Question

(10 marks)
Q2:- Red the passage given below.
Research has shown that the human itind can process words at the rate of about
500 per minute, whereas a speaker speaks at the rate of about 150 words a minute.
The difference between the two at 350 is quite large.
Son speaker must make every effort to retain the attention of the audience and the
listener should also be careful not to let his mind wander. Good communication calls
for good listening skills. A good speaker must necessarily be a good listener.
Listening starts with hearing but goes beyond. Hearing, in other words is necessary
but is not sufficient condition for listening. Listening involves hearing with attention.
Listening is a process that calls for concentrationWhile, listening, one should also
bxes observant. In other words, listening has to do with the ears, as well as with the
eyes and the mind. Listening is to be understood as the total process that involves
hearing with attention, being observant and making interpretations. Good
conumunication is essentially an interactive process. It calls for participation and
involvement. It is quite often a dialogue rather than a monologue. It is necessary to
be interested and also show or make it abundantly clear that one is interested in
karowing what the other person has to say.
Good listening is an art that can be cultivated. It relates to skills that can be
developed. A good listener knows the art of getting much more than what the
spenkeris trying to convey. He knows how to prompt, persuade but not to cut offor
interupt what the other person has to say. At times the speaker may or may not be
coherenu, articulate and well organised in his thoughts and expressions. He may
have it in his mind and yet he may fail to marshal the right words while
communicating his thought.
Nevertheless, a good listener puts him at ease, helps him articulate and facilitates
Irim to get across the message that he wants to convey. For listening to be effective,
it is also necessary that barriers to listening are removed. Such barriers can be both
physical and psychological. Physical bamiers generally relate to hindrances to
proper hearing whereas psychological barriers are more fundamental and relate to
the interpretation and evaluation of the speaker and the message.
Make notes on the passage using recognisable abbreviations in
any
suitable
format. Give a title to ihe passage. (5)
Make a sunmary of the passage. (5)
GRAMMAR​

Answer 1

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