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University of Michigan: Being a Good Listener Is Hard Work ArticleUniversity of Michigan: Being a Good Listener Is Hard Work Article
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University of Michigan
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9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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Articles
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800L
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University of Michigan: Being a Good Listener Is Hard Work

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"As a speaker, there are several things you can look for to determine if your message is being received. On the flip side, these are good characteristics to have when you are the listener." This article gives some startling statistics about listening as well as characteristics of a bad listener and how to improve listening. SL.11-12.1c Questions/Part

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

active listening

Additional Tags

how to be a good listener, listening affects understanding, listening skills, listening strategies, signs of a poor listener

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Common Core

CCRA.L.3 SL.7.4 SL.8.1.c SL.6.1.c SL.6.4 CCRA.SL.6 SL.8.4 SL.6.6 SL.7.6 SL.8.6 SL.7.1.c

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