What is the introduction of listening skills?

Answer 1

Listening skills are ways to help you listen to something more effectively. Here are some examples of listening skills:

• Appreciative Listening - listening for enjoyment, such as to music
• Critical Listening - paying attention to the way that something is presented, such as listening to music and evaluating the performance
• Discriminative Listening - being sensitive to non-verbal clues in a speaker, such as looking at body language and facial expressions, and listening to tone of voice
• Informative Listening - paying attention to determine what the speaker is trying to teach you, such as in a classroom or at a lecture
• Relationship Listening - listening for the sole purpose of helping the other person to express their feelings or to work through a problem, such as a therapist or a friend letting someone "vent" to them

There are also several types of listening skills that you can use in any of these situations:

• Listening within your own frame of reference (what you hear means something to you somehow) - here are the levels of listening in order of how well each one works:
• • Ignoring - not really listening at all, but it fits onto the listening scale!
  • "Pretend" Listening - acting as if you are paying attention, but your body language gives away the fact that you are really thinking about yourself; you might also interrupt the speaker or walk away in this stage
  • Selective Listening - you only hear what you want to hear, and ignore whatever else the speaker is saying
  • Patronizing Listening - listening with an attitude that you are better than the speaker or that you are judging the speaker
  • Attentive Listening - paying attention without actually working at listening; this is what most students in class and most untrained people believe that listening means
  • Active Listening - actually working to understand the speaker; you provide feedback, ask questions, paraphrase what you have heard, and take notes if needed
• Listening within another's frame of reference(understanding how what you hear will mean something to another person)
• • Empathic Listening - the highest level of listening, where you try to understand the thoughts and feelings of the speaker; you pay attention to non-verbal clues such as facial expression and tone of voice to understand the speaker as well as the message spoken. Note that you do not have to agree with the speaker to understand, and you do not need to feel sympathy in order to be empathic - understanding the person is not the same as feeling exactly the way they do.

Answer 2

Listening carefully to a person speaking is a very important communication skill. Without listening your response is not as likely to be accurate or as useful.

We can test whether we have listened accurately by repeating back some of what we think we heard the person say, then they are more likely to correct us or further explain if we have misunderstood/misheard them.

Answer 3

Good listening skills make workers more productive. The ability to listen carefully will allow you to:

• better understand assignments and what is expected of you;
• build rapport with co-workers, bosses, and clients;
• show support;
• work better in a team-based environment;
• resolve problems with customers, co-workers, and bosses;
• answer questions; and
• find underlying meanings in what others say.

Answer 4

The introduction of listening skills are taught to children from when they are first born. Mothers and fathers talk soothingly to their babies from a very early age. As children grow older they are taught to look at the person who is speaking to them and to pay attention to the speaker.

Answer 5

The listening skills within coaching are being able to listen to players when they sound as though being pushed too hard and need time to rest up. Also, being able to take suggestions from assistant coaches is useful.