Answer the following:
1. what is the difference between hearing and listening?
2. how is listening connected with critical thinking?
3. why is it important to develop strong listening skills?
4. what are the four main causes of poor listening?
5. what are seven ways to become a better listener?

Listening

is the processing of sounds to understand the meaning behind it. Listening requires your brain to work out every bit of sounds to form words or sentences that you can understand. Most memories are inculcated into our brain due to the reason that we listen carefully to every sound, words, and music that we hear. In order to understand what the other person is talking about, we must listen to him or her.

Hearing

“Hearing is like collecting data,” he explains.

Explanation:

i have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

i do not think they will sing to me

major league baseball

explanation:

jack roosevelt robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball.as he was the first african american to play in the major leagues, jackie robinson became the target of racial abuse. jackie robinson is referring to the historic event, harlem riot.