Listening Critique 3 - Dr. Andy Finn

Listening Critique 3 (LC3)

COMM 470

Due Date:May 9, 2006

Grade:30 points

The Listening Critique assignments are short papers designed to have you share what you have learned about listening this semester. Here are general guidelines for the Listening Critiques:

Write a short, 3-5 page critique addressing the items or answering the questions/issues below (A “page” is defined as 1” margins all around, a 12-point, non-proportional spaced font such as Arial or Times New Roman, with everything double-spaced except the single-spaced references.)
Use APA Style formatting, headers (one level is sufficient in short papers), in-text citations and references at the end. Use a cover page for all identifying information and separate page for the references.

Overview of the Types of Listening (Wolvin and Coakley, 1996)

This semester you have read about five different types of listening:

Discriminative Listening
Comprehensive Listening
Therapeutic Listening
Critical Listening
Appreciative Listening

Include a discussion of at least two of these categories of listening as you answer one or more of the questions below (i.e., you do not have to discuss one of these categories of listening with each of the six topics/questions below.)

Overview of Spring, 2006 Listening Exercises

This semester you have been given a number of exercises designed to have you observe, test, and stretch your listening abilities. In addition to a variety of in-class exercises, the following chart summarizes the exercises you were assigned outside of class this semester. As you answer each of the questions below, consider and discuss at least one of these listening exercises.

Exercise A (Primary Focus) / Exercise B (Secondary Focus)
Week 3 / Focus on Other People & What They Say / None
Week 4 / Avoid Interrupting / Acknowledge Other People
Week 5 / Ask Questions / Acknowledge Other People
Week 6 / Avoid Negations (no, but, yes but) / Acknowledge Other People
Week 7 / Make Eye Contact / Share about Yourself
Week 8 / Attend to Your Body Language / Share about Yourself
Week 9 / Attend to Your Turn-taking Cues / Share about Yourself
Week 10 / Talk about Past vs. Present/Future; Talk about Those Present vs. Those Absent / Speak into the Listening of Others
Week 11 / Your MBTI, the MBTI of Others / Speak into the Listening of Others
Week 12 / Your (Keirsey) Temperament, Others’ / None
Week 13 / Notice Complaining, Notice Gossip / None
Week 14 / Notice Complaining, Notice Gossip / Monitor joshing, cajoling, and put downs

Listening Critique 3 - Questions / Issues

LC3 is about what you’ve gotten out of this course this semester. Discuss each of the six (sets of) questions below. Tie the six questions below to at least one of the Listening Exercises and, with at least two of the six questions, tie them to one of the five main types of listening covered in Wolvin and Coakley (1995).

Other Peoples’ Speaking. What do you notice about other peoples’ speaking now that you did not attend to (much) when the semester began? (Be specific.) How has that helped you become a better listener? Provide at least one specific example.
Other Peoples’ Body Language. What do you notice about other peoples’ body language now that you did not attend to (much) when the semester began? (Be specific.) How has that helped you become a better listener? Provide at least one specific example.
Other Peoples’ Listening. What do you notice about other peoples’ listening now that you did not attend to (much) when the semester began? (Be specific.) How has that helped you become a better listener? Provide at least one specific example.
Your Speaking. What have you distinguished in your own speaking that you were unaware of when the semester began? (Be specific.) How has that helped you do a better job of speaking into the listening of others? Provide at least one specific example.
Your Body Language. What have you distinguished in your own body language that you were unaware of when the semester began? (Be specific.) How has that helped you do a better job of listening to others, or speaking into the listening of others? Provide at least one specific example.
Your Listening. Most importantly, what have you distinguished in your own listening that you were unaware of when the semester began? (Be specific.) Since this is the most important of the six questions, you should devote more of your critique to this one than the others. How has that helped you do a better job of listening to others? Provide at least two specific examples.