiderio, Jennica Ann Manato, April Rose Mariano, Allen Victor Morante, Irish Cecille Lusuriaga, Rosalia Olivar, Melbhen Uadan, Shiela Pandongan, Jeasabel Sumile, Pacifico Sta. Maria, Ingersoll BBTE-IT 2-1 Introduction A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark. (Chinese Proverb) We have decided to write this thesis about the Beatles. We want to demonstrate how the Beatles can help with teaching listening. They were and still are the most influential pop music group in the world. We realized that students are not very interested in listening topics that are in pupils’ students’ books. Listening in English can be difficult for a lot of young learners and also adults. For this reason we have chosen the Beatles to help students with listening. Their songs are easy to understand and provide a wide range of topics suitable for high school learners. Firstly, the aim of our thesis is to introduce the basic principles of teaching listening. Secondly, there would be a practical part using the Beatles lyrics as well as activities connected with listening and...
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...Effective Listening Strategies BSHS 385 April 21, 2015 Dr. Barbara Hughson Effective Listening Strategies Effective listening is an important part of the human service profession. This paper will review three articles about effective listening. For each article, I will provide a summary that includes my thoughts of the article, what was learned about effective listening, and how I can apply it to my daily life as a human service professional. I will also discuss my thoughts on how I will use these strategies and how effective they may be. The first article I read is called “Listen Carefully." This article is discussing teaching listening skills to school-aged children. Some of the research reviewed shows the importance of listening when it comes to human learning and development. Learning how to listen is the first skill in language most children will develop first. Once children begin school, listening becomes even more important because the majority of what children learn is through listening. An interesting fact to me was when McPherson (2008) stated, “Teaching listening skills to middle school at-risk readers improved their reading comprehension scores and found that listening to a story while reading the story's words also improved elementary children's reading comprehension.” (McPherson, 2008) This speaks volumes to me especially when the teaching of listening skills in the classroom is not being done today. Teachers who start teaching listening strategies have...
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...2013 E-portfolio 1.1: Listening skills Student number: NGWSIM006 Listening is a skill Oxford Mini Dictionary (2007) describes listening as “to take notice of and act on what someone says “. There is a fine line between listening and hearing. The question is where the fine line lies? The answer is attention. Hearing is explained by Horowitz (2012) as a passive-action, it is an ever-engaged sense that makes a person capable of not just recognizing sound but also triggering a response to. This stimulus is faster than all our other senses including sight. Listening on the other hand is an active behaviour as it requires focus and attention.[paraphrase] Listening is a skill that you need to acquire through practise. As they say practise makes perfect. Listening is the most important characteristic that a professional must have, as that it is a fundamental to gain a person’s trust. Appling simple thinking and excessive listening skills makes everyone feel comfortable in your presence. In this essay I will be discussing the aspects about good listening skills as there is a fine line between listening and hearing. I will also be discussing what I have learnt as an integrated Health Professional in terms of my knowledge and self-reflection. When everything became too much to bear alone I still remember it like yesterday ago when my dad died and I was left alone in the big bad world as everyone said it was. I realized that I needed someone to just listen to me but to understand how...
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...Stressful Days What do you do when you’re stressed? If I’m starting to feel overwhelmed or as if I can’t handle all of the pressure that I’ve been dealt with, then I tend to either vent to my friends or family, listen to music, or I avoid or alter out unnecessary stress. Everyone has different ways that they cope with stress and these ways I find help myself the most. I cope with being stressed by venting to my friends and family due to the fact that they can add their input and help guide me in the right direction to my happiness again. If it’s self-inflicted stress, then they can help me get out of that with constructive words of criticism which if I’m stressed, is typically needed. I find that my family and friends almost always know what to says. Also, I like venting to my friends because they have a way of comforting me that sometimes my family cannot. They know what makes me calm down, and what also makes me smile and happy again. If my friends and family are knowing that I’m stressed they know very well how to not make me feel alone, because sometimes that’s all you want is someone to be there for you. It’s also not healthy to keep things bottled up inside for too long, and the people closest to us are what help us get by when we are in times of need. Another way that I find helpful when I’m stressed is to just find a place to seclude myself, such as my car, or my room, and just surround myself with music. I like listening to music when I’m stressed due to...
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...BSHS/385 WEEK THREE EFFECTIVE LISTENING STRATEGIES The main objective of listening is to establish empathy between the helper and client by listening to the clients words, sensing their feelings, and interpreting their thoughts. It is very important that clients know and feel that their helper is paying attention and care about the story they are telling. I have reviewed three articles that can really help me in my career when it comes to being an active and effective listener. Article one: The human side of teaching: Effective Listener. This article is very informative by offering effective listening suggestions. It suggest that professionals listen fully to clients without any interruptions. By waiting for the client to pause on speaking, giving the professional time to empathize before asking questions. This is very important to focus on the client and conversation at hand, so you’re able to give feedback to the client. Also, listen with your eyes, ears, and body. Who knew by sitting a certain way or spot would show your client that you’re giving your undivided attention and allow you to notice those non-verbal gestures or expressions. Taking notes allows you to be more engaged with any speaker and prove that you are listening effectively (Boyd, 2001). I am a strong believer of eye contact when talking with someone. Article two: The gift of listening: JUST Listening Strategies. This article discuss how listening with sensitivity is a key component when...
