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  • When is it easy for you to listen?
    quiet, looking at speaker, interested
  • Your friend says, "I love sports." What could you respond to show you are listening?
    What sports do you like? What is your favorite sports? Do you play a sport?
  • What are TWO (2) things you can do to show you are listening?
    LOOK at the person talking, LISTEN and don't interrupt, NOD to show you understand, REPEAT what you heard in your own words, ASK questions to find out more info
  • Pick a partner and act it out! Sophia was talking about her new puppy. Jeff is not listening.
    Bravo!
  • Act out a calm body!
    Nice
  • When is it hard to listen?
    distracted, busy, not interested
  • The teacher is talking about economics and you are not interested. What can you do to show the teacher you are listening, even though you aren't interested.
    Put away distractors and listen to your teacher
    Pretend to listen to your teacher while on your device
    Turn away from your teacher
  • Should you SHAKE your head or NOD your head to show you are listening?
    NOD!
  • True of False: Being a good listener means interrupting your friend/teacher.
    False!
  • How would your friend feel if you were talking with your back turned to them.
    Uncomfortable, sad, upset, confused
  • True or False: A good listener talks while the teacher is talking.
    False!
  • My friend is talking to me about their vacation to the beach. Should I make a comment about lions? Why or why not?
    No! That would show that I was not interested and might hurt their feelings. I can bring up a new topic later in the conversation.
  • What is whole body listening?
    Using all of your body to listen!
  • My friend says, "I went to the movies on Saturday. It was so much fun." How could I respond to show I was interested?
    I could ask them which movie they watched!
  • What should you do if you cannot hear the person talking to you?
    Get really close to them so that you can hear better.
    Ask them to speak louder.
  • Act it out! Pick a friend to talk about what you're having for dinner tonight and show GOOD listening skills!
    Bravo!
  • What should you ask someone if you were distracted and did not hear them?
    Can you repeat that? What did you say?
  • Which of these is NOT whole body listening?
    Listen
    Calm body
    Be quiet
    Turn away from the speaker
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