Saturday, March 27, 2010
question #1
The most difficult part for me in the four phases of listening is active listening. I find active listening difficult because not every conversation, lecture, or discussion is always appealing to me. Sometimes I have a lack of interest in the subject, so even though it might seem like I am listening, I’m actually hearing only some parts of the conversation. When I’m with my girlfriend, however, I always have to be active listening because she always catches me when she knows I’m not paying attention. It’s most difficult in class when you want to actively listen, but sometimes I might be a little tired from the night before or hungry during lunch. This causes a distracting ability to not actively listen to the instructor. I usually just listen for important facts in most of my lectures because sometimes it is difficult to understand every single word that the instructor is saying.
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Cinnaminh,
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you on the active listening part. Active listening is also difficult for me if the conversation, lecture, or discussion is not interesting enough. Or it can be just one thing that will disrupt my listening, people talking in the back of the class, people walking in late, will usually disrupt my listening, and it will take me time personally to get back and listen. I agree with all the comments you just said, even though I try to be an active listener if somethings interferes my listening, I just try to look for the important words, or if a teacher repeats something it is usually important. Great job cinnaminh
Hey Cinnaminh, I also agree with your post that it can be very hard to follow someone’s idea if other distracting factors are added in the picture, like hunger, tiredness…or even a hangover. Another factor that I want to add is, our brain naturally does not want to leave its comfort zone, which in this case might be connecting with something that it is not well familiar with and has minimal association with. It takes more brainpower and concentration to keep up with a subject that is fairly new. Specially, when the topic is something that we are not interested in, which may vary from person to person: it can be politics for some people, or it can be some technical explanation of how some thing works, or anything that the person has a hard time to figure out. In a normal day we try to avoid forcing ourselves to engage in challenges, unless it is necessary.
ReplyDeleteDear Cinnaminh,
ReplyDeleteWe share a commonality when it comes down to the difficulty in active listening. I couldn't agree with you more when you say that you have difficulty with actively listening in certain conversations, lectures, and discussions. I think we both can agree that we have to retain so much information over the course of our educational careers that I don't think its even possible to actively listen to everything. I made this same point in my concept of the week, "psuedo-listening," and you did a very good job with doing the same thing here. Also, I thought it was very funny when you said that you have to pay a little more attention when hanging out with your friend because she may catch you off guard and test your listening skills. Sounds like some teachers. Great blog!