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Modes of Listening (BAS105)

There are three basic modes of listening: competitive listening, where the focus is on pushing one's own views rather than listening; passive attentive listening, where one genuinely listens without responding; and active reflective listening, which is the most effective as it involves actively listening, understanding, and restating what the other person said to show engagement.

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Modes of Listening (BAS105)

There are three basic modes of listening: competitive listening, where the focus is on pushing one's own views rather than listening; passive attentive listening, where one genuinely listens without responding; and active reflective listening, which is the most effective as it involves actively listening, understanding, and restating what the other person said to show engagement.

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Modes of listening

The three basic modes of listening:

1. Competitive or combative listening:

 This type of listening that is done when people want to push their own type of view or
opinion rather than listen to someone else’s.
 With this type of listening, we mostly are waiting to jump in and say something or point
out flaws in what the other person is saying.
 We pretend that we are listening, when really, are formulating our own ideas and just
waiting for the person to break so we can blurt them out.
 The downside is that we fail to actually take in what the other person is saying and have
closed our minds, which is a barrier to good listening.

2. Passive attentive listening:

 In this type of listening, we are genuinely interested in what the person is saying.
 At this point, we are not yet at the point of responding and being involved, but we
understand the points that the speaker is trying to make.
 We may agree with what is being said, but we are doing so in a passive manner, rather
than in a reflective one.

3. Active reflective listening:

 This is the most effective listening model.


 In this model, you actively listen and understand what the other person is saying.
 Here, we listen to what the other person has to say before we try to interject what we
would like to share.
 In this model, you restate or share back information with the speaker, showing that you
are paying attention and actively involved.

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