Friday, March 25, 2011
chapter 7 question 3
One of the concepts that I found interesting was the influences of culture on listening. I never really thought about how people listen to each other and interpret things because of their culture. Or even how people listen to each other because of the country or continent they are from. The book said that people from different cultures had different listening styles but they were comparing peoples listening styles from different countries. I was thinking so many people in America are from different cultures and countries that it doesn't make sense to me to compare Americas listening style to other countries listening styles but that's just my opinion. Personally I think its more then your culture that affects a persons listening style I think a persons mood, home life, and other things affect our listening styles. If I'm having a bad day I don't want to listen to anybody period and I think a lot of people might feel the same way also.
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I can totally understand the concept of the influences of culture on listening. I live in the International House and have found that each culture has different styles of listening. Not knowing those different styles can create problems and conflict. Although to me culture is everything to me, the way you are raised is influenced by your culture. I think when they are talking about listening styles it means not how you listen when you are in a bad mood but the way you listen. I think it goes the same with communication styles. Although, this is such a hard topic to find a common ground because it incorporates so much.
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