Stages of Listening,

Listening Habits and Critical

Listening
LLOYD VINCENT O. SASIL, Ph.D.
Instructor, College of Arts and Sciences
University of Cebu – Main Campus
Presentation Discussant

English 100
Communication Arts
 Stages of Listening
The perceiving of sound or
Ears To hear Receiving the message

The attempt to learn the

To learn Understanding meaning of the message

The product of
Brain To Apply Remembering listening process

Evaluating The judgment of value

To judge of the message
Formative or Summative

Responding The indication of the

Lips To feedback listeners’ involvement

English 100
Communication Arts
Listening Habits

Critical Listening
A good listener is the one who use caution in
evaluating the messages we hear, it means using
careful, systematic thinking and reasoning to see
whether a message makes sense in light
of factual evidence.
 Listening Skills
Six ways to improve listening skills:

1. Recognize the difference between Facts and Opinions

Learning to separate opinions from facts, aware if whether
speaker is delivering a factual message or a message based on opinion.
2. Uncovering Assumptions
Gaps in a logical sequence that listeners passively fill with their own ideas
and opinions and may or may not be accurate.
3. Be open to new ideas
We must be open to new ideas, listen and evaluate the message.

English 100
Communication Arts
 Listening Skills
Six ways to improve listening skills:

4. Rely on the Reason and Common Sense

Common sense tells you that the message is logical,
credible and coherent.
5. Relate New Ideas to Old Ones
As both speakers and listener one of the most important things you can do to
understand the message is to relate new ideas to previously held ideas.
6. Take Notes
Note taking is a skill that improves with practice.

English 100
Communication Arts
 NOISE
------ One of the biggest factors to interfere with listening…

1. Physical Noise
Items consist of various sounds in an environment.
2. Psychological Noise
Distractions to a speaker’s message caused by receiver’s internal thought.
3. Physiological Noise
Distractions to a speaker’s message caused by listener’s own body.
4. Semantic Noise
Receiver experience confusion over the meaning of sources or word choice.

English 100
Communication Arts
 DISTRACTION
------ the fault of neither the listener or the speaker…

1. Attention Span
Personal can only maintain focused attention for a finite length of time…
2. Receiver Bias
Biased listening is characterized by jumping to conclusion…
3. Listener or Receiver Apprehension
Fear that you might be unable to understand the message or process…

English 100
Communication Arts
 Thank you!
Stages of Listening,
Listening Habits and
Critical Listening
LLOYD VINCENT O. SASIL, Ph.D.
Instructor, College of Arts and Sciences
College of Teacher Education
University of Cebu, Cebu City
Presentation Discussant

English 100
Communication Arts