PPT-Assessing Listening

Importance of Listening Generally listening is given less importan ce than speaking It is implied as a component of speaking How could you speak a language without listening Observable nature of speaking is more measurable than listening. Lawyers Assistance Program. Facilitated by Robert Bircher . 1. Effective Listening Skills. To be a great communicator, the first step is being a good listener. Many lawyers believe they are good listeners, but on a 5 step level of listening skills most only rank a level 2. Managers and employees use their listening skills to increase productivity and profit, build employee morale, mainstream business procedures and practices, meet changing consumer needs, and improve customer relations.. Learning Focused Conversations. October, 2012. This material was developed for use by participants in the . Common Core Leadership in Mathematics . (CCLM^2) project through the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Use by school district personnel to support learning of its teachers and staff is permitted provided appropriate acknowledgement of its source. Use by others is prohibited except by prior written permission. . Three Kinds of Listening:. Passive:. Hearing music playing in the background while we perform other tasks . Unconscious:. Hearing “. Muzak. ”, such as elevator music or music played in the dentist’s office and hardly noticing it.. Passive Listeners- . letting the person speaking do all the work while we go along for the ride.. Active . Listeners- . Playing an active role in the conversation by guiding the speaker toward common interests.. “If . children can’t say it – they can’t write . it.”. Why are . ‘Speaking . and . Listening’ skills . so . important. ?. Speaking and listening are at the heart of children’s learning. Children need to be confident communicators and active listeners in order to learn about the world they live in. Language skills are crucial, and . April . 6. th. . 2012. Today. Quiz 2: Next Friday (April 13. th. ). Explain ‘listening – discussion task’. Continue . theme 2: Tone (emotion and context). Listening-Discussion Task. Each week you will:. Discussions are as much about listening as they are about asking good questions. How to Promote Active Listening. Model active listening.. Use positive reinforcement for students who demonstrate good active listening.. Nonverbal Communication. Introduction to Business & Marketing. March 3, 2011. Today’s Objectives. Demonstrate listening and speaking skills important in the workplace.. Explain the importance of nonverbal communication in the workplace.. By. Group Captain. MUHAMMAD AKRAM MANKASH ®. WHAT IS LISTENING?. Generally listening is understood as . hearing. . . BUT LISTENING. …. i. s. . following and understanding the sound. s / monitoring gestures as in involves perception,…. Why is speaking and listening so important?. Children learn to talk by listening. Communication is a life long skill. An essential communication . . skill. What does good listening look like?. Eye contact!. EFFECTIVE LISTENING. KEEP QUITE- as much as possible.. DON’T LEAD- unless you want to hear the opposite of what is being said. DON’T REACT DEFENSIVELY- if what you hear bothers you. AVOID CLICHES- to make meaningful statements. The Reader’s Digest Version. Listening. Pair up with someone you don’t know (or who you know least).. Choose who will be the speaker and who will be the listener.. Listener. : Your role is to listen intently- no asking questions. Curricular implications. عربى. ,. 中文. , . 한국어. , . Português, . русский. 2,000+. . tests administered . Arabic – Chinese – Korean . Portuguese - Russian. Assessment in other languages was added using .