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Strategies for improving listening skills
 Listening is yet another most difficult
task, from an audience’s perspective.
 Listening is as important as speaking,
writing and reading.
 Some of the areas need consideration
are:
 Faults in Listening
 Purposes for Listening
 Results of Good Listening
Strategies for improving listening skills
 Faults in Listening
 Some of the factors responsible for
poor listening are:
 Prejudice against the speaker
 External distractions
 Thinking speed
 Premature evaluation
 Semantic stereotypes
 Delivery
Strategies for improving listening skills
 Faults in Listening
 Prejudice against the speaker
 Listeners are distracted because who
the speaker is conflicts with their
attitudes.
Strategies for improving listening skills
 Faults in Listening
 External distractions
 External distraction may be caused
due to stammering speaker, speaker’s
clothing, excessive gestures.
Strategies for improving listening skills
 Faults in Listening
 Thinking speed
 Speaking is lesser words pr minute,
but processing while thinking goes
faster per minute.
Strategies for improving listening skills
 Faults in Listening
 Premature evaluation
 Many people have tendency to jump
to conclusions very fast, without
waiting for the speakers to complete
their message.
Strategies for improving listening skills
 Faults in Listening
 Semantic stereotypes
 Some words bother some people.
 Internal reactions to words vary
from person to person.
 It is largely a result of feelings,
attitudes, prejudices, and biases one
carries.
 The listener tunes out the speaker if
some words annoy him/her.
Strategies for improving listening skills
 Faults in Listening
 Delivery
 Delivering speech by reading
verbatim may also cause listeners to
lose interest.
 Confused delivery of ideas without
properly tying up with the main
theme of the presentation could also
distract the listeners’ attention.
Strategies for improving listening skills
 Purposes for Listening
 There are at least four reasons why
people would like to listen:
 To Gain New Information and Ideas
 To Question and Test Evidence
 To Be Inspired
 To Improve one’s Own
Communication
Strategies for improving listening skills
 Results of Good Listening
 Good listening gives following
benefits:
 It leads to helpful, positive attitudes –
by understanding the hindrances that
lie in the way of good listening.
 Permits the speaker and listeners
improve communication as each side
becomes receptive to the other.
Strategies for improving listening skills
 Results of Good Listening
 Good listening gives following
benefits (contd.):
 Indicates by feedback to the speaker
that listeners are interested; which in
turn motivates speaker to give his/her
best.
 Helps listeners obtain useful
information.
Strategies for improving listening skills
 Results of Good Listening
 Good listening gives following
benefits (contd.):
 Creates better understanding of
others and thus helps listeners work
with others.
 Helps the speaker (especially in an
interview) in talking out a problem.
Hearing
Understanding
Remembering
Interpreting
Evaluating
Responding
Types of Listening
 Critical Listening
 Content Listening
 Emphatic Listening
 Active Listening

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listening skills.ppt

  • 1. Strategies for improving listening skills  Listening is yet another most difficult task, from an audience’s perspective.  Listening is as important as speaking, writing and reading.  Some of the areas need consideration are:  Faults in Listening  Purposes for Listening  Results of Good Listening
  • 2. Strategies for improving listening skills  Faults in Listening  Some of the factors responsible for poor listening are:  Prejudice against the speaker  External distractions  Thinking speed  Premature evaluation  Semantic stereotypes  Delivery
  • 3. Strategies for improving listening skills  Faults in Listening  Prejudice against the speaker  Listeners are distracted because who the speaker is conflicts with their attitudes.
  • 4. Strategies for improving listening skills  Faults in Listening  External distractions  External distraction may be caused due to stammering speaker, speaker’s clothing, excessive gestures.
  • 5. Strategies for improving listening skills  Faults in Listening  Thinking speed  Speaking is lesser words pr minute, but processing while thinking goes faster per minute.
  • 6. Strategies for improving listening skills  Faults in Listening  Premature evaluation  Many people have tendency to jump to conclusions very fast, without waiting for the speakers to complete their message.
  • 7. Strategies for improving listening skills  Faults in Listening  Semantic stereotypes  Some words bother some people.  Internal reactions to words vary from person to person.  It is largely a result of feelings, attitudes, prejudices, and biases one carries.  The listener tunes out the speaker if some words annoy him/her.
  • 8. Strategies for improving listening skills  Faults in Listening  Delivery  Delivering speech by reading verbatim may also cause listeners to lose interest.  Confused delivery of ideas without properly tying up with the main theme of the presentation could also distract the listeners’ attention.
  • 9. Strategies for improving listening skills  Purposes for Listening  There are at least four reasons why people would like to listen:  To Gain New Information and Ideas  To Question and Test Evidence  To Be Inspired  To Improve one’s Own Communication
  • 10. Strategies for improving listening skills  Results of Good Listening  Good listening gives following benefits:  It leads to helpful, positive attitudes – by understanding the hindrances that lie in the way of good listening.  Permits the speaker and listeners improve communication as each side becomes receptive to the other.
  • 11. Strategies for improving listening skills  Results of Good Listening  Good listening gives following benefits (contd.):  Indicates by feedback to the speaker that listeners are interested; which in turn motivates speaker to give his/her best.  Helps listeners obtain useful information.
  • 12. Strategies for improving listening skills  Results of Good Listening  Good listening gives following benefits (contd.):  Creates better understanding of others and thus helps listeners work with others.  Helps the speaker (especially in an interview) in talking out a problem.
  • 14. Types of Listening  Critical Listening  Content Listening  Emphatic Listening  Active Listening