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Seventeen
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Hearing vs. Listening
Hearing
denotes perceiving
sounds.
Listening
Means decoding and
interpreting them
correctly.
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What do good listeners do?
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What do good listeners do?
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What do good listeners do?
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What do good listeners do?
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What is active listening?
Active listening,
receivers actively
demonstrate that
they’ve heard and
understood a speaker
by feeding back either
the literal meaning or
the emotional content
or both.
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Active Listening
Mirror the speaker’s feelings. Identify the feelings you think you hear
State your own feelings. Works especially well when you are angry.
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How do I show people that I’m
listening to them?
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Can I use these techniques if I really
disagree with someone?
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To Show You’re Listening
End of Module 17