The document discusses three types of listeners: critical listeners who analyze and evaluate information; emphatic listeners who respond attentively with empathy; and ethical listeners who respect speakers and interpret messages responsibly. It provides definitions and characteristics for each type of listener in a table with three entries for critical, emphatic, and ethical listeners.
The document discusses three types of listeners: critical listeners who analyze and evaluate information; emphatic listeners who respond attentively with empathy; and ethical listeners who respect speakers and interpret messages responsibly. It provides definitions and characteristics for each type of listener in a table with three entries for critical, emphatic, and ethical listeners.
The document discusses three types of listeners: critical listeners who analyze and evaluate information; emphatic listeners who respond attentively with empathy; and ethical listeners who respect speakers and interpret messages responsibly. It provides definitions and characteristics for each type of listener in a table with three entries for critical, emphatic, and ethical listeners.
CRITICAL LISTENER ETHICAL LISTENER 1. A critical listener is listening to all 1. An ethical listener respects the parts of the message or speaker or the one who talks to information. him/her.
EMPHATIC LISTENER 2. An ethical listener interprets and
2. A critical listener analyzes the information or message that has 1. An emphatic listener responds to a analyzes the message or been said by the listener. person he/she is talking to which information that has been said by improves mutual understanding the speaker. 3. A critical listener is also evaluating what he/she has heard from the 2. An emphatic listener is being speaker and thinking critically. attentive and responsive to other 3. An ethical listener is prepared to people. listen with his/her whole body.