LS13707 Advanced Listening and Speaking Skills Reflective Journal 1) Interview of native English speakers Date: 2nd October‚ 2012 As there is a group presentation on an analysis of different accents‚ I have to interview two native English speakers with my classmates. We interviewed three people whom are an American‚ a British and a Sweden. Accents in different countries are various. I am more comfortable in listening British English. So‚ when I was interviewing the American and
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Answer keys PRACTICE TEST 1 LISTENING Section 1 1 A 2 C 3 D 4 D 5 C 6 Prescott (must be correct spelling with capital “P”) 7 41 8 Fountain (must have capital “F”) 9 752239 10 £65 Section 2 11 E 12 F 13 H 14 $250 million 15 roads//road system 16 too late 17 school children//boys 18 3 19 boats//pleasure crafty/boats and pleasure craft 20 pilot 21 (musical) instruments Section 3 22 A 23 B 24 C 25 A 26 talk//give a talk 27 write up work 28 can choose 29 open book
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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. Before we can even begin to explore the “open-mind”‚ it is necessary to understand
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The authors of this chapter‚ promotes 1 Thessalonians 5:14-18‚ as a foundational scripture for a competent Christian counselor. Active listening is a key core skill. This is very important‚ because you want to be able to show that you are attentive to what the client is talking about. Patience is a core skill‚ because it takes quality time with the client to be effective in your session
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Art of Listening Notes for Final Pages 223-237 Chapter 16 1. Romanticism Artistic‚ literary‚ and intellectual movement starting in the late 18th Century Europe. Romantic Literature and literary theory became very popular in the first two decades of 19th Century‚ followed by Romantic composers around 1820. Famous English poets such as Shelly‚ Keats and Byron emerged during this time as well as lesser-known German Romantic literature. 19th Century golden age for opera Music recognized
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Introduction Listening and presentation skills are critically important to managers today to be able to communicate effectively Below analysis provide an insight into the twin skills and its importance‚ while providing personal development action plan to apply learning in real life. 1 Role of Managers Managers today‚ face the challenge of being speed yet being effective to be successful. As described by Mintzberg (1971)‚ there are three broad role categories that a manager should develop
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Listening: Effective Interpersonal Communication Mark McLean BUS600 Prof. Donny Bagwell August 8‚ 2011 Listening: Effective Interpersonal Communication Modern day business managers spend the majority of their time communicating in one form or another‚ either by e-mail‚ on conference calls‚ in meetings‚ teleconferencing or face to face. As Eccles and Nohria (1992) point out‚ “managers spend very little time by themselves…they spend most of their time interacting with others – both inside
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collect and convey information‚ to make decisions and to promote interpersonal unity. Every one of those jobs is carried out through communication. Effective managers are able to use a wide variety of media and strategies to communicate. Speaking and listening are the communication skills we use most (Nanayakkara‚ 1996). In oral presentations‚ the audience comprises individual listeners and also to address people effectively‚ the presenter needs to know the requirements of the audience and it is a must
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Barriers to Good Listening To be an effective listener‚ you should improve your listening skills and abolish the barriers or hindrance to a good and clear listening. 1. Prejudging * Happens when you jump to the conclusion that you understand the speaker’s meaning before it is fully expressed. * This results in the wrong interpretation of the message and the false belief that you have listened effectively. * Another way to prejudge a speech is to decide that the topic has little
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be true? This might be because it very well could be too good to be true because‚ unfortunately‚ active listening seems to be fading away as time goes by. Furthermore‚ consider how the meaning of favorite songs becomes so clear when in attendance of a live concert with seemingly nothing between the audience -desperately clinging to every precious word- and the performer. In this sense‚ listening can make one feel understood‚ inspired‚ and elevated because without the distractions of everyday life
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