The author reviews the relative importance of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and argues that the average adult does not listen efficiently. He presents the AIM (Attention, Interest, Motivation) Technique for improving listening skills. (CH)

Determines the test-retest reliability of dichotic listening procedures for assessing cerebral lateralization of receptive language in preschoolers.%x$OD)

Delineates the effect of attentional bias on preadolescents' dichotic listening performance by using four different types of stimulus material (words, digits, CV syllables, and melodies) under free recall and directed attention conditions. (HOD)

As advancements in communication technologies increase, so do the opportunities for communicating with people from different cultures. As contacts increase, so does the awareness of the misunderstanding that often arises in the process of communication. For example, different cultures have different modes of verbal behavior. This paper examines…

This article examines the listening process and factors affecting listening. It also suggests general guidelines for teaching and assessing listening and gives examples of activities for practicing and developing listening skills for the workplace. Listening is a demanding process that involves the listener, speaker, message content, and…

Critical listening is essential to the performer's development of interpretative freedom. Article considers the merits of learning to listen to the music one plays. (Author/RK)

Discusses the role of listening in the language arts and provides a six-stage group project for developing a variety of listening skills. (HTH)

Provides an overview of the issues involved in providing listening instruction to those who work or are preparing to work in organizations. Poses questions regarding the nature of listening and listening instruction. Suggests a behavioral approach and examines its benefits and concerns. Appends three sample activities to facilitate listening…

Evidence is reviewed that demonstrates the importance of information derived from kinesic behavior to the activity of listening in the native language and the possible effects of an absence of this visual information. Implications are considered for the development of second-language listening skills. (76 references) (Author/LB)

Reviews research on native language (NL) listening, and discusses the importance of listening in second-language (L2) acquisition, factors that influence success or failure of comprehension of first-language or L2 messages, the role of listening in the L2 curriculum, posited models of NL and L2 listening comprehension, and proposed taxonomies of…

Physical aspects of listening skills are described, including speech rate, syllable tone, word-word separation vs. joining, listening for "focus," word clues per message, and intonation. (LB)

Three experiments examined 3- to 6-year olds' ability to use a speaker's utterance based on false belief to identify which of several referents was intended. Found that many 4- to 5-year olds performed correctly only when it was unnecessary to consider the speaker's belief. When the speaker gave an ambiguous utterance, many 3- to 6-year olds…

Asks how apprehensions about communicating with others intertwine with self-perceptions about listening. Examines correlations between communication apprehension in four settings and four listening styles. Reveals that the listening style of people with few apprehensions prefers receiving complex information that can be evaluated before…