Listening - Brossura

Wolvin, Andrew D.; Coakley, Carolyn Gwynn

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0697246647 ISBN 13: 9780697246646

Casa editrice: McGraw Hill, 1995

Riassunto

Setting a high standard for the market, Listening, Fifth Edition draws on the latest research to help your students improve their listening knowledge, attitudes, and skills. Wolvin and Coakley, recognized leaders in the listening field, believe that improved listening leads to more successful communication in all aspects of listeners' personal, academic, and professional lives.

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Contenuti:

Part I Understanding the Listening Process

1 The Need for Effective Listening

In Search of Listening Role Models

Listening is Important

Effective Listening is Rewarding

Listening is Often Misunderstood

The State of Listening Instruction

2 The Process of Communication

Components of Communication

Communication Variables

Communication as a Simultaneous Process

Implications for the Listener

3 The Process of Listening

Listening as Distinct Behavior

A Definition of Listening

Wolvin-Coakley Definition and Model of Listening

4 Listening as a Communication Function

Listening as Sharing

Listening as Decision Making

Four Listening Strategies

Ten Factors Influencing the Listening Process

Part II Developing Purposeful Listening Skills

5 Discriminative Listening

Uses of Auditory Discrimination

The Importance of Auditory Discrimination

Skills Involved in Auditory Discrimination

Visual Discrimination

Auditory and Visual Discrimination

6 Comprehensive Listening

Uses of Comprehensive Listening

Variables Related to Comprehensive Listening

Skills Involved in Comprehensive Listening

7 Therapeutic Listening

The Need for Therapeutic Listening

Skills Involved in Therapeutic Listening

8 Critical Listening

The Need for Critical Listeners

Interaction of Critical Thinking and Critical Listening

Process of Persuasion

Skills Involved in Critical Listening

Responsibilities of the Critical Listener

9 Appreciative Listening

The Process of Listening Appreciatively

Opportunities for Appreciative Listening

How to Improve Appreciative Listening

Part III Applying Effective Listening Skills

10 The Listener's Communication Roles

Intrapersonal Listening

Interpersonal Communication

Public Audiences

Mass Communication

The Listening Grid

Listening Commitment * Each chapter includes a Summary, Suggested Activities, and Notes.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw Hill
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0697246647
• ISBN 13: 9780697246646
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 464