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Informational Listening

The main purpose of informational listening is to seek understanding of the thoughts or concepts being presented. Informational listening, also called deliberate listening, is used in a variety of settings. Getting directions to the nearest gas station, learning about a friend's summer vacation, hearing a lecture on the history of the Civil War, and sharing ideas during a class discussion all require informational listening.

Effective informational listening requires competence in several areas: attention, organization, clarification, and recall. To understand what a speaker is saying, we need to pay close attention. This means that we must focus on the though