Critical

Listenin
 Critical
Listening
Critical listening involves
just that – being critical about
what is being said, taking the
important bits and making a
judgment as needed.
 ‘Critical’ also means to
scrutinize what is being
said and take some things
with a pinch of salt. It
requires us to seek the truth
amongst the noise of
opinion and exaggeration.
 Critical
Listening
Critical Listening focuses
on evaluating whether a
message is logical and
reasonable.
 Critical
Listening
The goal of this type of
listening is to grasp a
material’s overall
meaning.
 Critical
Listening
Critical listening enables us to
detect biases. Content, word
choice, gestures and pitch and
stress reveal the speakers
inclination.