LISTENING VS HEARING

LISTENING VS HEARING

Hearing takes place when somthing disturbs the atmosphere ,and that disturbance takes the form of pressure waves that strike our eardrum as sound. For example,a truck rolling by on the road in front of our house would be just heard and not listned to. 

Listening is different . It expands on hearing when we pay attention to the meaning of what we hear . Therefore, listening is all about consciously,actively,and symmetrically processing information. Listening demands perfect coordination between ears and brain ,which results in decoding the speakers message aptly. Regular practice and consistent efforts are required if we want to improve our listening skills.

Effective listening is a dynamic activity that seeks out the meaning intended in messages,considers their motivation,evaluates the soundness of their reasoning and the reliability of their supporting material,calculates the value an risk of accepting their recommendations,and integrates them creatively into the worl of listener.

Thus,we quite often merely hear the words someone else speaks. They are just vibrations in the atmosphere. We nod,smile,perhaps even respond,but do we listen to the speakers around us? Hardly. Listening requires us to be open to the meaning of the other person's words. It is no longer just about sound but about the thoughts,feelings,point of view,expectations,memories,beliefs-in fact,the whole of the other person and his or her ideas.

Important facts about listening

1. Listening is not automatic

2. It requires practice

3. It demands intention

4. The reward are immediate if one truly listens.

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LISTENING IS AN ART

LISTENING IS AN ART

Research corroborates the view that human beings spend more time listening than speaking. It is a skill most used by all of us,but we get little training on this. On the other hand ,right from our school days,we are formally trained in all the other language skills,namely speaking,reading,and writing. It is primarily so because listening is usually taken for granted. It is presumed that by making a child sit while being spoken to,we can also make him/her listen. So,the child sits,but does not listen to the teacher or the parent. While attending a lecture or talk,some of the listeners just tune out,or get caught up in an internal dialogue trying to translate a specific word,or think of something more interesting happening somewhere else outside the room.

Considering listening as a potentially stressful business ,many people sit through speeches fretfully and hence miss the mark by miles. This probably explains why listening is considered as one of the stressful tasks,a fact that makes successful listening all the more challenging -something which if ever to be conquered would require a lot of practice over a long period of time.

However,it is not just psychology that makes way for such lack of interest in the listening activity. Research has established that human beings can speak at the rate of about 125-150 words per minute,whereas human brain can process 500-700 words per minute. This means that we are able to use just 25% of our mind power and 75% is left unused while we listen to others. Consequently,most of us are more interested in speaking than listening to others. So in the name of listening what people do most of the time is hearing. Are these two different from each other? Ofcourse check out my next post.

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