Teaching Listening: What Do We Do? What Should We Do?

Listening in Early Childhood: An Interdisciplinary Review of the Literature

“…Listening has been the forgotten, neglected language art for decades (Dimitriadi, Hodson, & Ludhra, 2006;Tompkins, 2008) and changing its status will require a fundamental shift in thinking (Janusik, 2002). Contemporary early childhood classrooms need to demonstrate a "pedagogy of listening" that consists of Downloaded by [The University of Texas at El Paso] at 22:21 27 December 2014 JALONGO attention to three components: (1) interior listening, in which children reflect on what it means to be in a particular environment; (2) multiple listening, in which children's and adults' voices are given equal time and respect; and (3) visible listening, that uses documentation of experiences (e.g., drawings, photographs, print, sculpture) as the basis for discussion and interpretation (Clark, 2007;Rinaldi, 2001).…”

Assessing Communication Proficiency in Higher Education: Speaking Labs Offer Possibilities

“…In sum, Janusik (2002) writes: "Historically, communication educators have spent a disproportionate amount of time on teaching speaking as opposed to teaching listening (Sprague, 1990), even though a person listens more than he speaks on a daily basis (Barker, Edwards, Gaines, Gladney, & Holley, 1980;Rankin, 1930;Werner, 1975). In early studies, Rankin (1930) found that the average adult spent far more time listening than reading, writing, or speaking in a given day.…”

Listening in Context: Religion and Spirituality

“…Despite the amount of information written about listening, the definition of listening as a concept is extremely broad. While the ILA Downloaded by [UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE LIBRARIES] at 12:07 17 November 2014 (1996) has endorsed a general definition of listening, Janusik concluded that there is a need for further examination of listening as a complex cognitive and behavioral process (Janusik, 2002). To arrive at a definition of the term is basic to the examination of listening as it relates to the religious and spiritual contexts.…”