Transcript Content-Oriented Listening Style

Content-Oriented
Listening
Types of Listening Styles
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People-Oriented
Action-Oriented
Content-Oriented
Time-Oriented
Content-Oriented Listening Style
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A listening style in which the listener hears
details and analyzes and evaluates what is being
said.
Characteristics of ContentOriented Listeners
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Evaluators
Hear details and analyze an issue from a variety
of perspectives
Focus on facts and evidence
Very good at evaluating complex issues
Prefer to listen to experts and other credible
sources of information
Characteristics of ContentOriented Listeners Cont.
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Enjoy ideas for their own sake and are willing to
spend time exploring them thoroughly
Use a time consuming approach
May get lost in details
Focus on issues and arguments and listen to see
whether a conclusion that a speaker reaches is
accurate or credible
Enjoy lengthy meetings
Suitable Jobs for ContentOriented Listeners
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Judges
Lawyers
Detectives
Crime Scene Investigators
Psychologists
Why
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All of these jobs require gathering facts and
evidence.
Focus on details and analyze the material
Works Cited
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http://changingminds.org/techniques/listening/listeni
ng_styles.htm
http://www.uu.edu/centers/faculty/resources/article.c
fm?ArticleID=228
http://learnhub.com/lesson/5423-listening-styles
http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/kgyuran/1067.htm
http://www.mccd.edu/faculty/hobbsl/comm_4/listeni
ng.htm