Effective Listening Business Communication COM/285 Effective Listening Communication encompasses four basic types: reading‚ writing‚ speaking‚ and listening (Covey‚ 2004). The ability to master them well is crucial to be effective (2004). Whereas the first three are taught at school as separate courses‚ little to none is known for trainings regarding listening. Communication is a two-way process and listening is an important part of communication. Without a listener - the receiver-
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Teaching Listening Listening is the language modality that is used most frequently. It has been estimated that adults spend almost half their communication time listening‚ and students may receive as much as 90% of their in-school information through listening to instructors and to one another. Often‚ however‚ language learners do not recognize the level of effort that goes into developing listening ability. Far from passively receiving and recording aural input‚ listeners actively involve themselves
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Unfamiliar topics sometimes bring about a problem in listening comprehension. The listening material may contain a variety of fields in life or society. For instance‚ it is likely a business report‚ a daily conversation or a political issue which confuse the listener. These conversations may include words‚ phrases or terms unfamiliar to listeners. They are totally strange to them so it is such a hard job to listen when the message is full of terminology. The solution is to ask the students to practice
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People are different no matter where they come from; it’s the society that brings in change. Peace is something people look for‚ but when it comes to power it changes everything to violence. Humanity is cruel and unique in many different ways to make things change‚ that affects many from time when‚ its need of helping others. In the story “The Life You Safe May Be Your Own”‚ by Flanner O’Conner‚ as the story begins‚ and old woman and her thirty-year-old‚ mentally handicapped daughter‚ are sitting
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career path that I wanted to take. As a college student‚ I just gained the opportunity to express myself‚ to spread my wings and to go after my dream only to realize that I didn’t know what it was that I wanted to pursue. The pressure and expectation from everybody did not help the cause either. So I decided that I am going to pursue engineering because it is a profession that I could finish and get a job after 4 years‚ plus I had friends I knew that were also doing engineering. I attended an engineering
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VALUE OF LISTENING What is the value of listening? -Did you know that we spend more time in listening than we do reading‚ writing‚ or speaking? 40% of our communication time accounts listening. -Through listening we learn to anticipate the action of others and to gauge their emotions Listening is one of the two important activities in the communication process. Ex: Through classroom lectures‚ conversations‚ group meetings‚ electronic media. If in case you are task
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Empathetic Listening 1. Provide your summary of how to listen empathetically. Summary of how to listen empathetically First of all‚ in order to listen empathetically to someone else you have to know yourself‚ be very caring‚ open minded and have the ability to put yourself in their shoes. Kerem et al. (2001) states that‚ “Empathy goes literally to the heart of the matter. It is understanding and entering into another’s feelings‚ a
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Listening Skills Careful listening can increase your telephone efficiency. The average speaking rate is 150 to 160 words a minute‚ but we can think at 600 words a minute which means that only twenty five percent of our mental capacity is required to record what is being said. By using the rest to think about and react to the words instead of thinking about other distractions‚ we would improve our listening by gathering more information from what is being said. To let the other person know
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Active Listening; Effective Listening Skills Growing up our parents always taught us‚ treat the way you would like to be treated. Well‚ the same goes for listening; we should listen to others the way we would want to be listened to. Proper listening skills are a very valuable asset to have. People who work in an organization tend to spend most of their time in some form of the communication process. Effective communication is an essential component of organizational success whether it is at
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Reflection Paper‚ Listening Skills Davenport University MGMT535 4/7/2013 When it really comes down to listening‚ individuals are so self-absorbed that they fail to effectively listen to what others have to say. Listening is not just being able to hear what was said‚ it also involves the ability to understand the information being presented by the person communicating known as the speaker. Listening can be broken down into visualizing and feeling what the other person is experiencing when
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