LISTENING SKILLS PRACTICE

 Define listening skill. how it is different from hearing?

Listening is the process of receiving, interpreting and reacting to the message received from the sender. It is one of the four skills of communication and it also requires to be cultivated consciously, carefully and systematically. It requires conscious efforts of interpreting sounds, grasping the meaning of words and reacting to the message. Interpretation of a message depends on the listener’s knowledge of the code & signals and on his attitude towards the communication sender.

Listening is a process that begins with listener’s attention to some audible sound signals and permit him to interpret those sounds cognitively. The arbitrary meaning of  sound  signals engage the listener’s attention  and then listener give response to the message.

 Difference Between Listening and Hearing

HEARING	LISTENING
Hearing is an activity of perceiving sounds in which sound waves or vibrations are  received through ear.	Listening is the activity of hearing a sound/vibration then analyzing and understanding it.
It is an ability.	It is a skill.
It is a continuous activity.	It is temporary.
It happens at unconscious level.	It happens at conscious level.
It just happens all the time – whether someone likes it or not.	Listening Requires concentration so that brain can process meaning from words and sentences.
Hearing simply happens.	Listening leads to learning.
Hearing uses only ears.	Listening uses different senses, like the sense of hearing, seeing, or sense of touch.
Hearing is an involuntary act.	Listening is a voluntary skill where brain process the meaning of sound.
Concentration is not required.	Concentration is required.
It involves Physiology.	It involves Psychology.
Subconscious level.	Conscious level.