What is a Salon?
A salon is, traditionally, a gathering of people for the purpose of discussing ideas. The purpose of this website is to facilitate a discussion around the idea of listening. Below you will find several salons, each centered on an aspect of listening. To participate please click on a salon, click on the join button, and follow the prompt.
Salons
Perspectives for Studying Listening
Dr. Halley discusses three of the perspectives used by scholars to study listening. Please watch the video before commenting or asking questions. https://youtu.be/BnR-BJ24kR4
Listening: how would you define it?
Most often we notice the importance of listening in its absence! I’ve learned a good deal about listening by neglecting to. Unfortunately that’s how I’ve learned its value. I’ve argued in my listening class for years that we do not value listening in American...
Listening Begins in Social Community
A few of you may have read a bit of this content posted elsewhere sometime ago (on FB 2013) while I was still teaching at Boise State (my last semester was fall of 2015). In spite of my retirement status, now that it’s fall 2017 I can’t suppress the feeling – that I’d...
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40th Annual International Listening Association Convention
40th Annual International Listening Association Convention Vancouver, Canada March 21-23, 2019 "Listening to Conflict" To register for the 40thAnnual ILA Convention "Listening to Conflict" click the "register" button at the bottom left side of...
Listen Here!
Welcome to Listen4AChange! You are invited to share your understanding of listening and learn more about what listening really amounts to. Listening changes our worldviews and thus our worlds.