Although listening is a major activity in small group communication, it has received minimal attention. Examination of several books and journals reveals a very sparse treatment of the subject. More attention should be given to listening because it is a key factor in a democratic leadership style and requires different skills than does listening…

Sixty fourth- and fifth-grade children listened to six series of six sentences each, with each sentence in a series containing the same artificial word. The task was to assign to the artificial word a meaning which would fit all sentence contexts in the series. Preliminary data provided an estimate of the probability that a particular sentence,…

Many of the more than 140 shortwave broadcasting services currently in operation have programing specifically intended for an audience in the United States, yet relatively little is known about the shortwave listening audience in the United States. This study focuses upon the shortwave listeners who regularly monitor international broadcasts. A…

Discusses the attention process and indicates the crucial role it plays in oral learning (listening). (DD)

Points out the inherent problem that may keep teaching of twentieth-century music analysis from being effective. Since the students' frame of reference for music listening is usually "traditional" music practices, they are often unprepared to hear and analyze twentieth-century music. Suggests how to develop appropriate listening skills.…

The author states that effective listening is vital to oral communications in business and a leading contributor to good human relations. He lists major barriers to listening comprehension as distractions, preconceptions, dullness, note-taking, and fatigue. (MF)

Discusses reasons for using listening rather than reading as a preferred mode of instruction in inferring, then describes a procedure for helping children "negotiate" meaning from an author's implied statements. (FL)

Provides a rationale for teaching listening skills and suggests specific learning activities to improve students' listening abilities. (KS)

This research project described strategies to improve listening skills. The targeted population consisted of kindergarten and second grade students in a midsized midwestern city who exhibited inadequate listening skills, which interfered with comprehension accuracy. Current research addresses the problem indicating teachers have an incorrect…

Investigates the extent to which differences in intensity facilitate the selection of one of two dichotically presented messages. (RB)

Described is a basic listening education program, designed to increase ability to listen efficiently and to interpret what is heard. Three phases include pre-skills or listening readiness, development of listening skills, and development of recall and retention through the techniques of review. (Author/KW)

Presented are suggestions for encouraging young people to think while they hear people talk. Included are dramatic listening, listening for clues, and other listening exercises. (KC)

Study concludes that short-term listening is apparently an information processing skill that differs importantly from short-term memory and is related not only to a "delivery" factor but also to ability in oral communication. (JMF)

The comprehensive listening curriculum occupies an important position in elementary teaching stage for English major. How could we arrange the listening class better? Considering the characteristics of comprehensive listening curriculum for English major, teachers can help students improve speaking by listening, cultivating their thinking and…