In the introduction to every series of Skill Sheets four levels of skill proficiency are specified:
- Level 1: Entry level Bachelors
- Level 2: Exit level Bachelors
- Level 3: Exit level Masters
- Level 4: Postgraduate level
You should develop your constructive listening skills in every phase of your academic career (and thereafter!). The levels of skills proficiency below provide an indication of the skill proficiency you should minimally aim for.
Level 1
- Relatively passive, consumption and teacher-oriented
- Increased concentration level to cope with longer lectures
- Limited preparation for classes and the background of the courses
- Limited understanding of the background of the teacher
- Capable of conducting a simple (closed) interview
Level 2
- More active. Understanding that listening is a form of ‘co-producing’
- Sufficiently good concentration level to benefit from longer lectures
- Good preparation and understanding of the background of courses
- Modest linking of listening and own presentation skills
- Capable of conducting and digesting a more open interview
Level 3
- Always active; aimed at own questions and research projects
- Joint preparation of classes (leading, for instance, to other type of lectures)
- Listening is systematically used as input for own writing and presentation skills and research
- Capable of designing, conducting and digesting interviews and other means of oral input
- Immediately identifying debate tricks, argumentation fallacies and the like
Level 4
- Constructive listening in order to serve as input for effective collaboration and management
- Listening as real-time input for effective decision making and debate/dialogue
- Interview skills are applied in job interviews too