Assessing the “Intellectual Discussion” on Listening Theory and Research

Listening and Referring to Voices: Students' Repertory in Educational Settings

“…In discussing the intellectual structure of listening studies, Wolvin et al (1999) make a distinction between the following five complementary domains of scholarly inquiry: listening research, listening theory, listening assessment, listening instruction, and listening practice. Starting with listening research, the implications from this study are the presentation and suggestion of a new and alternative methodology in the field of listening research, with listening as a social and intertextual phenomenon within the frameworks of Bakhtin (1984Bakhtin ( [1929Bakhtin ( /1963Bakhtin ( ], 1999Bakhtin ( [1986Bakhtin ( ], 2000Bakhtin ( [1979).…”

“…So, the specific purpose of the study is to suggest an alternative methodological approach in listening research (Wolvin et al, 1999) with listening as an intertextual phenomenon of listening and referring to voices.…”

Teaching Listening: What Do We Do? What Should We Do?

“…The topic of listening instruction was the fourth most prominent discourse in the Journal of the International Listening AssociationAnternational Journal of Listening (Wolvin, Halone, and Coakley, 1999). Thus, listening instruction has been an important topic for the listening community, and the number of publications suggests that the community supports the notion that listening can be taught.…”

The Understudied Nature of Listening in Interpersonal Communication: Introduction to a Special Issue

“…Second, and perhaps not surprising given the focus on skills, the lion's share of listening research conducted in the past 20 years is atheoretical (Wolvin, Halone, & Coakley, 1999). Certainly not all listening research is conducted devoid of theory (Wolvin, 2010).…”