ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

TSLB3023

Prepared by:
Pn. Ernie bt. Adnan
English Studies Unit
Language Department

TOPIC 1

IPGK Perlis

LISTENING SKILLS

1. Comprehensive/active listening
2. Informative listening
3. Discriminative listening
4. Critical/analytical listening

TSLB3023
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

TOPIC 1
LISTENING SKILLS

1. Comprehensive/active listening
2. Informative listening
3. Discriminative listening
4. Critical/analytical listening

Objectives
Describe the listening process
Differentiate between hearing and listening
Discuss the importance of listening
Define and discuss types of listening
Analyze barriers to effective listening

Objectives
Use strategies for critical thinking
Describe gender-based differences in listening
behaviors

Demonstrate effective listening behaviors in

specific situations

Engage in ethical listening behavior

What is Listening ?
The active process of
receiving, constructing
meaning from, and
responding to spoken
and/or nonverbal
messages

What is Listening?

Not the same as hearing

Involves the ability to:
Retain information
React empathically and/or appreciatively

An active process
Involves construction, retention, and
reaction to meanings we assign to
information

The Listening Process

Stimulus/Sound
Attention

Selective Attention
Automatic Attention

Working Memory

Short-Term Memory

Long-term Recall/Memory

What is Listening?

The Importance of Listening

Four Types of Listening

Active Listening
Listening with a purpose

Four Types of Listening

Active Listening
Empathic Listening
Listening with a purpose and

attempting to understand the

other person

Four Types of Listening

Active Listening
Empathic Listening
Critical Listening
Evaluating the accuracy,

meaningfulness, and utility of the

speakers message

Four Types of Listening

Active Listening
Empathic Listening
Critical Listening
Listening for Enjoyment
Hearing and processing
relaxing, fun, or
emotionally stimulating
information

Barriers to Listening
Noise

Physical distractions

Mental distractions

Factual distractions

Semantic distractions

Barriers to Listening
Perception of Others

Status

Stereotypes

Sights and Sounds

Barriers to Listening

Yourself

Egocentrism

Defensiveness

Experiential Superiority

Personal Bias

Pseudo Listening

Gender Differences in
Listening
Purpose for listening
Listening preferences
Listening awareness
Nonverbal listening behaviors
Interrupting others

Becoming a Better Listener

Listen and think critically
Use verbal communication effectively
Use nonverbal communication effectively

Listening in the Workplace

Be self-aware
Monitor your nonverbal
behaviors

Minimize interruptions
Ask nonaggressive questions
Summarize what the other
says to assure you
understand

Listening in the Classroom

Use lecture listening

Find areas of interest

Remain open
Work at listening
Avoid distractions
Listen for and note main
ideas

Take effective notes

Listen for lecture cues

Listening to Media
Become a critical consumer of media
information

Develop information literacy

Recognize when you need information

Know where to find the information you
need

Check your perceptions of electronic

messages

Listening in a Second
Language
Develop vocabulary comprehension

Learn to recognize sounds and associate them with

their meaning

Develop metacognitive skills

Decipher meanings by drawing inferences from the

context

Draw parallels between English and the native language

Be an Ethical Listener
Recognize the sources of your own
conversational style habits

Monitor your communication

Apply general ethical principles
to your responses

Adapt to others