The title of the book I read is called “Listen” the author of this book is Stephanie S. Tolan. This book is about a twelve year old girl, whose name is Charley.This story takes place not only in Charlie’s home, but also in Eagle lake, and in other places. Charley was recovering from an accident that shattered her leg. She feels lonely, well her father works a lot and her mother who had recently died. It was the first time Charley had to hear that awful sound of silence.. Although Charley doesn’t know what the summer has in hold for her, she will find a mysterious dog who appears across the lake from her house. She names the…
(2A)- Driving to work, I called my sister to tell her about something that I saw on facebook . 10/31/20012 Halloween day, I was in a hurry to get to my work on time, I called my sister at the time and now I realized that was not the best time to talk to her. We had a very short and fast conversation and so I think that my communication with her was not very effective. As the book says on Figure 5.3 a good listener focus on what a speaker is saying regardless of competing stimuli that are potential distractions and are ready themselves physically and mentally. Today days we don't know how to listen, nor see, we stop for a while to enjoy the views of others but sometimes that is not shared can potentially serve us sometime.…
While viewing "In the Land of the Deaf" it help me seeing how hard of hearing kids figure out how to hear by utilizing Hearing aids. Its overview differentiating the stories of a family who has been hard of hearing and with the narrative of a lady whose deafness was misconstrued. The film shows Deaf individuals of all ages, children to grown-ups. With their similar deafness, the kids and grown-ups in this film communicate their dreams, thoughts and ideas through sign language which is used for them to communicate. While watching “See What I mean: Differences Between Deaf and Hearing Cultures” it help me comprehend and accomplish a more better understanding of culturally diverse point of view and valuation for Deaf and listening to societies…
Listening is arguably the most important way in which to establish a respectful and professional relationship with a child or young person. By a TA listening to what a child has to say, without interruption, conveys to the child that the TA in interested in and values what the child has to say. By not interrupting the child, it shows that their views and opinions are not only respected by the TA, but are also as important as the views and opinions of the TA themselves. The TA should also take an active interest in what the child has to say and an interest in the child themselves. For example, what are their hobbies, their interests, their likes and dislikes? When talking with, or listening to children, the TA should maintain eye contact, concentrate on what the child is saying and physically lower themselves to the child’s level, thus giving the child the same respect that they would give to another adult. This shows the child that they are considered an equal by the TA.…
There are different ways to listen and making sure we are hearing what we are listening to. You can apply listening to everything you do. The strategies that I have learned about when doing research on this paper, are great ones. They will definitely help in my daily life. I am a manager at work and I have twelve employees I manage and making sure I am listening and hearing what they are saying is important because it is important for them to feel as though they are being heard. I can also use these skills at home with my son because it is important to be able to listen and hear what your child is…
In a childcare setting we have to use a variety of techniques to encourage children’s communication, I actively listen to children not just hear them but actually pay them attention and listen; I also check with children that what is being communicated to them has been understood. Good listening is one of the most important skills we as carer or parent. We want to strengthen our relationships with children, and one of the best ways to do this is through our active, caring listening. Our undivided attention to what our children are saying tells them that they are important to us. It shows that we value them as individuals; we care about them and every part of their lives. Also, we can teach them to be good listeners by modelling good listening skills.…
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Listening For Couples by Matthew McKay, Martha Davis and Patrick Fanning. Topic found in chapter one listening, on page 23. In a book name “Messages, The Communication skills book”. I found this sections of the book while reading chapter one in Messages. On page twenty- three, its shortly explains some useful listening skills for couples. There’s a process called reciprocal communication, provides a structure in which you can really hear each other. when you’re discussing a topic with your partner, take turns being the speaker and the listener, switching places after five minutes. When it’s you're turn to be the speaker, there are simple examples of being a better speaker. Explain your point of view briefly and succinctly.…
Active Listening A model of Listening Skills Attending Skills An involving body posture Appropriate gestures Eye contact An environment free of distractions Following Skills Openers Little encouragements Use just a few questions Silence 15 Reflecting Skills Speaker problems Listener problems The Paraphrase Reflection of feelings Reflection of meanings Summarized reflections References and Further Reading…
