English 9 - Critical Listening

It is a powerpoint presentation that discusses about the lesson or topic: Critical Listening and some Fallacies about Critical Listening. It also talks about the definition and different explanation about the topic: Critical Listening

1. Critical Listening

2. Critical Listening A type of listening that involves a process of critical thinking, analysis and judgment about what a person had said

3. Critical Listening The focus of criticism may be either or both of the subject being said or discussed or the logical structure being proposed

4. Critical Listening Skills Understand the Person and the Context When 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.

5. Critical Listening Skills Probe A useful approach is to  probe , asking questions to add useful information and help them develop their argument.

6. Critical Listening Skills Discrimination - It is the separation of one thing or idea from another

7. Fallacies in Critical Listening

8. Fallacy It is the usage of invalid or faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument

9. Types of Fallacy Causal Fallacy Hasty Generalization Ad Hominem Ad Baculum Poisoning the Wall Appeal to Emotion

10. Causal Fallacy It is a type of fallacy that creates a faulty cause-and-effect connection between two things

11. Hasty Generalization It 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

12. Ad Hominem It is a type of fallacy in which a person start attacking a person instead of giving a strong argument

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

14. Poisoning the Wall It is a type of fallacy in which a person says negative things about someone so others won’t believe him

15. Appeal to Emotion It is a type of fallacy in which an argument is made due to the manipulation of emotions, rather than the use of valid reasoning

16. 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.