continues to go on until the teacher says something important then there is a moment of silence. There are many bad listening habits out there‚ it’s just finding them within ourselves‚ but everyone else as well. A bad listening habit that one may obtain is finding a subject that it too boring or dull. In order to pay full attention‚ you need something worth giving the attention. Another thing that poor listeners do is make fun of how the speaker is; meaning they either don’t like the way they look
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Listening Susan Cain said in her book ’The Power of Introverts’‚ "We have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally." Listening is more important of a skill than speaking in an effective communication. Active listening provides people with opportunity to understand the speaker to be able to respond and form opinions about what’s being conveyed. I was part of the ESL program for the first two years of High School. After I got out of the ESL program‚ I started tutoring and encouraging
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Teaching Listening Listening is a critical element in the competent language performance of adult second language learners‚ whether they are communicating at school‚ at work‚ or in the community. Through the normal course of a day‚ listening is used nearly twice as much as speaking and four to five times as much as reading and writing . In a recent study of Fortune 500 Corporations‚ Wolvin and Coakley (1991) found that listening was perceived to be crucial for communication at work with regards
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Reflection Paper‚ Listening Skills Davenport University MGMT535 4/7/2013 When it really comes down to listening‚ individuals are so self-absorbed that they fail to effectively listen to what others have to say. Listening is not just being able to hear what was said‚ it also involves the ability to understand the information being presented by the person communicating known as the speaker. Listening can be broken down into visualizing and feeling what the other person is experiencing when
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Listening is key to all effective communication‚ without the ability to listen effectively messages are easily misunderstood communication breaks down and the sender of the message can easily become frustrated or irritated. Listening is so important that many top employers provide listening skills training for their employees. This is not surprising when you consider that good listening skills can lead to better customer satisfaction‚ greater productivity with fewer mistakes‚ increased sharing of
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Definition Through the years‚ numerous definitions of listening have been proposed. Perhaps the most useful one defines listening as the process of receiving‚ attending‚ and understanding auditory messages; that is‚ messages transmitted through the medium of sound. Often‚ the steps of responding and remembering are also included. Hearing vs. Listening Listening and hearing are not the same. Hearing is the first stage of listening. Hearing occurs when your ears pick up sound waves which
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Characteristics of Effective and Ineffective Speakers Effective 1. Confidence - Confidence comes from believing in what you are saying and being passionate about your subject. Self-confidence is developed by knowing everything you can about your subject and thoroughly preparing and practicing. 2. Likeability - As a general rule your listeners want to like you. When they do like you it makes delivering your speech easier. Your likeability is helped by smiling and being positive and friend
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Of the characteristics common to good him Mike‚ what’s up listeners‚ which do you consider the most important in a customer service organization? 1.Patience A good customer service representative is able to remain patient. [ Often‚ customers will not have all the needed information to help address their problem‚ the problem may be a common one (when there is a manufacturing‚ or other service defect)‚ or the problem may even be the result of a customer’s own mistakes. In all of these cases‚ a little
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Module Three Student ’s Number: 26706 Topic / Title: How to teach listening and speaking File Name: LiXuanJinWang – Assessment 3 – YanHua Module Three Assessment Topic: How to teach listening and speaking Design a listening – speaking task. You need to clarify the level of the students (e.g. how many hours they have learnt Chinese‚ how many characters they have mastered‚ etc.)‚ the purposes of the exercises‚ how you are going to operate these exercises and the reasons why you
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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 to himself: "When something like that happened to me‚ I . . . " Listener keeps focus
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