The first of the four Approaches I will discuss is Attention to Speech. Taglimonte (2006: p.8) suggests that it is “the style from which every other style must be calibrated”. William Labov devised a sociolinguistic interview designed to produce a range of types of speech. His main interest was to obtain and identify data that represented people’s casual speech, rather than speech that was altered due to the presence of an observer. Most of the interview was conversational and produced two types of speech, these were identified as careful speech “the interviewee was somewhat guarded” Schilling- Eates (2004: p.384) and casual speech “the interviewee spoke in a more natural way” Schilling- Eates (2004: p.384). The interview contained several tasks to elicit speech that was very self-conscious, as well as to produce signs of phonological variants relevant to the study, a reading passage, a word-list and a list of minimal pairs. Labov’s interview demonstrated that style changes are triggered primarily by the amount of attention people pay to their speech while they converse. However Attention to speech approach has been criticized, for example Bell (1984) notes that it is difficult to quantify attention to speech, and “experiments designed to investigate the effects of differing degrees of attention to speech on variation in usage levels vs. vernacular variants have resulted in mixed results” Bell (1984 p: 58). In addition Coupland (2003: p.34) also suggest that it is not possible to define naturalness in speaking.…
The speech made by Manal- Al Sharif called “A Saudi woman who dared to drive” is presented in a TED conference (Technology, Environment, and Design) which is a global set of conferences. They offer live streaming of the talks and address a wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture. The speech was filmed sometime within June 2013. Manal- Al Sharif is a woman from Saudi Arabia who advocates for women’s right to drive, male guardianship annulment, and family protection in Saudi Arabia, and in this speech she tells the story of her campaign and how big the discrimination is for women who want to drive in Saudi Arabia and the campaigns that she created has started a change for women.…
I tend to say relational listening style is my primary listening style according to the survey. I generally use relational style when communicate with other. First, when it comes to listen, I am always patient and try to understand their emotion, and mood of the speaker as mine. I am very sensitive type of a person, and I get emotional readily even that’s not my own problem. I never judge other’s opinion rather try to connect with them. I do have an eye contact with speaker all the times, so that makes speaker feel I am completely with them. Meanwhile, listening to them, I think of myself, and put myself in their shoes, and an immediate connection develops that stems beyond mutual understanding, and empathy. The perspective from the other person's side, to try to empathize…
Envision a friend spouting off about how amazing his or her sports team is, someone that never ceases to rant about his or her problems, or a boss introducing a bogus new business concept that is clearly doomed for failure. Picturing these type of interactions likely is not difficult, as we have all been in a similar circumstance at one time or another. Donella Meadows wrote an article making an assertion that regardless of who is voicing an opinion, we must listen with open minds. While this may be a seemingly trivial and obvious position to take, the implications of it carry great weight. Listening with an open mind is essential in fully benefitting and learning from those around us, as well as maintaining relationships that will allow us to voice our opinions.…
During the course of the day, I spent just as much time listening as I did talking so I guess it is 50/50. I thought before doing this chart that I did not talk much but after I look at it I spend just as much time listing as I do talking. After noticing that most of my day is silent because no one is at home I think I need to find something to do during the day.…
Developed by psychologist, Carl Rogers, Active listening is defined as listening to someone attentively in order to effectively receive the message that the speaker is trying to convey (Robertson, 2005). The foremost goal of Active Listening is to assist clients in telling their story, as well as to develop a trusting and open relationship in which clients can confide in. This objective is reached most effectively by applying a common theory (Comer and Drollinger 1999; Gearhart and Bodie 2011) that suggests active listening is a multi-dimensional process involving the stages of sensing, processing, and responding. The ‘sensing stage’ is demonstrated through attentive body language and appropriate eye contact, and is successfully achieved when the listener receives both the verbal and non-verbal messages. After that, suitably evaluating and processing the information that the listener receives, helps to effectively achieve the ‘processing stage’. By doing this, the listener is generating potential to correctly respond to the clients needs, presuming they have correctly evaluated the situation. The final step to successfully applying active listening is the ‘responding stage’. This is…