The presentation discusses effective listening. It defines listening as the complex process of receiving, focusing on, understanding, and storing sounds and words. True listening requires attention, whereas hearing can occur passively. Effective listening has purposes like analyzing messages, getting inspired, and improving communication. Key aspects of listening include hearing words, paying attention, understanding meaning, interpreting intent, and remembering. Active listening mentally engages with the speaker, while passive listening is just hearing without evaluation. Barriers to listening include prejudice, distractions, thinking speed, disliked words, delivery tone, selective focus, and note taking. Ways to improve listening involve preparing, removing bias, understanding intent, focusing, limiting talking, and controlling behaviors.

1. Presentation
Topic: Effective Listening
Presented By:
Ahmad Raza
Faisal Javed
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2. Defination:
Listening is an act of hearing with attention and
understanding..
“Listening is the complex and selective process of
receiving ,focusing ,desiphering ,accepting and
storing.”
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3. Remember that ‘hearing’ is not ‘listening’. Any
sound or voice that we receive is not ‘listening’.
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Hearing Listening
Is receiving words Is receiving words for
meaning
Happens itself Is made to happen
Is not selected Is selected
Requires no attention Requires attention

4. Listening is one of the most important language
skills.Listening is done for the following purposes
1. To analyze message
2. To be inspired
3. To improve Communication
4. To get information
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5. Listening takes place only when all these activities of
the process are present.
1. Hearing the sounds and voices.
2. Paying attention to the sounds and words.
3. Understanding the words received or focused
upon to get main idea.
4. Interpreting the message as intended by the speaker.
5. Putting the accepted message in mind for future
recalls.
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6. 1. Active Listening
It is a listening in which a listener is active both
physically and mentally. An active listener is fully
prepared to accept ideas of the speaker. In active
listening, he fights distraction and holds eye
contact and listens for central idea.
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7. 2. Passive Listening
It is simple hearing and no evaluation. In passive
listening the listener is passive and inactive both
physically and mentally.Passive listener distracted
easily, shows no active interest.
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8.  Good listening reflects courtesy and good
manners.
Good listening skill can improve social relations
and conversation.
Good listening creates better goodwill.
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9. Listening is a positive activity rather than a negative
activity.
Good listening creates good impression for the
speaker.
Its crate good relationship between listener and
speaker.
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10. The factors that hamper effective listening are
called listening problems, barriers or faults.
1. Prejudice against the Speaker
2. Physical Environment
3. Faster Thinking Speed
4. Semantic Stereotypes (Annoying Words)
5. Monotonous Delivery (Speaking at same tone)
6. Selective Listening
7. Taking Detailed Notes
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11. We can improve listening by adopting these
suggestions :
1. Be Prepared
2. Remove Prejudice Against the Speaker
3. Listen To Understand, Not Refute
4. Focus Your Attention
5. Stop Talking
6. Control Negative Actions
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