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PREPARED BY : HILAY RANA PUBLISHED BY: CHARMIN PATEL SUPPORTED BY :- ESSAY WORLD

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TYPES OF LISTENING
1. 2. 3. 4. Appreciative listening Empathetic listening Comprehensive listening Critical listening

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1. Appreciative listening
This is listening for deriving aesthetic pleasure , as we do when we listen to a comedian , musician or entertainer

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2. Empathetic listening
When we listen to a distressed friend who wants to vent his feelings , we provide emotional and moral support in the form of empathetic listening. When psychiatrists listen to their patients , their listening is classified as empathetic listening.

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3. Comprehensive listening
This type of listening is needed in the classroom when students have to listen the lectures to understand and comprehend the message. Similarly , when someone is giving you direction to find the location of a place , comprehensive listening is required and interpret the message .

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4. Critical listening
When the purpose is to accept or reject the message or to evaluate it critically , one requires this type of listening . For example listening to a sales person before making a purchase or listening to politicians making their election campaign speech involves critical of writing a book review , you use your critical abilities.
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Summery
Although all these types of listening are important we mainly involves ourselves in comprehensive and critical listening . Even a student you are primarily involve in these two types of listening during classroom lecture or communication at work

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Tips to become a good listener :


You can become a good listener by developing a desire to listen . Do this by adopting a positive attitude to the speaker and his/her subject. Do not TIME OUT what you feel are difficult , understanding or boring topics too quickly.

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