Listening Importance
Essay by Stella • November 9, 2011 • Essay • 404 Words (2 Pages) • 1,607 Views
* Listening is one of the most important aspects in communication.
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* Listening- is the active process of making meaning out of another persons spoken message.
* Listening is an active process.
o It isn't automatic rather you make yourself listen.
o Not about what you hear, but how it is understood.
* Effective listening is listening with the purpose and goal of understanding what the speaker is saying.
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* Kathryn Dinidia and Bonnie Kennedy found that college students spent more time listening that engaging in any other kind of comm. activity.
o 50% of waking hours were spent listening
o 20% speaking, 13% reading, and 12% writing
* Listening was voted most vital quality in the workplace as well in personal relationships.
o Can effect physical health (listening to amount of dosage/how to take medication)
* Hearing is not the same as listening
* Hearing is the perception of sound
* Listening is active process of paying attention to that sound, assigning meaning to it and responding.
* At&t ad. (dropped calls)
* Listening is a learned skill
* Just as we were taught to speak, we are taught to listen effectively.
* Because listening is a skill, people vary in listening ability.
* Counselors and social workers are better listeners because they are trained.
* When something is said, all listeners are usually hearing a different message. * Listening is one of the most important aspects in communication.
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* Listening- is the active process of making meaning out of another persons spoken message.
* Listening is an active process.
o It isn't automatic rather you make yourself listen.
o Not about what you hear, but how it is understood.
* Effective listening is listening with the purpose and goal of understanding what the speaker is saying.
* 7.1
* Kathryn Dinidia and Bonnie Kennedy found that college students spent more time listening that engaging in any other
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