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...process. However, listening is the part of communicating that often gets short shrift in favor of talking. There is a practical side to improving listening skills, especially for anyone in a service profession such as veterinary medicine. How well you listen impacts your relationships with clients, coworkers and suppliers. Better listening builds better partnerships. (The American Veterinary Medical Association, 1997) Personally or professionally all of us could use some practice on our listening skills. For example; a client asks an interesting question, but is mumbling so you can’t exactly hear what he is saying. “Excuse me sir, you’re talking to low can you please repeat that for me, thank you” This is a great way of politely letting the person know that you can’t hear them. Hearing refers to the sounds that you hear, whereas listening requires more than that: it requires focus. Listening means paying attention not only to the story, but how it is told, the use of language and voice, and how the other person uses his or her body. In other words, it means being aware of both verbal and non-verbal messages. (Listening Skills, 2011-2014) Techniques for reflective listening include echoing, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Echoing involves repeating the last few words that a client said (i.e. ‘‘So, Friskie threw up twice last night’’). Paraphrasing is to restate in your own words the content or feelings behind the client’s message (i.e., ‘‘I am glad that you brought him in today...
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...272 miles separate me from my best friend. I have been dating my boyfriend, Jason for four years now. We have been in a long distance relationship since the fall of 2013. He attends Southern Methodist University however I attend Oklahoma State University. We are both from Edmond, Oklahoma and went to high school together. Long distance relationships have difficulties of time, freedom, and insufficient physical encounters; therefore, it is important to communicate as often as possible in order to keep the relationship working. As relationships mature, they penetrate deeper and deeper into personal and private matters. This exposes vulnerabilities; therefore trust has got to be developed on the manner. Jason and I met each other because we both...
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...understand others it not only benefits the person speaking but it also benefits the listener (Peterson, 2007, pg. 6). In order to have good conversation that is beneficial to both parties, both parties have to first become better listeners. Summary Good communication skills are important for every aspect of life. Communication improvement skills can improve relationships, professional development, spiritual growth, and friendships. However, a person cannot improve his/her communication skills if he/she does not improve his/her listening skills. Many people have bad communication because they fail to listen to the other person. In conversation people are more concerned with telling their story than listening to others story (Peterson, 2007, pg. 5). Unnecessary confusion is caused by people thinking they are listening but they do not really hear each other (Peterson, 2007, pg. 7). Peterson (2007) provides helpful communication strategies to improve listening skills. The flow of conversation can be affected by physical emotions. In part one of the Peterson (2007) Peterson talks about the flat-brain theory. Flat-Brain syndrome is caused when a person’s system goes out of whack. Peterson (2007, pg. 23) examples of flat-brain symptoms are * Stomach expands with an overload of mixed emotions. * Press heart functions into bricks...
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...Verbal and Nonverbal Communication and Listening Skills People use different forms of communication. Communication can be both verbal and nonverbal and both are equally important when a person is communicating. Verbal communication is communication that can be had over the phone, face to face, via fax or via email. Nonverbal communication is communication that is conveyed through body language, eye contact, the tone of a person’s voice or the distance in which the persons communicating are to each other. Nonverbal communication expresses thoughts and feelings without words and is meant to help with the message you are trying to get across with your words. I tend to communicate nonverbally with my facial expressions. My facial expression usually give away my true feelings on the matter I am discussing. Knowledge of Nonverbal Communication Knowledge of nonverbal communication can help when communicating with others because it can help you bring your point across if you use it correctly. If you want to relay a serious message you will have to keep your tone serious, if you are relaying a serious message with a joking tone and laughing then the person you are talking to will not know if they are to take you serious or not. The same can be said for the opposite. If you are communicating with someone about something that is light and jolly but you have a mean tone the person will not know how they are to receive the message. Making sure that your tone and words match is important...
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...well is your approach working for you. Do your notes help you pass your quizzes/exams? Do you feel you need to improve your note taking skills? My note taking is on point at the moment, I believe I am great at note taking & organized as well as detailed when I write down notes. My notes help me better understand the book than having to read, when it comes to exams & quizzes I rely on my notes to help me pass 5. Review Chapter 5 and select strategies that you think will help you. Practice using the new strategies for a week. Report on the results. Did you notice any improvements in your learning and understanding of the course materials? The strategy I selected to use was the Cornell system, it helped me better understand what I am listing to and what I am writing down. 3. Watch Video, Julian Treasure: 5 Ways to Listen Better. Using your word processor, write two paragraphs. 1. Julian Treasure gives several compelling reasons why good listening skills are important. Summarize these reasons. 2. Use the 4 RASA techniques on one person this week and describe what you did and how they reacted. Good listening skills are important because with out listening we are not able to experience the flow of time from past to future. Without listening our world will become a very scary place. If we were to listen, media sources wont have to scream out to us to catch our attention. There are many skills one can use to improve their listening skills. The RASA technique was...
