listening skills by ms sadaf

RECEPTIVE SKILLS PRODUCTIVE SKILLS

LISTENING SKILLS

By MISS SADAF BASHIR

SECONDARY SECTION

To realize the importance of listening

skills

To know the obstacles

To figure out reasons for its being

neglected

To find and practice ways to over come

this weakness

Hearing- physical process natural passive

Listening- physical amp mental process active learned process a skill

Listening is hard

To perceive

sound via

ear

To concentrate

on hearing

something

heed or pay

attention to

Collins English

Dictionary

The active process of

receiving constructing

meaning from and

responding to spoken andor

nonverbal messages

AN ACTIVITY

DO YOU LISTEN OR HEAR

VOWEL

ASSUME

DETERMINE

THEORY

CAREER

CREATURE

FLOUR FLOOR

IMMEDIATELY

GUARDIAN

PIZZA

ˈvau(-ə)l

ə-ˈsum

di-ˈtər-mən

ˈthē-ə-rē

kə-ˈrir

ˈkrē-chər

ˈflau (-ə)rˈflor

i-ˈmē-dē-ət-lē

ˈgaumlr-dē-ən

ˈpēt-sə

L = Look interested

I = Involve yourself by responding

S = Stay on target

T = Test your understanding

E = Evaluate the message

N = Neutralize your feelings

bullOf the time spent communicating each day

45 is devoted to listening

bullUsually a person only remembers about 50 of

what is said to them

bullAfter eight hours they forget another 12 to

13 of what was originally grasped

So that means you typically forget

about 75 of what you hear

Active Listening

Listening with a purpose

Active Listening

Empathic Listening

Listening with a purpose and

attempting to understand the other

person

Active Listening

Empathic Listening

Critical Listening

Evaluating the accuracy

meaningfulness and utility of the

speakerrsquos message

Active Listening

Empathic Listening

Critical Listening

Listening for Enjoyment

Hearing and processing

relaxing fun or emotionally

stimulating information

Improves relationships

Improves our knowledge

Improves our understanding

Prevents problems escalating

Saves time and energy

Leads to better results

Where ever we have to response

SCHOOL

THE WORKSHOP

DAY TO DAY LIVING

WORKING PLACES

Hearing impairments

Lack of interest

Personal biases

Short attention span

Thoughts of personal

matters

Interruptions

Noise

Languagecultural

differences

Busyness

Multitasking

Beware of these barriers to effective listening Learn to

recognize them when they appear and find ways to

overcome them

LACK OF TEACHERrsquoS SPEAKING

TENDENCY

NOT THE PART OF SYLLABUS

NO EVALUATION

LACK OF FACILITIES

CAUTION Donrsquot parrot back be sure

to put the message in your own words

thatrsquos active listening

Active listener

Passive listener

Impatient listener

DO YOU BELIEVE YOUR LISTENING SKILLS ARE STRONG ENOUGH

ACTIVITY FOR FUN LOVERS

ldquoBlue (da Ba Dee)rdquoYou listen up heres a helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip (a)

About a little guy that lives in a blue world

And all day and all night and everything he sees

Is just blue

Like him helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip and outside (b)

Blue his house with a blue little window

And a blue Corvette

And everything is blue for him

And himself and everybody around

Cause he helliphelliphelliphelliphellip got nobody to listen ( c )

Im Blue da ba dee da ba daa

Da ba dee da ba daa da ba dee da ba daa da ba

dee da ba daa

I have a blue house with a blue helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip (d)

Blue is the color of all that I wear

Blue are the helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipand all the trees are

too (e)

I have a girlfriend and she is so blue

Blue are the people here that walk around

Blue like my Corvette its in and outside

Blue are the words I helliphelliphelliphellipand what I think

(f)

Blue are the feelings that live inside me

Im Blue da ba dee da ba daa

Da ba dee da ba daa da ba dee da ba daa da ba

dee da ba daa

ldquoBlue (da Ba Dee)rdquoYo listen up heres a story (a)

About a little guy that lives in a blue world

And all day and all night and everything he sees Is just

blue

Like him inside and outside (b)

Blue his house with a blue little window

And a blue Corvette

And everything is blue for him

And himself and everybody around

Cause he aint got nobody to listen ( c )

Im Blue da ba dee da ba daa

Da ba dee da ba daa da ba dee da ba daa da ba dee da

ba daa

I have a blue house with a blue window (d)

Blue is the color of all that I wear

Blue are the streets and all the trees are too (e)

I have a girlfriend and she is so blue

Blue are the people here that walk around

Blue like my Corvette its in and outside

Blue are the words I say and what I think (f)

Blue are the feelings that live inside me

Im Blue da ba dee da ba daa

Da ba dee da ba daa da ba dee da ba daa da ba dee da

ba daa

Listensing English songs

Listen to radio tapes internet movies television If fine I listen attentively if not I will just listen relaxingly

Listen to different fields

Talk to foreigners friends

Give ample opportunity to your students to listen

Use resources available internet tapes CDs movies movie Copy files to computers ipads mp3 mp4 to listen at home on travelhellip

Set a goal when listening or talking

Remember ldquoFailure is mother of successrdquo Allow ourselves to make mistakes Donrsquot worry The game is still long