Listening Skills

LISTENING SKILLS

LISTENING SKILLSPKB 3053

What is Listening Skills?

Listening as an aspect of skills, involves neurological response and interpretations of sounds to understand and to give meaning by reacting, selecting meaning, remembering, attending, analyzing and including previous experience. Hirsch (1986)

Listening is a highly complex, interactive process that has been defined as the process by which spoken language is converted to meaning in the mind.

Lundsteen (1979)

What is LISTENING comprehension?

Listening comprehension can be defined as the ability to recall and understand information which is presented orally.

This information might be presented through a book, filmstrip, video, or felt board set.

Concept Of Listening Comprehension

Listening is more complex than merely hearing. It is a process that consists of four stages: sensing and attending, understanding and interpreting, remembering, and responding

Steinberg (2007)

Benefits of Listening ComprehensionCan recall and understand information.Children who have strong listening comprehension skills also tend to be good listeners overallDeveloping strong listening comprehension skills early on will help each child become a better listener for life.Strong listening comprehension skills also promote thinking and problem-solving skills. The children begin to develop their own thoughts and ideas about the situations presented in the story.

Why some learners find listening difficult?Listening Comprehension Problems