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...form of communication we are in fact transmitting a message or our personal opinion. Demonstrative communication can be either verbal or nonverbal. It can be a body movement or a raise of a hand. It can also be a facial movement, or no movement. It can be what a person sees or doesn’t see. You can communicate with your posture or what you wear. You can demonstrate a type of communication by simply staying silent. Positive facial expressions are recognized faster than negative facial expressions (Nayab 2011). I can remember a one Sunday afternoon in church my mother was sitting in the choir loft looking straight at me. I was only seven at the time and I was sitting on the front pew with my cousins playing and laughing. My mother had been trying to get my attention for some time. I don’t know what made me look up but I did, and when I did look up I looked straight into my mother’s face. She did not have to say a word to me but the look she gave me told me that I had better sit up, stop playing, and be quiet I of course immediately stop playing and was very still and attentive for the remainder of the service. Her nonverbal communication was very clear to me. The look on her face told me immediately that she was not happy. My mother’s facial expression, in the roll as the sender was very effective, because she transmitted an idea and stopped an unwanted behavior. In my roll, as the receiver, I understood that her facial expression clearly...
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...KNOWLEDGE in BLOOM: Listening with an Open Mind Each chapter-end assessment is based on Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning. See the inside front cover for a quick review. UTILIZES LEVELS 4 AND 5 ON THE TAXONOMY EXPLANATION: Seldom (if ever) would you pop in a CD, click a song on your iPod, or tune your radio to a station that you strongly disliked. It just does not seem like a good use of time, and it is not something that you would probably enjoy doing on a daily basis. However, for this exercise, we are going to ask that you do precisely what we’ve described above and then apply what you’ve experienced and learned to several questions and four ESSENTIAL CORNERSTONES from Chapter 1. PROCESS: Over the course of the next few days, find a song from your least favorite genre. If you are a huge fan of R&B, move away from that genre and choose something from a genre of which you are not particularly fond. You might choose an old country song or a song from rap or bluegrass. If you enjoy listening to “Easy Love Songs,” try something different such as metal or swing. The only stipulation is that the song must have lyrics. You will have to listen to the song several times to answer the questions. HOWEVER, it is important that you read the questions BEFORE you listen to the song—particularly question #2. The key to this exercise is to practice listening with an open mind, listening for content, and listening to words when barriers are in the way (the barrier in this case would be...
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...take when communication. The second part helps develop different approaches on the talking and listening process, the fourth part indicates different listening techniques, and the fifth section concludes it all. In Petersen’s first part “Options in Communicating,” develops several different theories and emotions that are known as the Flat-Brain Theory, this is something that alters your hearing, sight, thinking, as well as your sensibility to things. One who suffers from flat-brain syndrome often believe that others are the problem (Peterson, 2007). The flat brain theory contains a formula of one’s self that includes the stomach, heart and head, the stomach consists of our emotions and feelings, the heart gives and receives concerns, and the head incorporates thinking planning, and remembering (Peterson, 2007). Peterson indicates that the way one think may change their feelings. In the Talker-Listener process, it is Peterson’s way to remind people that you do not overpower to get your point across you have to take turns and listen to each other’s point of view. Which is the Talker-Listener Card (TLC) taking this method into perspective and consideration when talking to someone can be useful in a way that it can help alleviate arguing, and allows you to intake and absorb as much as you can by taking your time and allowing the speaker to say what they have to say before you mention your point. Peterson (2007) explains...
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...Week Two Individual: Using Language Effectively Maria Lobitos XCOM/200 March 23, 2013 Ellen Riordan The importance of listening in communication is colossal. “The importance of listening in communication is often well illustrated when we analyze our listening skills with those closest to us.” (Staiano. 2006.) For example, when we are conversing with family members such as spouse and children. When our children are talking sometimes we respond with uh-huh when they are trying to tell us something. Then when we are asked with a question, we respond with, “I am so sorry but what did you say again?” We tend not to listen completely because we are occupied on coming up with a response. Also even when listening to a music. Our mind tend to wonder and not really paying attention to the words of the song we are listening to. One of my experience in the past in regards to having a hard time listening was when we had a staff meeting at work and I was not able to properly decode information that did not make sense to me. It is because my own attitude of “already know the topic” that I brought to the staff meeting had an effect to my ability to listen to the manager. Since I already knew the topic, I was not that focus to the what the manager was saying and when the time came and the manager asked a question, I was not ready to respond. I was more preoccupied with my own thoughts that I did not focus on the message. Also, since the topic has been discussed many times...
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