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How can you clarify understanding when actively listening in critical thinking?

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Active listening is a key skill for critical thinking, as it helps you to understand the perspectives, arguments, and evidence of others. However, active listening is not just about hearing what someone says, but also checking your comprehension and clarifying any doubts or confusion. In this article, you will learn how to clarify understanding when actively listening in critical thinking, and why it is important for your own reasoning and communication.

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1 Why clarify understanding?

Clarifying understanding is the process of asking questions, paraphrasing, summarizing, or requesting examples or evidence to ensure that you have grasped the main points and implications of what someone else has said. Clarifying understanding helps you to avoid misunderstandings, misinterpretations, or assumptions that could lead to errors or conflicts in your critical thinking. Clarifying understanding also shows respect and interest for the speaker, and encourages them to elaborate or explain their reasoning more clearly.

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Hariom Singh

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Clarifying understanding when actively listening in critical thinking is a continuous and interactive process that requires both the speaker and the listener to engage in a constructive and respectful dialogue. To apply clarification skills effectively, you should be attentive, curious, and open-minded and avoid interrupting, judging, or arguing with the speaker. Clarifying understanding is asking questions, paraphrasing, summarizing, or requesting examples or evidence to ensure you have grasped the main points and implications of someone else's words. Clarifying understanding helps you avoid misunderstandings, misinterpretations, or assumptions that lead to errors or conflicts in your critical thinking.

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Coach Firoze Ismail

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From my coaching sessions, I appreciate the importance of clarifying understanding from the perspective of the listener and the communicator. From the perspective of the communicator, when the listener seeks clarification to further understand the issues that’s being communicated through paraphrasing and asking questions, it displays genuine and authentic interest and concern by the listener. This is key in showing empathy during active listening. More than often, the communicator will be open and willing to share more information during the coaching or active listening process. From the perspective of the listener, seeking clarification serves to solidify not only what’s expressed verbally but also a chance to observe non verbal cues.?

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2 How to ask questions?

Asking questions is one of the most effective ways to clarify understanding when actively listening in critical thinking. Questions can help you to probe deeper into the logic, assumptions, evidence, or implications of the speaker's arguments or claims. However, not all questions are equally helpful for clarifying understanding. You should avoid questions that are too vague, leading, biased, or aggressive, as they could confuse, offend, or manipulate the speaker. Instead, you should ask questions that are open-ended, relevant, specific, and respectful, as they could invite more information, clarification, or justification from the speaker.

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One key aspect of questioning is not only about knowing what and how to ask, but also about knowing why we should wait patiently for a respond or an answer from the other party that’s communicating with us. More than often we tend to jump in with another question that we think might further clarify our earlier question just because the other party is not responding to our earlier question quick enough. So we might end up badgering the other party with one question after another until they answer promptly. My tip is simple… just wait and observe for non verbal cues of the other party. If they seem confused and appear struggling to understand what’s required of them, then ask if they would like you to repeat the question.

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3 How to paraphrase?

Paraphrasing is another useful technique to clarify understanding when actively listening in critical thinking. Paraphrasing is the act of rephrasing what someone else has said in your own words, without changing the meaning or tone. Paraphrasing can help you to check if you have understood the speaker correctly, and to show them that you are paying attention and following their logic. Paraphrasing can also help you to identify any gaps, inconsistencies, or contradictions in the speaker's arguments or claims. To paraphrase effectively, you should use different words and expressions, but keep the same structure and content of the original message.

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I’d think that paraphrasing is an important strategic tool to not only seek understanding by clarifying what’s being said but also what’s not being said. This is where sensing comes to play. And it’s a great opportunity during paraphrasing to seek clarification on what you sense based on what you’ve heard. This is important to understand the communicator’s attitude and state of mind about the issue they’re facing. For example, “Am I right to say from what I heard you say that….(paraphrase)” “And from what I hear, I am also sensing that you are….(state the emotion or attitude you wish to clarify)”

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4 How to summarize?

Summarizing is a similar technique to paraphrasing, but it involves condensing what someone else has said into a few key points or main ideas. Summarizing can help you to clarify understanding when actively listening in critical thinking, especially when the speaker has presented a lot of information, details, or examples. Summarizing can help you to focus on the essential aspects of the speaker's arguments or claims, and to evaluate their relevance, coherence, and strength. Summarizing can also help you to compare and contrast different perspectives, arguments, or evidence on the same topic. To summarize effectively, you should use concise and clear language, and indicate the source and scope of the original message.

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5 How to request examples or evidence?

Requesting examples or evidence is another important way to clarify understanding when actively listening in critical thinking. Examples or evidence can help you to understand the speaker's arguments or claims better, as they can illustrate, support, or challenge their reasoning or assumptions. Requesting examples or evidence can also help you to assess the quality, validity, and reliability of the speaker's arguments or claims, and to identify any flaws, gaps, or biases in their logic or sources. To request examples or evidence effectively, you should be polite and specific, and explain why you need or want more information or clarification.

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6 How to apply clarification skills?

Clarifying understanding when actively listening in critical thinking is not a one-time or one-way activity. It is a continuous and interactive process that requires both the speaker and the listener to engage in a constructive and respectful dialogue. To apply clarification skills effectively, you should be attentive, curious, and open-minded, and avoid interrupting, judging, or arguing with the speaker. You should also use appropriate verbal and non-verbal cues, such as nodding, eye contact, or feedback, to show your interest and comprehension. Finally, you should practice and improve your clarification skills regularly, as they can enhance your critical thinking and communication abilities.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

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