TYPES OF •Ideal 

LISTENING
•Projective 
•Passive 
•Marginal
•Emphatic 
Learning Target !
• I can acquire necessary listening skills in
order to follow and comprehend
discourse such as lectures, conversations,
interviews, and discussions.
•  I can develop adequate speaking skills
to communicate effectively to follow
academic courses at university level.
 What are
the other 4
types of
listening? 
Informational Listening
• You can use informational listening  during your
classroom or online discussions or lectures in which it is
important for you to get as much accurate information
as possible. 

Example: student taking down notes while teacher is

discussing. 
 Critical Listening 
• Critical listening is very important, especially in faculty
meetings or in students interactions in which you are tasked to
analyze or evaluate the ideas presented in terms of accuracy,
validity, relevance, or other criteria that your teacher instructs
you to consider.
• If this listening strategy does not work in your purpose you
may shift to another listening strategy. 
Relational or emphatic listening 

•It is used to connect your ideas or feelings

with those of the other persons you are
talking to. 
 Inferential Listening
• In inferential listening, you need to consider and put together all the clues in the text (word or
utterances) with what you already know. Here are some questions that may help in making
inferences about what you listen to: 
 What ideas or messages do the speaker's tones and expressions give to you? 
 What emotions can identify from his or her voice? 
 Is the speaker's mood revealed by his or her voice or choice of words? 
 What inferences can I make about the Speaker and his/her message? 
 As I get more information, can I confirm, change, or disregard my former or earlier inferences?