There are three
suggestions from Ralph G. Nichols (1967), an American professor of Rhetoric at
the University of Minnesota about how to become a better listener.
1. It is to anticipate
the speaker's next point. If you anticipate correctly, learning has been
reinforced. If you anticipate incorrectly, you wonder why and this too helps to
increase attention.
2. It is to identify the
supporting elements a speaker uses in building points. By and large, we use
only three ways to build points: We explain the point, we get emotional and
harangue the point, or we illustrate the point with a factual illustration. A
sophisticated listener knows this. He or she spends a little of the
differential between thought speed and speaking speed to identify what is being
used as point-supporting material. This becomes highly profitable in terms of
listening efficiency .
3. A third way to
improve yourself as a listener is to periodically make mental summaries as you
listen. A good listener takes advantage of short pauses to summarize mentally
what has been said. These periodic summaries reinforce learning tremendously.
Good luck with these
tips, friends. Hopefully these suggestions can help a lot :) You can read more in
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