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How to Study: Good Listening in Class
Eight tips on how to improve your listening skills in the classroom so that you gain more from lectures and discussions.
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Morningside Center: Active Listening
In this lesson, learners practice active listening by paraphrasing what they hear. Students will practice listening to one another and repeating what they heard. Various listening activities are included in this lesson.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Obstacles to Listening
A short list of six possible obstacles that may hinder listening skills.
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Listening Skills Self Evaluation
Listening is a skill that is often overlooked and it can have everything to do with how someone views you. This site provides an evaluation that allows the user to analyze their ability to listen in a thoughtfull manner. The evaluation...
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Storytelling to Assess Speaking and Listening
An effective use of rubrics that encourages the student storyteller how to determine if his/her audience is listening. Learn about the different listening skill rubrics, storytelling rubrics and a self-assessment guide that asks the...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Carol's Classroom: Speaking and Listening: Prepare for Discussions
This video lesson [4:11] focuses on clear communication and active listening, essential social-emotional skills, that help lay the foundation of positive learning environments. They can develop these skills and take responsibility for...
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: How to Listen Better
Students read a description of what it means to listen respectively. Then they write a brief action plan for becoming a better listener.
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Synergy Publishing: Listening: The Silent Side of Communication
Five steps to improving listening skills so that you understand what someone is trying to communicate to you and respond effectively.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Good Listening in Class
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient listening tool. Students will be able to listen more effectively by following steps provided on this resource.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Becoming an Effective Listener
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on the traits of an effective listener and the identification of popular logical fallacies and propaganda techniques. In addition, there is an Activote at the end to check student...
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Listening to Others
Show others that you are a good listener by looking a him or her, listening and not interrupting, asking questions, nodding to show you understand, and repeating what you heard. The Spanish version of this website will not only help you...
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Channel 3000: Listening Skills Are Required to Work
Some tips are presented on the importance of being a good listener and how to be a better listener at work.
University of Missouri
Um: Overcoming Barriers to Listening
Quick set of suggestions for overcoming the barriers to good listening.
Free Management Library
Free Management Library: Habit to Differentiate Good From Poor Listeners
Table contrasting the habits of effective and poor listeners. Contains related links and links to discussion groups in the areas of management, business, and organization development.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address
The viewing goals for this lesson were for students to use a visual text, Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech (played first without sound), to identify visual cues & understand why he may have chosen to use certain...
Read Works
Read Works: Implicit Effects
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will listen to this read aloud story and listen for cause and effect relationships in order to better understand the story.
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburg: Communicating Behaviors for Effective Work Groups
Successful working groups are marked by a range of different communication behaviors-actions people do with words and gestures, which they can practice and improve over time. This site lists seven behaviors to improve communication in...
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Smart Technologies: Effective meetings.com: Are You a Good Listener?
"A big part of being an effective team member is being a good listener." Here you'll find a set of tips, based on the letters in the word, "ladder," that will enhance your interpersonal communication. Cursor down to get the information....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lesson Plan: Effective Interview Questions
Explore effective interview questions. By choosing questions that are open-ended and important to them, young scholars can learn great interview skills that can be helpful in future college and job interviews.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sl.3.1: Engage Effectively in a Range of Collaborative Discussions
Links to 175 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts,...
Mind Tools
Mind Tools: Improve Your Communications Skills
While the original audience for this site is the business community, the advice regarding communication skills is relevant for anyone, especially students who are preparing for the job market. Sections include tips on improving public...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Listening Game
Students will practice their ability to acknowledge new information expressed by classmates. A good lesson for the first day of school!
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Integrating Language Arts: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
This lesson plan integrates reading, writing, listening, and speaking to boost young scholars' comprehension skills. Students explore Laura Joffe Numeroff 's If You Give a Mouse a Cookie using a variety of techniques, beginning with a...
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University of Northern Iowa: Study Skills
Collection of web sites that provide tips to help you study more effectively, manage your time, take better notes, and handle the stresses of school life.