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RUNNING HEAD: ROLE CONCEPTS
Title: 5 Ways to Listen Better
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Word Count: 1000
Referencing: APA style
Date: 04.12.2018

Introduction
In this world full of noise, chaos and cacophony, humans are losing their power of hearing. It
is very crucial for people to listen to each other as it gives them a proper understanding of
what is being conveyed or at least what the other person is trying to convey. In this
assignment I have referred to a TED video which brings before us the importance of effective
listening and how one can improve their listening skills. A good speaker needs skills to speak
but he cannot be one if he fails to have a good ear to listen to others.
Effective Listening and its relevance in everyday life
I was very attracted to work on this particular video based on 5 ways to listen better because I
realised how important listening is for all of us. There are so many problems which arise only
because we fail to listen properly to what is being told to us. There are fights, quarrels or wars
due to misinterpretation or misunderstandings between individuals, groups or nations
(Brownell, 2015). The people are always trying to talk and place their point of views. But
they forget that unless they hear their opponents they will remain quite ignorant and often this
leads to a wrong decision making (Fedesco, 2015).
The important points that have been highlighted in this video are the ways in which one can
improve their listening skills. Remaining silent is a very effective way of practising better
listening. In fact amidst a lot of chaos and noise if one can identify the various sounds they
are hearing, the quality of listening can be improved. Listening to the ‘hidden choir’ or the
various mundane sounds which surround us all the time can improve one’s listening power.
There are ways of moving the listening positions like from passive to active, empathetic or
critical, etc. Finally rasa or the extraction of the relevant information is possible only through
effective listening. Receive, appreciate, summarise and ask while listening to a conversation,
speech, etc. I feel these steps are very helpful because they help the academicians to

homemakers, everyone to manage their professional and personal relationships better
(Renukadevi, 2014). In every sphere there is a need for a understanding and for this one
needs conscious listening. Thus as a part of the course on role concepts which deals with
human needs, wellness, etc. this video is a very relevant one.
The video speaks of listening to others carefully. One must give whole hearted attention
when listening to someone. In my personal life I can relate very well to the importance of
listening. There was an incident in my school days which still reminds me and makes me
regret for not being attentive and listening to instructions. It was the last day before our
summer break when the teacher had announced that the day our high school reopened we
would have our semesters. However, it was the last period before the school gave off. My
entire friends group was excited and we were all talking continuously. Due to the lack of
attention we all missed to note down the instruction of the teacher. The vacations were over
and school reopened for the semesters. Our entire group was taken aback and was shocked to
know of the sudden pre-ponement of the semesters. We somehow had to answer the paper on
day 1 without any preparation. We went home that day with a sad heart and a strong
realisation that one must value the importance of listening. When people do not listen to what
is important they have to pay the penalty for it in later life.
The video has not challenged my prior beliefs or perceptions as I had long back realised that
it was very important to be a good and attentive listener. However, I had least realised that
relationships also break due to lack of listening. Moreover the world wide conflicts also rise
out of lack of listening. In fact how the people are now concentrating on broadcasting and
neglecting conversations in real is also strange as this too creeps into the society and prevents
people from being good listeners. We fail to register things as we seldom listen (MacLeod,
2016). We are so used to recording things and repeating that later to understand. This is sad