4 skills needed to master a language. : 4 skills needed to master a language. They are listening, speaking, reading and writing. The first and the third ones, we call as passive skills and the second and fourth, the active skills.
Do we give importance to listening? : Do we give importance to listening? Very often we are more talkative than listen to what others say . Is it not?
Even now how many of you listen to me carefully?
Generally people are very impatient when it comes to listening.
Listening improves your comprehension ability and happen to hear new words.
Listening is different from hearing. Can you say how?
Listening involves far more attention and reaction than just hearing.
Good listening pays off both educationally and socially.
A good listener is more likely to be popular. People love to talk to good listeners.
Listening- used most often : Listening- used most often You may be surprised to find that listening is the communication skill used most often.
In a school or college,3/4 of the day is spent listening to the teacher or lecturer. But how seriously do you do that?
Again you listen to your friends, family, to a television set, to a movie, to a commentary and what not.
Unfortunately, this important skill is taken for granted most of the time.
As it is used extensively, it is wise to develop this skill to make the most out of it.
Only if you listen carefully can you interact properly; asking questions, clearing doubts etc.
How do you let the speaker know that you are listening?
A good listener is more likely to be a good reader, writer and speaker.
Interaction paves way for using the language and in the process learning to speak.
Increasing importance : Increasing importance Many competitive examinations now-a-days have included this skill to test the comprehensive ability of the candidate.
They ask you to listen to a tape and expect you to mark the correct answer.
Again the way it is spoken or read, improves or mars your comprehension.
The pauses and intonation have to be perfect to get the correct comprehension.
Socially useful skill : Socially useful skill Listening is again a socially useful skill. If we listen to others’ ideas and views, not only are we going to be likeable persons but also many of the problems in family and society can be solved.
What we do is we have some pre-formed ideas on our heads and we just don’t listen to what others are trying to say.