Critical Listening

Critical ListeningA type of listening that involves a process of critical thinking, analysis and judgment about what a person had said

Critical ListeningThe focus of criticism may be either or both of the subject being said or discussed or the logical structure being proposed

Critical Listening Skills

Understand the Person and the ContextWhen seeking to do critical listening, it can help to understand the person and their context. Many arguments do not stand alone and understanding why the person is saying what they are saying can help in the understanding and consequently evaluation of their message.

Critical Listening Skills

ProbeA useful approach is to probe, asking questions to add useful information and help them develop their argument.

Critical Listening Skills

Discrimination- It is the separation of one thing or idea from another

Fallacies in Critical Listening

FallacyIt is the usage of invalid or faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument

Types of FallacyCausal FallacyHasty GeneralizationAd HominemAd BaculumPoisoning the WallAppeal to Emotion

Causal FallacyIt is a type of fallacy that creates a faulty cause-and-effect connection between two things

Hasty GeneralizationIt is a type of fallacy in which

the person or a group of people already reached a conclusion without adequate evidence to support the conclusion

Ad HominemIt is a type of fallacy in which a person start attacking a person instead of giving a strong argument

Ad BaculumIt is a type of fallacy in which a person uses inappropriate rudeness to gain one’s belief to agree to your side

Poisoning the WallIt is a type of fallacy in which a

person says negative things about someone so others won’t believe him

Appeal to EmotionIt is a type of fallacy in which

an argument is made due to the manipulation of emotions, rather than the use of valid reasoning

DIRECTIONS:Listen to the following quotes. Then, write in your notebook, a critical listening or judgment about the quote.

The critical judgment can agree or disagree to the quote and explain why.