Use of Informational Listening Skills to be an Effective Listener
After you have completed the readings, and before reviewing your classmates’ responses, add your initial post that fully answers the discussion board question(s). Your initial post should be supported by your course materials and/or other appropriate resources. This initial post and your additional responses to classmates should occur over multiple days throughout the unit week. Refer to your Discussion Rubric for specific grading criteria.
Listening and Feedback
Listening is a skill and like any skill, the more you practice good habits, the better you get. Of course, it is also easier to listen to others when messages are crafted with the audience in mind.
For this discussion, please respond to the following:
For each of the types of listening (informational, critical, and empathic), discuss one skill that you currently use to be an effective listener.
Identify a listening skill that you could improve upon to be a more effective listener and describe the potential effect it will have on your listening skills.
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As a diligent student, I use my ability to take comprehensive notes to enhance my informational listening skills. When you read or attend a lecture or article, you take notes by jotting down the most important ideas and facts. Note-taking is a practical study habit that facilitates knowledge organization, memory retention, and evaluation (Agustin & Ayu, 2021). The acquisition of a fundamental ability is essential to effective learning and comprehension development. In the context of critical listening, I actively evaluate the validity of arguments and the intensity of presented evidence. This expertise enables me to assess the integrity of the provided information, recognize logical fallacies, and formulate sound opinions (Bourdeaud’hui et al., 2021). In addition to teaching you to think critically about what you hear, critical listening is an invaluable skill in any field.
To practice empathic listening, I make it a habit to participate in the discourse actively. It is essential to demonstrate genuine interest and concern when someone is expressing their emotions or opinions. Maintaining eye contact, nodding to indicate comprehension, and providing verbal affirmations such as “I understand...