10C The Lost Art of Listening

10C The Lost Art of Listening

Objectives:

• By the end of this lesson you will have learnt to r​ead and comprehend an article about why we are generally not good at listening

• You will also be able tonderstand main ideas and identify cause and effect

​Summary

​Our listening skills are on the decline. We may think that as we get older and our brains become more fully developed, we become better listeners; however, research shows the opposite. We tend to think about too many things at once, which makes us poor listeners. Younger children aren’t as easily distracted as teenagers and adults, so they actually retain more information. In addition, modern technology has shortened our attention spans by creating even more distractions and interruptions.

The lost art of listening?

​PRE-READING

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Open Ended

A. Who do you think are generally better listeners: high school students or younger kids? Predict and discuss with a partner.

innovative or groundbreaking.

Disruptive

a person who is among the first to study or develop something​

Pioneer

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agreement or sympathy between people or groups: She has a good rapport with her staff.

Rapport​​

estimate (something) to be better, larger, or more important than it really is.​

​​Overestimate

​​The lost art of listening?

PRE-READING

Predicting/Skimming

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Skimming involves reading quickly for main ideas.

Poll

Who do are generally better listeners?

• high school students

• younger kids

​Lenguage note

​To conduct a study or research simply means to do it. The  verb implies that something needs to be organized in order  to be carried out.  

An interruption that happens mid-something, such as  mid-class, happens while that class or other event is  happening. So mid-class means that it happened while the  class was in session. It does not necessarily mean exactly  halfway through the class, but simply an interruption during  the class.   

First and second graders are in the first two years of  elementary school. Usually, a child becomes a first grader  the year they turn six and a second grader the year they  turn seven.   

To be sidetracked means to be distracted, usually from  something important.    A person’s attention span is the amount of time they are  able to concentrate on one task.

Multiple Choice

UNDERSTANDING MAIN IDEAS

Which sentence is the author most likely to agree with?

• There are many techniques we can use to help us stay focused while listening, but the best way to improve our listening skills is to limit our use of modern technology.

• Effective listening is something we all do automatically, although most of us need to be taught the proper tools and techniques in order to be good at it.

• The mobile revolution has had a negative impact on our ability to listen, but there are various techniques we can use to improve our listening skills.

Open Ended

Critical thinking

What behavior mentioned in the passage are you most guilty of? What can you do to change this? Discuss with a partner