LISTENING STYLES

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Communication in all relationship can be successful when our listener get the message that we want to convey and it is not so much about what we want to say. Listening is a unique process because it involves psychological and voluntary process that goes beyond simply reacting to sounds. It includes understanding, analyzing, evaluating, and responding. As a human, we will use different listening styles, depending on our preferences and purposes. Listening styles refer to the different ways people listen and analyze the content of a conversation. Usually, these styles either have to do with the way listeners choose to receive the message or with how they analyze the message. Listening is very important because we listen in order to establish and communicate power. There are few types of listening that can be used in order to communicate effectively.
Emphatic listening is when we listen in order to support the person speaking. The focus is to show concern and giving someone an opportunity to express their feelings. For example, we use emphatic listening when listen to a friend who is grieving the loss of a loved one or some other heartbreaking. Emphatic listening also often used by a counselor during their listening session because it is more passionate and it is heartfelt style of listening where by your attention and body language are creating and emotional bond. Meanwhile, objective listening are necessary when we want exact figures or information about something. Listener will concentrates on the content and includes understanding, interpreting, and analyzing the message. It is very useful in exchange of information and ideas. For example, the staff meeting and also when we listen to a politician speak.

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...passive and active. While both types of listening are better than nothing, active listening tends to promote better relational outcomes. The primary difference between the two is that the goal of active listening is to understand what is being said, while the goal of passive listening is to merely hear what is being said. I choose to be an active listening by giving non-verbal cues to demonstrate that I am paying attention (nodding, making eye contact, making facial expressions appropriate to what is being said) and reflecting back the main points and summarizing what has been said. If we give the feedback, lecturer will know that he’s not talking alone in the classroom.
In conclusion, I think we need to master different listening styles to be used in different situation in order to contribute to effective communication strategies and planning.
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