LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 10 : 12 December 2010
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Listening, an Art?

Arun K. Behera, M.A., PGDTE, DDE, PGDJ, AMSPI, Ph.D., PDF

Abstract

The author, an ELT professional, attempts to establish how hearing is different from listening. He feels listening is a highly complex and an active process. It is also an art and hence needs to be mastered. According to him, there are so many types of listening which in actuality can be grouped into five major types:

i) Discriminative,
ii) Comprehension,
iii) Critical,
iv) Appreciative, and
v) Dialogic listening.

All of them are equally important. The listener should, therefore, determine the needs and use the appropriate type of listening so that it becomes effective.

Introduction

Listening is the first and one of the four most important skills required for effective learning to happen, the other three being Speaking, Reading and Writing, in that order. We listen to something or somebody in order to elicit as much information as possible. It is, of course a highly complex, interactive process 'by which spoken language is converted to meaning in the mind'. As is clear from the definition, listening is more than just hearing, although these two terms are often used synonymously.

In fact, hearing is only an important component of listening which is a specialized form of hearing and is the primary function of the ear. The most crucial part of the listening process is thinking or converting to meaning what one hears. Hearing is a passive process. It is merely the detection of sounds around us. Generally, we come across 'hearing' in certain situations. Listening, on the contrary is an active process that involves the conscious desire to determine the meaning of what is heard. While listening, one is engaged in processing the date, reconstructing the data and also giving meaning to the data.

Five Types of Listening

Depending on the need and various other factors, the level of listening also varies. In effect, there exist several types of listening: discriminative listening, comprehension listening, critical listening, biased listening, evaluative listening, appreciative listening, sympathetic listening, empathetic listening, therapeutic listening, dialogic listening, relationship listening, etc.

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Arun K. Behera, M.A., PGDTE, DDE, PGDJ, AMSPI, Ph.D., PDF
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