EFFECTIVE SPEECH COMMUNICATION

Section 7

Lagon, Mon Carla V. April 16, 2020

Prof. Mai G. Reyes Formative Assessment

What Great Listeners Actually Do

1st Analysis Paper

Listening performs a vital role in human’s life, as it let people know, understand and
connect to others. Nevertheless, being an effective listener would enable a person to a wider
scope of knowledge, as ideas in his mind are the products of his interconnection to his
surroundings, but the main inquiry here is, what do an effective or great listener perform that
makes him exceptional? Based on a research conducted by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman,
common beliefs regarding great listeners should be abrogated with consideration to the research
that has been done recently, as it proposed different set of actions. Actions which lead listening
as a two-way dialog that deepens comprehension, produces energy boosters and allows exchange
of beneficial suggestions for improvement accordingly.

In accordance to that, silence is not always the key for a person to be qualified as a great
listener, for a two-way dialog is proven as the medium that should be used, for it reciprocally
benefit the person listening and talking, due for the reason that it brings clarity and assurance that
the listener is not just only listening through his ears but also through his mind consciously. Also,
a healthy way of listening is when the person you are listening to was able to feel supported via a
comfortable environment and suitable approach in regards to treatment, particularly in the words
that the listener would say in an obliging manner, diminishing the thoughts of competitiveness.
As two heads are better than one, suggestions made by the listener should arise in consonance
with enlightenment and betterment of the one talking respectively, in order for the
interconnection be strengthened and formed as fruitful in both parties. Giving way for an idea to
be reborn by a timely research which prefers trampoline rather than sponge. Opening folks’ mind
how important barter of wisdom is in life.

Thus, the overall composition of the article written by the two authors above is
exemplary, from the beginning in which they state the outdated while smoothly flowing into the
updated one. Pointing out the misconception and upholding substantive information for the

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youth’s future that good listening skills are composed of interaction, contagious positivity that
bounces and development of oneself. That is why, be a trampoline and be a listener that
embraces growth.

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