Critical Listening
University of Tartu
Seminars on Language Development and Intercultural Teaching
March 30, 2007
"The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them." ~ Ralph Nichols
"Oh, listen a lot and talk less. You can't learn anything when you're talking." ~ Bing Crosby
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." ~Robert Frost
"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." ~ Ernest Hemingway
Content
- Introductions and overview
- Discovery listening
- The Barber Shop
- Ways of listening
- Directions of listening: Bi-directional (two-way), unidirectional (one-way), and autodirectional (self-dialogue)
- Top-down and Bottom-up
- Message sending and receipt: Linguistic, paralinguistic, and extralinguistic elements of listening
- Listening for paralinguistic elements: 21st century farming
- Good listening strategies and habits
- Places to listen
- Music selections and listening
- References and Resources
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