Communication is a necessity in our daily lives, and each of us has our own unique style of communication. There are a few skills to communication that are important for both the message sender and receiver. These skills are broken down to listening skills, speaking skills, and non-verbal skills. I feel like my communication is okay, but there are definitely parts that can be improved on. To start, I enjoy being the listener much more than being the speaker. I feel like my listening skills are better than my speaking skills. I also enjoy being the listener because I am interested in learning new information about someone or something. The way I listen does differ between different groups of people. For example, when listening to an authority figure I make sure not to miss anything, and if I do I will ask a question. If I am listening to an authority figure I’m assuming it is about something more important than if I was in a casual conversation with my friend. There are times when communicating with friends or family when I had to listen differently than I would. This normally occurs when it is a conversation about something much more serious than regular conversation. I listen to most kinds of things the same way, but if there was one thing different it would be stories. I make sure not miss anything because it can totally ruin which way the speaker is going with the story. Moods are a big thing that can alter the way somebody listens. I feel like my listening skills are
With me being a listener I generally use to many details at times, I also can talk too much and ask too many question that will tend to annoy people. In the Vark's study there are two types auditory learners, Verbal intelligence and musical intelligence. Verbal intelligence is know speaking verbally. Examples of this would be a lecture, Sunday morning Preaching, and discussion
I feel that I need to improve on my skills when it comes to replying or sometimes cutting off the person I am communicating
When I think of listening I relate it to just hearing the message. I do not follow the process of listening that was taught in my communication class. Rather than receiving, recalling, rating, and responding, I often hear and skip right to responding. I do believe that because I don’t follow all the steps I forget easily or do not understand things completely, which leads to me either questioning later, or just winging it. I also realized that I have selective listening, because of lack of interest in some conversations I often block out part of the conversation, or lose focus and zone out until the end of the conversation. By then I know little of what was talked about and only respond to what I think is most important to me. Another bad habit I have when it comes to listening is my responding habits, I’m not sure how to respond to most
When communicating, speaking is only half of the job, you must also be an amazing listener. There are 10 key listening skills that will always help you become the best listener you can.
* I am good listener I allow people to speak and make eye contact quite regularly so the person I am listening to knows they have my undivided attention.
I find active listening to be a strength and skill that comes to me from enjoying listening to all kinds of people and engaging with them. I strike up conversation with all genders, races, ages, and cultures as communicating with people helps we learn about them, myself and
By taking time to listen to another person’s feelings, true understanding can be established, making for a better conversation. The lack of listening can be attributed to the feeling of being in control of the conversation while talking. If you are deciding the topics of conversation, you are never disinterested, but what about the other person you are conversing with? It is important to take into account that communication requires balance to continue. Although it is easy to digress about what interests you, it is a challenge to remain interested in another person’s thoughts.
A vital aspect of interpersonal communication is the style in which one listens. While every individual possesses their own preferred method of listening in communication, it can be enlightening to analyze our own strengths and weaknesses so as to maximize effectual communication. Within the confines of four main listening style categories, I have chosen those which best describe my own personal listening style.
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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
This week we were instructed to partake in a listening style quiz that would reflect what our listening styles are. Through the Listening Styles profile, I learned that there are four different types of styles one may have and use when communicating and listening with others. There is usually a dominant style that represents the listening style you use the most. The other styles show how likely you are to use them by the rating of your score. My scores were revealed as, people – 11, action – 4, content -7, and time – 6. What this shows is that people is the style I am most likely to use when listening to others. The style people, is described as most women’s preferred listening style. It is strongly correlated with rational settings, low verbal
The wonderful thing about communication is that it’s a skill that we can improve on. We can address subpar qualities in the way we communicate and we can make a conscious effort to develop and progress. While I reviewed the list there were two competencies that stood out as areas of opportunity. The first was combating the effects of the various types of physical, psychological, and semantic noise that distort messages. In my opinion, I think this is something that many of us could try to improve upon. When you take the various types of “noise” into account it’s easy to see how they can impede one’s ability to effectively communicate. I will look for ways to decrease how noise reduces my ability to effectively communicate by raising my awareness to noise. For example, if I’m speaking to someone on a construction site I need to be aware that the literal noise from the machine can run havoc on our conversation. If I’m speaking to someone who
The ability to listen well is an important tool for understanding others. Sadly, very few people know how to listen well. In fact, most people can think of only one or two good listeners in their lives. Listening is not simply agreeing - it is much more. Good listeners are able to better understand and respond to others, complete assignments accurately, settle disagreements before they escalate, and establish rapport with difficult people.
I am a good listener because I pay my whole attention to the speaker commentswho comes to me so they can be heard. People like to know they have been heard and I can do that job very well but hearing and truly listening are two different things. In my opinion, listening engage you to
Listening is an important form of communication. Unfortunately, many people who do not know how to listen believe they can listen well. They often say "I have been doing this all of my life of course I can listen". Listening is not inherited, or a personality trait, it is a skill that must be worked on and practiced.