The Reflection Of Listening With Your Ears And Eyes

Listening with your ears and eyes allows you to visually and auditorily observe nonverbal behavior of the speaker as they are giving a speech. When we are watching someone speak we observe how they move their hands, the way they move their body, and their posture. All of these visuals paint a picture for the audience. The speaker can change the mood and tone of his speech just by moving his hands in a more violent motion. Our eyes will process this information and we will then attach meaning and reasoning to it. When we listen with our ears we are paying attention to the tone of the speakers voice, and what kind of language he is using? Is he loud, or quiet? Is he stern or laid back? Is he trying to sound funny, or serious? The speaker can change his speech from happy to sad by simply changing his tone, and choice of words.
Me and a good friend of mine went to see the Mythbuster 's cast in Atlanta one evening. There was roughly 500-600 people there and when both of the speakers came out all the lights started to flicker, and audience started to scream. You could feel the intense energy in the air. When you hear everyone screaming it 's one thing, but when you hear it and see it, it makes you feel like you have to join …show more content…
What does that mean? It means that even though we can only say 125 words per minute we have the ability to listen seven to ten times faster. Since we have this ability to think much faster than we can speak, it allows us to use our mental power to stay concentrated on what the speaker is saying. We can also make mental summaries of what the speaker is saying, which in the long run will help you remember the information better. Since we can listen faster than we can speak, we have the capability to create several mental summaries about the speech; depending on the length of the