The document discusses the characteristics of good listening according to Mcburney and Wrage. It identifies voluntary, purposeful, motivated, cooperative, and critical listening as the key characteristics. It then discusses why listening is important, including that it stimulates better communication, promotes better responses, makes one appreciate what they hear, assists in understanding, helps with decision making, enables reaction, enlarges experience, and decreases tensions. Finally, it discusses the requisites of good listening, identifying obtaining information, appreciation, clarification and evaluation, inspiration, and self-improvement as key purposes of listening.

1. The best kind of listening

2. According to Mcburney
and Wrage, the best kind
of listening has the
following characteristics

3. 1.Voluntary-
Good listening begins
with a willingness to
participate completely
in a communicative
situation

4. 2. Purposeful-
You choose to listen
because of some very
good reason /reasons.

5. 3. Motivate -
when you have a
good reason for listening
, you are all keyed up for
activity and nothing can
stop you.

6. 4. Cooperative –
you keep quit and give
your wholehearted
cooperation When you listen
because you hope for nothing
but only the best from the
speaker.

7. 5. Critical –
you follow the speaker’s
ideas carefully and get Things
clear so that in the end you
may be able to make
intellectual Judgements when
you evaluate his ideas before
responding.

8. Why listen?

9. The following are the
things good listening
does for you in a
speaking situation:

10. 1.It stimulates better
communication between the
parties involved. An Attentive
listener encourage the speaker
to say more .it builds respect
and loyalty and makes people
feel important.

11. 2. It contributes to and
promotes better
responses among the
members of the group. It
facilitates the meeting of
minds.

12. 3. It makes you appreciate
and enjoy what you hear. It
increases and expand the
range of one’s enjoyment
of life . It gives pleasure
and even comfort.

13. 4. It assists you in
understanding what is being
said . With a listener’s full
attention, understanding can
be achieved in no time.
Hence , it saves you time as
well as effort

14. 5. It helps you make
better decisions. It
provides inputs as bases
for decision-making

15. 6. It enables you to
react to what is said .
You are able to agree
Or disagree , to add
something .if not ask
questions about what
Is being said

16. 7. It enlarges
one’s experience .
Listening broadens
and enriches the
mind.

17. 8. It enables you to correct your
own problems of vocalization.
Listening To your voice gives you
the opportunity to realize your
fault and defects Which in time
offers you chances to improve .

18. 9. It decreases
the tensions of
life .

19. Requisite to good listening
is a purpose. You listen for
a purpose or for
several purpose . It may be
any or all of the following:

20. 1.To obtain information and
gain knowledge . You
listen to learn and benefit
from the experience of
others. Understanding and
retention Are the primary
goals.

21. 2. To appreciate and
enjoy what is said.
You are pleased
with what You hear.

22. To be clarified and make
intellectual judgement ,
fair criticisms and To
evaluate ideas.

23. 4. To draw inspiration.
5. To improve one self.

24. There is not definite purpose,
though. All may be there in one
listening situation. But a good
listener must choose to listen
because of at least , one
definite purpose In mind.

25. Reported by:
AIZA SORIANO