Chapter 9 - Development of Linguistic Skills - Listening and Understanding, Speaking, Reading, Writing

Question- What do you mean by listening? Discuss the types and process of listening.

Related Short Answer Questions
Listening is one way process. Explain. What are the types of listening?

Ans.

Listening

Listening is very significant. It is very important in oral learning. Most of students listen ineffectively. Effective listening is very important for the them.

Process of Listening

Effective listening contains the following:

1. Sensing;

2. Interpretation;

3. Evaluating;

4. Remembering,

5. Responding.

Above can be discussed as under:

1. Sensing: To remove the obstacles of listening students should write the content while listening.

2. Interpretation: It is essential to understand the real meaning.

3. Evaluating: Under it speaker's views are evaluated.

4. Remembering: It is the loading of content in the mind.

5. Responding: It is the activity of listener.

Listening requires physical and mental activities.

Types of Listening

Following are the types of listening:

(i) Content listening;
(ii) Critical listening;
(iii) Empathic listening;
(iv) Active listening.

Following are some other types of listening:

(i) Pretending listening;
(ii) Attentive listening;
(iii) Intuitive listening;
(iv) Selective listening;

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