Tuesday 3 December 2013
Saturday 17 March 2012
Improving Our Listening Skills
Listening plays a very good role in communication. Life is NOT complete when there is no communication.
Developing the habit of listening when conversation should NOT be over emphasized
Developing the habit of listening when conversation should NOT be over emphasized
Most people only remember 25 to 50% of a few sentences that they hear from the person they are
talking to and don’t pay attention to their listening skills.
If you are engaged in a 10 minute conversation, then most likely you will only remember 1 to
2 percent complete details of what you talked about. That’s
how impaired people’s listening
and remembering is. And what most people don’t know is that listening skills play an important
role in helping to improve communication because when you listen attentively, you are using your empathy skills. This is
where you put yourself into someone else’s shoes and try to
understand the feelings of who they are talking to
Take Time to Improve Listening Skills
Communicating effectively means
honing and sharpening your
listening skills and this is only possible by becoming sensitive
of how others feel when they speak. The first thing that you
need to practice is to take the time to listen. When somebody is
speaking, learn the art of keeping your silence and just focus on what the other person is saying.
There are times when
you’re in a hurry and you find it hard to understand what a
person is saying whether it be a friend, family member, a colleague
or even an event speaker. When this happens, teach yourself to pause and take a moment to listen. Practicing
this will help you become more respectful of others especially when they’re speaking and have some valuable information for
you.
Be Attentive
More often than not, lack of concentration hinders a person to
listen attentively. Sharpening your
listening skills by being attentive and keeping your focus
on the speaker will help you hone your communication skill as a whole. There will always be distractions around, and oftentimes, counter arguments to surface especially when you
do not like what the person is explaining. This shouldn’t be a
reason for you to skip the listening part and begin to speak out your side of the story
without waiting for the other person to finish. Remember,
listening is also about giving others their right to say what
they have to say. Do not make uncalled for statements and comments, you might end up making a fool of yourself.
Improving Listening Skills in line with sharpening your listening ability is the practice of listening
with an open mind.
Thanks to Mrs. Abdulsalam Dorcas,
Lecturer in English Language and Communication Skills of Innovation Institute Of Technology Kaduna for the Lectures I have recieved about
Basic Communication Skills.
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