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COM100 Sect 1 Module 3 Assignment
My Learning Style
Brittany Heightchew
According to Hargie, the primary purpose of listening is to engage in negotiation, dialogue or other communication methods that result in a shared understanding or an agreement on a topic. I consider listening to be
one of life's necessary components in order to live and connect with others.
My relationship with my partner wouldn’t be so rich if we didn’t evaluate and
pay attention to each other's listening styles.
When reviewing the different listening styles, I quickly notice that I fall
into the group called action-oriented listeners. However, I believe I switch between learning styles based on the situation. Research finds that 40 percent of people have more than one preferred listening style, and that they choose a style based on the listening situation (Bodie & Villaume, 2003).
Active-Listening is my go to listening style. With active-listening can help build trust, and motivation among individuals with disabilities, like myself. In my learning experience I have discovered that when both people
conversing identifies their needs and concerns, it builds friendship and
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intimacy. When we listen to empathize with others, our communication will likely be supportive and open, leading the other person to feel “heard” and supported and hopefully view the interaction positively (Bodie & Villaume, 2003, p. 48). Active-Listening is important because it models respect and the understanding you are gaining and perspective. Students with special needs taking disabled kids or even adults views seriously and listening to what they have to say is an important process that can help to ensure their sense of belonging and self identity. Demonstrating empathy is important to
the other communicator. It tells them that you understand what they are going through and inspires compassion. Empathy does not require you to agree with another person but instead understand their world (Adler et al., 2020). Empathetic listening is necessary for figuring out others and creating
powerful interpersonal relationships.
Active-Listening can also help build strong relationships and resolve conflict. Hence the title of this listening style clearly helps you from missing any type of important information as long as you're actively-listening. When we are engaged in active-listening, we are making a conscious effort to thoroughly understand what someone is trying to tell us through their words
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and non-verbal messages. Basically, it also means being fully engaged in the reaction, it requires patience and practice with every different person. Using active-listening can help us avoid frustration and confusion in our relationships with others, and has a number of other benefits. Being a good listener makes it much easier to build trust in our personal and professional lives. While we can’t always be a perfect listener all of the time and not all conversations require us to be fully engaged, putting an effort into improving these types of skills and using these strategies can help us enhance other types of listening styles. When it comes to listening, I value clear and concise messages. I get very frustrated if the speaker is all over the place. Their message needs to be in order for me to follow. If I have to go back and remember what they said ten minutes ago and notice that the material is not in order it drives me
crazy and I must take a break. I usually can not move on to the next step if there is a process and it’s out of sequence. I will become confused if the steps are not easy to follow and if I don’t understand one step I can not move on to the next step after. I can get easily frustrated when I notice errors and this slows me down as a learner.
Active-listening helps you avoid any type of conflict and misunderstanding. Any type of Active-listening involves going beyond
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simply hearing the other word that people speak. It's about actively processing and seeking to understand the meaning and intent behind them.
Active listening requires being fully present in the conversation and focusing on facial expressions, always showing interest by practicing eye contact with one another. Asking open questions to encourage further responses and reflecting back what has been said and listening to understand rather than responding or withholding judgment.
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References
Hargie, O. (2011). Skilled interpersonal interaction: Research, theory, and practice (5th ed.). Routledge.
Bodie, G. D., & Villaume, W. A. (2003). Aspects of receiving information: The relationships between listening preferences, communication apprehension, receiver apprehension, and communicator style. International Journal of Listening,
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(1), 47–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/10904018.2003.10499055
Adler, R. B., Rolls, J. A., & Proctor, R. F., II. (2020.) Looking out, looking in
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(4th Canadian ed.). Nelson.