Response to Listening 3-6-08

As put forward in Tompkins in chapter seven, people listen differently according to their purpose. The four different purposes are:

1. Discriminative Listening: people use this type of listening to distinguish sounds. For example young children would use discriminative listening as they develop phonemic awareness (Tomkins, 2009).

2. Aesthetic Listening: this is used when people listening for enjoyment to stories that are read aloud (Tomkins 2009). An example for those of use doing field work would be when we do read-alouds or reading circles with our students.

3. Efferent Listening: people use this type of listening to understand a message and remember important information, as Tomkins' points out, this type of listening is required in many instructional activities. When students listen to their teacher as they present information, give instructions, or read informational books aloud students are using efferent listening (Tomkins 2009).

4. Critical Listening: this is form of listening is used to evaluate a message and is an extension of efferent listening.


I really like the page 232 of Tomkins, it broke down what students need to learn about listening for aesthetic, efferent, and critical listening:


1. Aesthetic Listening (Procedure):

• Listen to a story read aloud
• Listen to a poem read aloud
• Write a response in a reading log
• Choose favorite quotations from a story
  

1a. Aesthetic (Concepts):

• Difference between aesthetic and efferent listening: Concept of story

1b. Aesthetic (Strategies and Skills):

• Activate background knowledge
• Predict
• Visualize
• Make Connections

2. Efferent Listening (Procedures):

• Take notes
• Do note taking/note making
• Use graphic organizers
• Participate in instructional conversations

2a. Efferent (Concepts):

• Organizational patterns of informational texts
• Features of informational books

2b. Efferent (Strategies and Skills):

• Activate background knowledge
• Set purpose
• Organize ideas
• Summarize
• Monitor understanding
• Ask questions
• Get clues from the speaker

3. Critical Listening (Procedures):

• Analyze propaganda
• Create advertisements

3a. Critical (Concepts):

• Critical listening
• Types of persuasion
• Propaganda
• Deceptive language
• Propaganda devices

3b. Critical (Strategies and Skills):

• Evaluate the message
• Determine the speaker’s purpose
• Recognize appeals
• Recognize deceptive language
• Identify propaganda devices