Listening vs.

Hearing

 Hearing- physical process; natural; passive

 Listening- physical & mental process;
active; learned process; a skill
 Listening is hard!
 Barriers to Listening

 Equate With Hearing  Listening for Facts

 Uninteresting Topics  Personal Concerns

 Speaker’s Delivery  Personal Bias

 External Distractions  Language/Culture Differences

 Mentally Preparing Response  Faking Attention

 Listening relates to nursing ??

Nursing courses rely heavily on lectures to deliver

therefore
the ability to listen and taking notes are essential
Listening activities

Pre-listening activities
 Discussing a topic
 Describing a topic
 Exploring a topic
 Concerning a topic
Listening activities
Listening to lectures
 Sit up in the classroom
 Eat before class begin
 Take a bottle of water
 Dress in layers
 Hold your judgment until you have listened to
everything
 Be open to listening to new open information and
ideas
Note-taking strategies and skills

 Listening for signal words and phrases

 Listening for repetition of phrases and

redundancy
 Using telegraphic language, symbols and
abbreviations
 Listening for stress and intonation
Listening for signal words and phrases

 Listen for clues that indicate the organizational

framework of the lecture.
 Words or phrases that signal or mark the
introduction, main points in the lecture and the
conclusion.
 For instance: the topic of today’s lecture is…;
first…; now….let’s look more closely at….
 Cont…

Words or phrases are also used to indicate the

relationship between points such as:
 order : first, second, third etc
 addition : also, moreover, furthermore, and etc
 contrast : however, in contrast, although, otherwise etc
 explanation : in other words, that is, in fact
 consequences : as a result, therefore, thus, so etc
 emphasis : more important, above all, remember
 example : for example, for instance, to illustrate, such as
Recognizing repetition and redundancy

 Main ideas are often stated more than once

 The idea is important if it is repeated several

times either using the same phrasing or different
phrasing
Using telegraphic language

 When you taking notes, do not write in

complete sentences.
 Content words are usually nouns, main verbs,
adjectives and adverbs.
 So, dropping the function words and writing only
the content words.
Using symbols and abbreviations

 Helping to get essential information on paper as

quickly as possible.
 Symbols

 Abbreviation