Day 3-

Active
Listening

PPT developed by Debra A. Wilson

 Active Listening Skills

• Pay attention
• Look at the speaker
• Avoid distractions
• Don’t interrupt
• Ask questions
• Repeat what the person said

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 What Active Listening Is
• Hearing is passive
• Listening is active
ACTIVE LISTENING MEANS YOU HAVE TO PAY
ATTENTION !!!!!
• Don’t get distracted by other things. Focus attention and
concentrate on what is being said.
• Ask questions to be sure you understand what is being
said.
• Repeating what the speaker says, and not interrupt while
the speaker is talking.

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 Active Listening Skills Video

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 Am I a Good Listener?
• Handout #1 – check the boxes that applies to you.
1) Do you look at the person who is speaking?
2) Do you miss important information because you daydream?
3) Do you sit next to people who distract you?
4) Do you distract people around you?
5) Do you doodle or draw when the teacher is speaking?
6) Do you to ask questions?
7) If you have a question, do you write it down first and then ask it after
the speaker finishes speaking?
8) Do you keep books and other things on your desk that you don’t
need?
9) Do you try to concentrate on what the speaker is saying, and not
letting your mind wonder to other things?
10) Do you make sure you understand correctly and repeat what the
speaker said?
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 The Many Jobs of A Good Listener

• Handout #2a -Good listeners do many things at

once. They must listen for the main point of the
message, listen for details, and make decisions
about the importance of the message.
• With a partner, try the exercises taking turns
being the reader and the listener. Listeners should
not read along. After hearing the passage, the
listener should answer the questions on the next
page Handout #2b.

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 Listening Without Hearing
• Handout #3a – Semaphore is a system of visual
signaling with two flags, one held in each hand. It
is used to send signals over great distances,
especially from one ship to another and from ship
to shore. Each letter of the alphabet is
represented by a different position of the hands
and flags.
• Handout #3b -Practice the letters then use your
skill on this handout by translating the message.
• Handout #3c- Cut out the flags and send
messages to the class to see if they are truly
“listening”.
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 Rubric
• Rubric for Content –
grading will be
determined according
to how much
information is written
on the handouts.
Follow all the due
dates of the forms.

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 Active Listening Tips
• Handout #4-
1) Make up your mind to pay attention.
2) Focus on the speaker and what he/she is talking about.
3) Avoid distractions.
4) Don’t interrupt.
5) Take notes to help you remember what the speaker said.
6) When you are being given directions, listen for: what you
are supposed to do, how you are to proceed, when it is
due.
7) Put what you hear into your own words, to make sure you
understood correctly.
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