Receptive Communication Skills Overview

What are receptive communication skills?

Which of the following are considered receptive skills? (Select all that apply)

Receptive skills are also known as active skills.

The process of constructing meaning is a continuous process that is inherent in receptive skills.

What is the definition of 'interaction' in the context of receptive skills?

Which of the following is NOT a component of the process of reading that is part of receptive skills?

The 'Top-Down View' in reading comprehension refers to using previous knowledge to understand.

What are two examples of metacognition skills used in listening comprehension?

Describe the role of the eyes and ears in viewing, as a receptive skill.

The importance of receptive skills lies solely in their ability to improve comprehension.

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of developing receptive skills?

Receptive skills are essential for effective communication and understanding.

Receptive Communication Skills

Receptive skills are needed to understand a message
These skills help decode the meaning of a message
Traditionally, reading and listening are seen as receptive skills
Viewing has become a receptive skill because of the rise of audiovisual materials since the 1990s
Receptive skills are also known as passive skills

Interactive Processes

Receptive skills are interactive processes, despite the common misconception that they are passive
Reading, listening, and viewing involve a continuous process of constructing meaning from input

Reading is Interactive

Reading involves eye movements:
- Saccades: quick eye movements
- Fixations: pauses in eye movement
- Regressions: Returning to previously read material
- Return sweep: moving back to the beginning of a line
Bloom's Taxonomy is used with reading:
- remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating
Top-down view: using prior knowledge to understand
Bottom-up view: comprehension from the text itself
Interactive view: Combining prior knowledge and text for comprehension

Listening is Interactive

Listening involves picking up sounds and associating them with meanings
Metacognitive skills like vocabulary are used in listening

Viewing is Interactive

Viewing involves eye and ear usage to perceive images and sounds
The brain processes these to form meanings
Metacognitive skills are used

Importance of Receptive Skills

Receptive skills improve attention, memory, and concentration
They improve language use, comprehension, and expression
They also increase vocabulary

Explore the essential concepts of receptive communication skills, including reading, listening, and viewing. This quiz highlights the interactive processes involved in understanding messages and discusses the importance of eye movements in reading. Test your knowledge of Bloom's Taxonomy in the context of receptive skills.