Module 1 Informational Listening
Module 1 Informational Listening
GATHERING THROUGH
LISTENING FOR
EVERYDAY LIFE USAGE
TRUE OR FLASE
1. How well you listen has a major influence on study
effectiveness, and on the quality of your relationships with
others.
2. Informational Listening promotes conflict and
misunderstanding.
3. Informational listening is listening for judging,
criticizing, or evaluating the message.
4. Becoming a better listener can develop your
productivity as well as your ability to influence, convince
and negotiate.
5. Informational listening aims to learn, understand, and
grasp information.
MATCHING TYPE
INFORMATION GATHERING IS THE ACT OF GETTING
VARIED KINDS OF INFORMATION FOR A PARTICULAR
REASON OR PURPOSE.
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OUTLININ
D
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METHOD
NOTING MIND
MAPPING
METHOD
CORNELL METHOD
You can note details using the Cornell Method wherein as you
listen to the informative talks, you divide the paper in two
columns. The first column is used to enter key or cue words while
the second column is the notes column for recording ideas and
facts.
EXAMPLE OF
A CORNELL
METHOD
OUTLINING
METHOD
The Outlining Method organizes information into main topic and
subtopic by using numbers, roman numerals, and letters.
MIND MAPPING
METHOD
Mind Mapping is the method to see the “big picture” and how
information relates to one another. This method uses diagrams
which represents words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and
arranged radially around a central key word.
STATEMENTS: Say YES if you agree, put a fist up when you don’t
agree.
1. Informational listening is for understanding.
2. The goal of informational listening is to evaluate or
scrutinize what is being said
3. Informational listening focuses on the ability to understand a
speaker's message.
4. Informational listening is considered a passive form of
listening because the listener is not judging, criticizing, or
evaluating the message.
5. Informational listening is similar with appreciative listening
or listening for enjoyment.
STATEMENTS: Say YES if you agree, put a fist up when you don’t
agree.
6. We usually engage in informational listening so that we may
encourage others to trust and like us.
7. Informational listening requires restating the speaker’s words to
strengthen his or her message and help you to stay focused.
8. Informational listening leads to assumptions and
misunderstandings.
9. Increasing mastery of vocabulary through techniques like learning
a new word a day or reading books can contribute in being a good
informational listener.
10. Effective informational listening involves receiving the same
ideas which speakers are trying to convey.
Listening is a significant skill you should
have. How well you listen has a major
influence on study effectiveness, and on the
quality of your relationships with others.