MACRO SKILL # 1:

LISTENING
Mc. Monrey Catanduanes Bayot
 MAKE CONNECTIONS
Mechanics
• Relate the word you have picked to LISTENING.
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Listening is an active process of
receiving and responding to spoken
(and sometimes unspoken)
messages.
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• “Nature has given us one
tongue, but two ears, so
that we may hear from
others twice as much as
we speak.”
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• “When someone is
talking, waiting for your
turn to talk does not
mean listening.”
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• “Hearing is with the
senses, but listening is
with the mind.”
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• “The best way to
persuade others is NOT
WITH YOUR MOUTH, but
with your ears.“

Dean Rusk
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• “Many people fail to
realize that real
communication goes in
both directions.”
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• A wise person once said,
”Listening is the hardest
thing in the world”
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• “We spend just 45 percent of our time
listening. 75% of the time we are
listening, we are distracted or
preoccupied. We remember just 20
percent of what we hear.”
 HOMEWORK
• On a 1 whole sheet of paper, evaluate whether
the following statements are true or false.
Explain.
1. Listening and hearing are same.
2. Smarter people are better listeners.
3. Good readers are good listeners.
4. Listening improves with age or experience.