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There's definitely a difference. You could be perceived as a good listener, while actually not understanding or remembering what the other person is saying. On
by xyzzy4 10y ago
There's definitely a difference. You could be perceived as a good listener, while actually not understanding or remembering what the other person is saying. On the other hand, you could appear to not be listening, but if later quizzed on the words spoken you would ace it.
- MichaelGG 10y agoTry describing the concepts without using the word "listen". Most likely you agree and are fighting about irrelevant definitions.
- cellularmitosis 10y agoI'm not so sure. johnfn claims "There's no objective judge of listening". Why not? Students are familiar with the idea of a standardized reading comprehension test. Is it impossible to imagine that we could construct a listening comprehension test? If so, you could then demonstrate that its possible to flunk the "perceived as good listener" test while acing the "listening comprehension" test -- underscoring that notion that these are distinct concepts.