Ability: Oral Comprehension
Oral Comprehension
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Level Scales
(3)
| Level | Description |
|---|---|
| 2 | Understand a television commercial |
| 4 | Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport |
| 6 | Understand a lecture on advanced physics |
Work Activities
(23)
- Getting Information
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
- Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
- Processing Information
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
- Communicating with People Outside the Organization
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
- Assisting and Caring for Others
- Selling or Influencing Others
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
- Developing and Building Teams
- Training and Teaching Others
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
- Coaching and Developing Others
- Providing Consultation and Advice to Others
- Staffing Organizational Units
- Monitoring and Controlling Resources
Work Context
(12)
- Public Speaking
- Telephone Conversations
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams
- Contact With Others
- Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team
- Deal With External Customers or the Public in General
- Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities
- Health and Safety of Other Workers
- Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers
- Conflict Situations
- Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People
- Dealing with Violent or Physically Aggressive People