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ISL WEEK 1 LISTENING SKILL AND SPEAKING SKILL

Listening skill
Listening is giving attention to someone who is talking or to a sound that you can hear. Most people, even under favorable conditions, are said to hear only about 25%; sometimes there is hardly 10% listening. The favorable conditions for listening are: 1) The listener liking the person talking 2) Some interest on the part of the listener in the subject 3) The speaker making it easy for the audience to listen to him. People cannot give their interest and undivided attention for long periods. The attention span for most people is 5 minutes. Assuming the speaker has done his job well, the responsibility is then upon the listener, although if he is a conscientious executive, he will always take the onus upon himself and listen carefully, even where it requires a real effort. He cannot afford not to listen. To listen well to others, you begin by listening to yourself, as you talk you know what you are saying; how you are saying it; and in a short time it will transform itself into a habit of listening to others. It will begin to influence other people, for it may sometimes shock people to discover they are being listened to attentively. The discipline of listening is very satisfying and brings quick, immediate rewards, and it is largely a matter of conscious effort and practice. Conclusion 1) Hold a high standard for yourself in all your talking and listening. Try and say nothing less than your best. 2) Set yourself a regular program for your own improvement Listen appreciatively, so that the other person knows you are listening and feels he is being helped.

ISL WEEK 1 LISTENING SKILL AND SPEAKING SKILL

LISTENING PROCESS SIX STAGES OF LISTENING PROCESS: hearing, attending, understanding, remembering, evaluating, and responding.

ISL WEEK 1 LISTENING SKILL AND SPEAKING SKILL

Conversations of spoken language. The most common kind of spoken language is conversation, when one person communicates through speaking to another person or to other people. Just as there are patterns in sounds, words, and sentences, so also there are patterns in conversation. In even in the most unpredictable conversations, there are certain devices that we use time and time again. If a person wants to tell a joke or some bad news or to ask for a special favour, there are recognised ways of introducing these subjects. Without these cues, listeners would be very disconcerted. Conversations are orderly and proceed in an organised way, but all the participants have to work at the conversation, making sense of things, supporting each other, checking for meaning, and so on. A conversation, unlike a piece of written work, is very much the work of at least two people. One defining characteristic of a conversation is that it does not involve only what is said but also how it is said. Spoken conversation is when a person is talking to somebody directly (live event), either face to face or from a distance using a device of communication e.g. mobile phone. With spoken conversation, there may be overlaps as the person that you are talking to may interrupt you if they disagree on your conversation or would like to make their point heard. Also, when using spoken communication, the person may stutter, as it isnt planned and because the person is thinking of what to say next whilst talking, they wouldnt concentrate on what they are saying presently or how to start the next sentence. Fillers, which are utterances, are used to fill silence in between sentences (um well), and are only included in spoken conversation. An example of spoken conversation would be Skype because if you are on video calls, you can talk to someone face to face and see what they are doing, see the persons reactions and get quick replies. Another example would simply be a phone conversation because you are talking to the person, at the time.

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