Notes 2 MODULE 1

MODULE 1
NOTES 2

Questions listed under 11 - 20 (PART-1)

Q11. What is the significance of listening skill?
Answer: "We have two ears but only one mouth" is the most commonly used adage that declares in an easy way to remember that listening can be twice as important as talking. Listening skills make sense of what the other person is saying. It also allows us to understand their intention. Listening is an active process that helps us to make sense of, assess and respond to what we hear. It often improves personal relationships, reduces misunderstanding and strengthenes cooperation.

Q12. Write the difference between listening and hearing.
Answer: The term 'Hearing' describes the sounds that we hear in a casual manner, whereas listening is the cautious action accompanied by concentration on the words being heard by an individual.

13. Define active listening and give the stages of active listening?
Answer:  Listening includes focus. It means paying attention not only to the heard sounds, but also how it si told, the use of vocabulary and voice and the body language. It means the inclusion of both verbal and non verbal messages.

14. Write few lines about logical listeners.
Answer: Logical listeners make an effort to hear what a person is saying. They try to comprehend the meaning of the words. However, they do not understand the intent or the meaning behind the words. THey do not receive messages from intonation, body language or facial expression. they miss the important components of what a speaker is trying to say.  

15. What are the stages involved in listening process?
Answer: The listening process involves five stages: receiving, understanding, remembering, evaluating, and responding.  An effective listener must hear and identify the speech sounds heard by him or her. One should understand the message of those sounds. Then critically evaluate that message. The listener should remember what has been said and respond accordingly. 

16. What do the logical listeners listen to in particular.
Answer: Logical listeners make an effort to hear what is being said They comprehen the meaning of the actual words. They miss important components of what a speaker si trying to communicate. Logical listeners need to concentrate more on the non-verbal communication that accopanies the speech. 

17. Write few lines about active listener?
Answer:  Active listener is a person who listens actively and tries his or her best to understand what a speaker si saying and also why. In other words, they respect the speaker's point of view. They would listen with more intent and emotions behind the words. This helsp them to understand the speaker well. Active listening is very important in the workplace. It helps a person to improve productivity and build smother ll=relation ships.

18. How do the gender barriers affect your listening?
 Answer: Communication research has shown that gender can be barrier to listening. Men and women listen very differently and for different purposes. Women are more likely to listen for the emotion behind a speaker’s words. Men listen more for the facts and the content. 

19. Write a short note on listening comprehension. 
Answer: Comprehension means the ability to understand completely and be familiar with a situation, facts, etc. Listening comprehension is the basis for a person's speaking, writing and reading skills. It helps to train his or her listening skills. It is important to listen actively. It means to to actively pay attention to what a person is listening to. Make it a habit to listen to audio books, podcasts, news, songs, etc. and to watch videos and films in the foreign language.

20. Mention the various methods used for listening comprehension. 
Answer: Here are the three methods used for listening comprehension
a. Set the purpose: A good first step in setting the stage is to tell students the purpose for listening.
b. Set the stage: A good first step in setting the stage is to tell students the purpose for listening.
c. Provide the follow up: Many times this follow up will be in a written forma.uch follow-up enablesa person to see what they were able to ascertain while listening

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Here is the question bank for you!
MODULE 1
GENERAL INTRODUCTION AND LISTENING SKILLS

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Define the word communication.
Answer:The word communication is defined as an act of imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium. The term 'Communication' is formed from Latin language. 'Communis and communicare' are two Latin words . Communis is a noun, which means common, communiality or sharing. Similarly, communicare is a verb, which means 'make something common'.

2. List the elements of communication process.
Answer:1. Sender
2. Receiver
3. Message
4. Channel
5. Feedback

3. Write a few lines about sender and receiver.
Answer: Sender: Sender is the most important element in the process of communication. 
He begins the process of communication as he or she intends to communicate a message in the most effective way. The sender focuses on the understanding ability of the receiver. A sender could be a living(human) or non-living (such as a television, projector, mike etc) entity. All of this is done bearing the receiver in mind. In a word, a sender's job is to encode a message.

Receiver:
The person who acts as the receiving end point is the receiver of the communication process.The receiver decodes the sender's message and extracts the meaning from the message. The receiver's sense of humor, conduct and understanding the intention of the sender play an important role in decoding the message.

4. Write a few lines about ‘feedback’.
Answer: Feedback:
It is defined as the response given by the receiver. This is considered as the 'decoding' ability of the receiver. Then the receiver begins to encode a message that suits the intention of the sender. This establishes the success or failure of the communication. Hence feedback is the important element in making the communication a success or a failure.

5. What is the difference between ‘hard skills’ and ‘soft skills’.
Answer: Hard Skills:
Hard skills are the technical skills that are related to establish one's self in a related profession. For eg: one needs to go through computer programming certificate/diploma courses in order to get a job of computer programmer. Hard skills are generally measurable from educational back ground.

Soft Skills: These are a set of personality traits. These include social graces, language skills, time management, team work, and leadership qualities. Soft skills complement hard skills. They are needed for better employment and even personal success levels.
Examples of soft skills include: patience, persuasion, time management, and motivation.


6. Write few lines about LSRW skills.
Answer: LSRW is the shortened form for Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. These skills are necessary to learn a language. Generally we learn to listen first, then to speak. Further we move on to read and then finally to write. These are the four language skills established by the process of communication.


7. Write about the significance of English for Engineering students.
Answer: English is widely spoken all around the world. Knowing English allows people to enjoy their life and work no matter where they are. In a multilingual society, such as India, modern professionals must also be able to communicate effectively in a shared language.

 8. Explain the communication process in few lines.
Answer: The communication process is an important factor of human development. It establishes successful communication between two individuals or even among the groups. This include a sender, who encodes a message and successfully establishes the starting point. Components of communication process include a sender, who encodes a message, selects a channel of communication (medium), a receiver who receives the message and decodes it to give a befitting feed back.


9. Explain why mastering English language is important.
Answer: Professionals who are proficient in communication skills have a considerable edge over those who have not. Lack of communication skills will certainly make them deficient in resources. Job aspirants face several tough challenges in the global scenario if their communication skills are not up to the mark. Inadequate proficiency in English language, lack of exposure, low level of confidence and weak soft skills do not let them uphold in the global marketplace.

10. Give the explanation of the terms ‘encode’ and ‘decode’.
Answer: Encode: means to compose a bunch of thoughts into reasonable and understandable sentences. This further enables good 'decode'. Encoding refers to the process of taking an idea or mental image, associating that image with words, and then speaking those words in order to convey a message.

Decode: It is the reverse process of listening. Here the receiver listens to words, thinks about them, and turns those words into mental images. It denotes the response given by the receiver. It also marks the end of communication.

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