The ministry of higher and secondary specialised education of uzbekistan the uzbek state world languages university the english teaching methodology department

Therapeutic (Empathetic) Listening---Students listen to support others but not judge them .
Contrasting Effective and Ineffective Listening Habits

Effective Listeners	Ineffective Listeners
Build their background knowledge on subject before listening	Start listening without thinking about subject
Have a specific purpose for listening and attempt to ascertain speaker's purpose	Have no specific purpose for listening and have not considered speaker's purpose
Tune in and attend	Do not focus attention
Minimize distractions	Create or are influenced by distractions

Actively listening is:

• When a person who incorporates listening with concentration;

  
  

• Method of responding to another that encourages communication.

  
  

Listening: Top down and bottom up
In 'real-life' listening, our students will have to use a combination of the two processes, with more emphasis on 'top-down' or 'bottom-up' listening depending on their reasons for listening.