LISTENING COMPREHENSION
We are given two ears and only one mouth. It means to say that GOD emphasizes clearly that listening is twice as hard as speaking.
While learning the mother tongue the child inevitably listens, imitates and imbibes the language. In thelearning of the second language the child is deliberately exposed to the listening material. This helps one to pick up the language, comprehend it and finally produce the desirable responses. The relative importance of the listening skill becomes evident as ear training precedes speech training.
Thoughts move about four times as fast as speech. With practice, while we are listening we will also be able to think about what we are hearing, really understand it, and give feedback to the speaker. Like the development of any skill, the first step to improvement is to have a good understanding of what we can do or stop doing in order to get better. The second step is often the most difficult, and that is the requirement that we practice the skill over and over. Listening is not different. Listening effectively to others can be the most fundamental and powerful communication tool of all. When someone is willing to stop talking or thinking and begin truly listening to others, all of their interactions become easier and confident.
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(Listening) words of the sender |
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(Speaking) Response given by the
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We listen to conversations, news, multimedia, mass media, programs, announcements, lectures, orations, debates, seminars, interviews, interrogation, speech and recitation of literature. Listening gives both pleasure and knowledge. Hence, it is meant for enjoyment and this equally leads to intellectual stimulation.
Dr. D. Ashalatha Reddy