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Chapter 4 was about Critical Thinking. First, it goes over the six stages of listening which are hearing, understanding, remembering, interpreting, evaluating, and responding. Then the book talks about how cultural differences affect listening. Then, the benefits of critical listening such as reduced stress, more learning, improved speaker-audience relationships, improved decision making, improved speaking, and a better society. The four types of listening are introduced which are listening for pleasure, to provide emotional support, to get information, and to make an evaluation. The chapter ends with ways to improve your listening behaviors.

To overcome such a challenge, EFL learners have to read more texts in the target language to enhance their vocabulary and how to put vocabulary into context. Also it is important for teachers to make the students aware of the differences in the structure of their native language and the target language.

Unit 1 has taught me to be a good listener and a speaker because now I know what exactly effects or makes an impression on the audience. Which words should I pick up and remember while listening and on which words should I emphasize while speaking. The most useful strategy that I found while doing this unit was to remember the key words while listening and to practice before speaking. In the practical world picking out the key words would help me analysis the content better and I think by practicing before speaking will make me more confident and convincing

• Auditory learners should be encouraged to ask multiple questions and go over the drills steps

However, in the other remaining parts of the book, the reader can observe the different techniques that Dr. Petersen provides what is related to listening, using the many different examples especially in the issues that it raise in groups of people. There cannot be a better description on how Dr. Petersen

I could improve my listening skills by jotting down words that a speaker uses that I do not understand and paraphrasing or summarizing the speaker’s main

1. Today we are going to learn how to support details of main idea from the reading text in class. It's very important to read the text and have good understanding to find the information of the reading. The

One of these ways is to practice being an active listener. Rephrasing and summarizing what the speaker is saying and repeating key points while writing them down will help me listen the entire time someone is speaking. I am privileged to have plenty of opportunities to attend lectures that are given at my work place. I chose to attend a lecture this week for the sole purpose of practicing my listening skills. During the lecture I practiced being an active listener. I made mental note of key words and phrases and wrote down main points that were not clear so that I could resort and do further research after the lecture. I also focused my attention to the speaker’s mannerism to help me identify which messages were most important to understand. This practice session taught me the most effective way to absorb information given through an oral

To improve my listening skills I personally need to focus on avoiding the thought of I know what is going to happen. I also need to control my thoughts. In the book it states we must identify poor habits such as interrupting and tuning out. Also we must strive for mindful listening. Mindful listening is the desire to get the whole message and eliminating noisy barriers. The last part of mindful listening is to place your agenda lower on the priority list than the

Adler and Proctor define listening as the process of making sense of others’ messages (Adler and Proctor 245) and mindful listening as listening and giving careful and thoughtful attention and response to the messages we receive (Adler and Proctor 247). This is very similar to Shafir’s description of mindful listening. The elements in the listening process as described by Adler and Proctor, closely correlate to Shafir’s wide spectrum of listening skills that are used by good listeners. Shafir notes that good listeners have the ability to receive the spoken word accurately and interpret the whole message in an unbiased manner (Shafir 220). This relates to Adler and Proctors elements of hearing, the physiological dimension of listening that happens when sound waves strike the ear at a certain frequency and loudness (Adler and Proctor 247) and understanding, occurs when we make sense of a message (Adler and Proctor 249) because the listener must first hear what is being said and then interpret it. Good listeners retain the information for future use (Shafir 220) correlates to the element, remembering, the ability to recall information (Adler and Proctor 249) as the listener must remember the conversation in order to recall it at a later date. A good listener will sustain attention to the spoken word at will; listening is a process that occurs over time. The element of attending, the focus of

Read - around the topics you are learning about or want to learn about and develop

2. Listen Read and Speak - You should find materials where you can listen and read them. When you use the materials for the fisrt time, you just listen only. For the second time, you should listen and read the subtitles that will help you to identify the connection between what you can hear and what you can read. For the third time, you should

Firstly this essay will look at is listening. To listen is to pay careful attention to what is heard and seen (Stein-Parbury, 2009). Listening requires openness, concentration and perceptive observation (Stein-Parbury, 2009). Successful listening is not only understanding words or information; it is also about understanding the feelings

There are several methods to achieving effective listening. Concentrate on what others are saying. Make yourself shut out other challenges facing you and simply listen. Don't allow yourself to do other things as you listen, such as answering the phone, doing paperwork, or checking your e-mail. Effective listening is difficult and requires all of your attention and effort. The listener needs to focus on what is being said so they will not misinterpret what the speaker is trying to say. Paraphrase or rephrase what the speaker was saying in your own words to ensure that you heard the information accurately. It is important to

One of the most international languages is English. It is from the requirements from studying abroad and the textbooks are almost in English. If a person wants to get PHD degree English is important and helpful for them. The writer of the article wants to shed the lights on how to improve English skills. 1) students should differentiate between textbooks languages and real English language and focus on grammar and how to write without any mistake. The writer compared between the use of English and Arabic language. 2) How to get fluent English language speaker and explains the tips for it. We don't have to memorize each single word but only the phrases and statements. Also read and write stories, articles and conversation. Moreover download and listen to BBC, CNN, WEE and Euro news agencies to be familiar