Saturday, September 29, 2012
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After reading Listening is a 10 part skill by Ralph Nichols i learned that the most important question to ask yourself while listening to someone is speaking is, what information can I use after listening to this person speak. The ten parts that Nichols discusses include the following: find an interest, judge content not delivery, hold your fire, listen for ideas,be flexible, work at listening, resit distractions, exercise your mind, keep your mind open, and capital speed. When finding an interest make sure you make a connection inside your personal thought of how this information will help in the future. When people are talking, do not emphasis how they speak. Think about the content their are discussing to the audience rather than the physical or verbal way one might speak. Hold your fire by not attempting to interfere someone while they are talking. Listen to the speaker for ideas and new ideas. Be flexible by taking various types of notes you take in class. Work on listening to your speaker by resisting distractions around the room. Exercise your mind, keep and open mind, and capital speed all discuss the subject of staying active in class and not disclosing any information that you think may not be important.
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I found this article to be really interesting and learned that for myself, I need to remember to find an interest in the subject that is being discussed. I find that if I am able to relate the subject to my life, I’m able to concentrate and focus on what is being said. Listening for ideas is something that I took away from this article as well. Although it might not seem like it at first, if I listen hard enough to lectures, etc. I can listen for ideas and possibly apply these to myself. Also, I need to make work on resisting distractions. I often get distracted by things such as background music, side conversations, or my own thoughts which makes me lose track of the conversation and causes me to partake in pseudolistening.
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