Listening Skills Careful listening can increase your telephone efficiency. The average speaking rate is 150 to 160 words a minute‚ but we can think at 600 words a minute which means that only twenty five percent of our mental capacity is required to record what is being said. By using the rest to think about and react to the words instead of thinking about other distractions‚ we would improve our listening by gathering more information from what is being said. To let the other person know
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intrinsically motivated‚ active learner? A self-directed learner is someone who is very independent in learning and does not fear to be self-disciplined in learning. He or she takes responsibility for their own learning. An intrinsically motivated learner is someone who participates in learning activities because of an inward satisfaction of contentment rather than the outward rewards. An intrinsic learner derives inner pleasure from learning. He or she is motivated internally. An active learner consciously
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Listening Habits Paper LaShondra Herring Art/340 University of Phoenix Listening Habits There are many styles of music like gospel‚ R&B‚ classical‚ jazz‚ country and many others. The style and artists that represents my listening style is not just one particular person but a whole genre. Gospel music is the style of music that keeps me focused with day-to-day issues‚ with artist like Mary Mary and Donnie McClurkin. These people have voices with soul that touches my heart. The songs
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Regulatory Laws and Torts in Alumina Simulation Kathleen Kraft-Smith LAW 531 Martine Anderson University of Phoenix Regulatory Laws and Torts in Alumina Simulation Alumina is a manufacturing plant specializing in automotive components‚ packaging materials‚ bauxite‚ refining‚ and smelting. Lately this organization has been dealing with an EPA violation that occurred‚ and was corrected‚ five years ago through an individual that states harm has occurred based on this violation. A closer
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Teaching Listening Listening is the language modality that is used most frequently. It has been estimated that adults spend almost half their communication time listening‚ and students may receive as much as 90% of their in-school information through listening to instructors and to one another. Often‚ however‚ language learners do not recognize the level of effort that goes into developing listening ability. Far from passively receiving and recording aural input‚ listeners actively involve themselves
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It is generally recognized that listening comprehension‚ which can be understood as the ability to identify and understand what others say‚ plays a key role in facilitating language learning. Gary (1975) said that giving pre-eminence to listening comprehension‚ particularly in the early stage of second language teaching and learning language. Firstly‚ listening is one of the basic sources of information. It is easy to see that all L2 learners want to understand target language‚ or they want to
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exhibition. B do not manage to engage the visitor’s interest. C lack artistic originality. 2 Extract Three You hear a woman talking on the radio about her favourite piece of music. 5 How does the speaker say she feels when listening to her favourite piece of music? A B nostalgic C 6 engrossed inspired The speaker believes that critics of her favourite music are wrong to A doubt the level of its popularity. B disregard the composer’s skills. C
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There is an art to listening; and as Julia Wood states about listening‚ “We try to understand not just content but also the person speaking” (Wood 166). In essence‚ the goal of listening is to gasp the message‚ meaning and feelings of the person talking. Therefore‚ there are listening behaviors and listening styles that can either enhance or impede this process and flow of communication. To this point‚ observations have been made of two separate conversations in which listening behaviors and styles
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Center for Teaching and Learning Stanford University‚ Stanford CA Characteristics of Effective Listening Ineffective Effective Non-Verbal Behavior Listener looks bored‚ uninterested‚ or judgmental; avoids eye contact; displays distracting mannerisms (doodles‚ plays with a paper clip‚ etc.) Listener maintains positive posture; avoids distracting mannerisms; keeps attention focused on speaker; maintains eye contact; nods and smiles when appropriate Focus of Attention Listener shifts focus of attention
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