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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Part One Three types of ineffective listening I found in the breakup are pseudo listening‚ stage hoggers‚ and selective listening. Pseudo listening is where one pretends to listen to another and isn’t fully paying attention. An example from the movie is in the beginning when Gary comes home to Brooke cooking dinner and he sits down on the couch to watch his sports. Brooke asks Gary to help her with some things before their dinner guests arrive and he is too distracted by the TV to listen‚ so
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Nguyet Bui CJN 177- Prof.Janet Oliver Feb 5th‚ 2013 LISTENING ANALYSIS I choose to talk about my Math class‚ which is MATH 165 with Prof. Edgar. This class is Calculus I. We are learning to understand the “instantaneous” change‚ by which we mean changes over tiny intervals of time. First‚ when I saw the class’s description I guessed that it would be a really interesting class. But this one is sort of boring because of the professor and some students. The class begins
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previous knowledge about listening‚ but I still find our discussion much different from the latter‚ it’s a lot more fun with lesser pressure. Listening is the most important part of the communication process. However‚ listening skills do not come naturally to most people; they require willingness‚ practice‚ and patience to develop. Effective listening is every bit as important as effective speaking‚ and generally much more difficult. Although numerous barriers to effective listening can make the practice
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Communication Skills/ Interpersonal skills After explaining the elements and the process of communication as explained in our textbook‚ here we come to talk about some terms which usually we hear about‚ but not gaining them as skills. In order to do so we need to practice such skill on a daily base‚ mainly in our classes. Effective listening: it is essential to ensure accurate understanding and clarity of meaning in Communication by mainly: Asking questions; seeking information that clarifies
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Running head: Improving Organizational Performance Improving Organizational Performance University of Phoenix PSY 428 Kizzy Parks March 14‚ 2011 Improving Organizational Performance This paper is based upon a simulation that helps students understand the causes of employee dissatisfaction. This paper is a summary that addresses four phases in the simulation and a description of the situation‚ a recommended solution with details‚ and the results. This
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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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Jonathan Drane’s The Art of Listening‚ gives us a poetic interpretation and perfect illustration of what we learned this week on listening as an integral part of communication. We learned that hearing and listening are two totally different concepts with totally different meanings. Hearing is a simple physiological process while listening is more complex requiring effort and practice if one wishes to do it effectively. I knew something of conversation‚ or so I thought/until I listened to another
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1) When Josh went home during his spring break he wanted to convince his family to support his decision on joining the fraternity. After his second day in town after he ate dinner he brought up the topic to his father. A form of Ineffective Listening that was evident in this communication was monopolizing which is hogging the stage by continually focusing communication of ourselves instead of on the person who is talking (Wood‚ 2014‚ p.121). His dad keeps brings the topic back on himself and what
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Improving Employee Productivity As you may already know‚ improving the employee productivity is one of the most important goals in any business. But‚ in spite of this‚ a lot of human resources professionals do not consider this field very relevant. Even though most of the human resources professionals do admit that their job is all about establishing schedules and rules concerning people management‚ only a few of them succeeds in bonding all these connections‚ in order to be able to increase
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