Monday, October 10, 2005

listening strategies

do you know what is hearing and listening?
hearing is passive and listening is active.
listening is a full-time job if you can not concentate on speaker, you should maintain eye contact and hear the speaker out.

these tips of listening strategies are come from my listening course in the listening class.
follow these tips below, they are Chonology Pattern, Cause-Effect Pattern, and Compare & Contrast Patten.

first, the chonology means patten of organization, the patten are involved the clue words such as step, first, then, next, and etc..
second, cause-effect pattern, it means the reason's thing happen, and the clue words like reason, result.
third, compare & contrast pattern, it means thing alike and thing different from the other, the clue words like alike, defferent, one hand and on the other hand, and so on.

to be an effetive listener, you need to have an active listen that give the response like that could you explain that more detail or give me some example and willing to ask question. in short, practive makes it perfect.