Critical Listening Analysis

Overall after completing the Listening Skills Self Assessment, I think that I am a pretty active listener. One of the strategies that I found out after taking the self-assessment, was that I stay open-minded when a speaker is speaking despite what he or she may say that to offend me or about a matter I do not agree upon. Also, I do not isolate the content of the message that is being presented, but I listen to every aspect and detail of what is being said. Two of my weaknesses, were that when the speaker is speaking in a way that is very complex I tend to loose focus. Along with that, when I lose focus and I will not to respond until I can make an assumption of what the information or context they are trying to present is about. In the textbook,

I have always been told that am not very good at listening, therefore, I choose the skill of listening as a means of evaluating myself and observing how this skill is used by me and towards others whom I have contact with. During this process I decided to take the Self-Assessment 8.3: Active Listening Skills Inventory offered on the website http://highered.mheducation.com.

Listening skill is a vital skill that everyone must obtain in order to succeed in any career field. According to Elmhost (2013), “Talking instead of listening can lead professionals to miss important information. One analysis of physician–patient interviews revealed that the more doctors talked, the more they got off track and failed to address concerns raised by the patients.” (p.61). All the listening styles in the textbook are all valuable and all of them are essential for developing and improving listening ability. There two types of listening styles that are very functional at a working environment which are critical listening and task-oriented listening and most people are using these styles every day at work. Critical listening is when

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

Critical listening is important through all channels within a company. Since critical listening goes hand in hand with critical thinking, this involves analysis and judgment. The key to critical listening is not the judgment but first understanding what the other person’s issues, concerns, or thoughts they are trying to express (Tutorial on Critical Listening of Multi-Channel Audio Codec Performance, 2012). During the listening, judgement can be a barrier, therefore, make sure the judgment is in the form of a resolution and not the person. Like informational listening critical listening is used every day (English, 2011).

Most people think they have good listening skills, but this rational is far from the truth. Why? Because according to Petersen (2007), “We must understand ourselves, how we think and feel, to fully engage in effective communication” (p. 65). However, often we do not understand ourselves and as a result, we tend to get ourselves in misunderstandings and even painful circumstances in life for lack of good listening skills. Dr. Petersen provides a clear guide to improving the interaction we have with others and also provided an answer to the question inscribed in the book title.

This assessment is to determine what are my weaknesses and strengths of my listening skills and how I can improve my skills. Another thing that this assessment shows is what type of listening styles I use on a regular basis. These styles include Rational listening, Analytical listening, Task-oriented listening, and Critical listening. Based on the scale, I have promising listening skills, but could use some improvements. After I did the listening style assessment I noticed I ranked the highest in the analytical listening style. I also notice after taking the assessment that I ranked the lowest in the critical listening style.

"There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you can not hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls" (Dean of Chapel, Howard University 2017). From this quote, I grasp that listening plays a large role in how we grow within ourselves and also as a community. After reading The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and connecting it to the lesson on listening, I interpreted them as the skills to winning a basketball game.

Listening skills should be used to build trust, by indicating that we hear and understand one’s concerns and point of view shows great qualities of being an active listener and provides confidence as we’ll as openness for the speaker. Actively listening is beneficial for building healthy associations in the workplace, with family friends and even those we encounter leisurely. There are several tips presented in this week’s article reviewed, titled Active Listening (Here What People Are Really Saying), Paying attention and giving feedback are two of my strengths when effectively communicating however I would like to improve on my techniques.

Communication and listening to your patients I believe is the first step in culture competence. When we, as nurses, treat a patient we have to keep the culture of the patient in mind. For example, making sure a patient who only eats kosher foods has kosher approved food on their tray before bringing it into the room or if a patient needs to pray or meditate at a certain time make sure they get the privacy to do so. Some of these are very easy to do and could make a world of difference to a patient.

The article focuses on the power of reflective listening, and how it can improve communication between people during a disagreement. During an argument, people fail to see the other person’s point of view, only seeing their own perspective, but reflective listening allows people to see the other’s perspective. To reflect what a person is feeling, one must listen, actively and attentively, which allows both parties to clear assumptions and misunderstandings. The situation that Gazzano presented showed actual use of reflective listening. The conversation between the two allowed for both people to understand the other’s perspective instead of straining their relationship. Even actions with the best intention can be misinterpreted, so it is important

Listening is more complex, and it encourages one to analyze and think about an idea, rather than to simply accept it (or “hear” it). Hearing is a skill that is beneficial for every aspect of life. As long as we have our ability to hear, we will always perceive different sounds, music, and voices. Listening, however, is beneficial to us in specific instances. It is important for us to attain good listening skills in education, the work force, and in our relationships with others in order to succeed. Good listening in education will bring about confident participation in class discussions; good listening in the workplace will lead to cooperation and good teamwork among colleagues; good listening in relationships is healthy and positive, for it is important to hear what an individual has to say in order to know how they feel.

Here are some practical lessons on how to become an effective listener. What you think

Good listening skills are essential to good communication in any relationship, weather its work, marriage, school, or even talking to an acquaintance. Being a good listener is a key to communication, it builds good relationships, learn new things, and it shows maturity and respect to who you are communication with. Many people believe that good listening skills came naturally and that everyone has them, however neither of those are true. Being a good listener actually includes a wide variety of skills, and like any other skill they take practice to develop and can always be improved upon. While I don’t think my listening skills are terrible, I know that there are definitely areas that they could use improvement. In this essay I am going to evaluate my listening skills by comparing my ratings on the listening evaluation to the ratings my boyfriend Aaron gave me.

Assessing listening is one of the most significant areas of language testing. However, it is the least area that is cared for and developed in assessment. Perhaps this is due to it is a very complex process. Listening is NOT assessed in my context and this has caused dramatic drawbacks in language learning and teaching related to listening skill. Therefore, the test specs and test instrument constitute a proposal to incorporate them into English language testing in my context. The importance of assessing listening is in the