Listening purposes

_________________ uses of language are those in which the primary purposes are social.

Watching television, listening to the radio, listening to announcements at the station, or listening to a lecture are examples of ____________

The two categories, interactional and transactional, are not polar.

______________ exchanges are message-oriented rather than listener-oriented thus the information needs to be got across accurately, clearly and coherently.

Listening at length e.g. watching a TV soap, a film, and so on with no focus on testing the listener’s understanding of the content is termed _______________

listening to an announcement at an airport to find out which gate our flight leaves from is __________________.

______________ exchanges include things like greetings, small talk, party chat, and so on. Although some information may be relayed in the process, this is not the main purpose of it.

________________uses are those in which language is being used primarily for communicating information.

_____________listening, which is what we tend to do in class, usually has a clearly- defined aim. It often occurs for study purposes.

_________________ listening is for our own enjoyment: listening to a play or a concert, going to a poetry recital.

___________________ listening is, typically, listening in conversations where the listener is also a speaker.