Effective Listening Skills

What is effective listening?

• Having no clue what the speaker is talking about

• The ability to actively understand information provided by the speaker

• Not understanding anything the speaker is saying

• Redirects your focus from what is going on inside of your head to the needs of your own prospective employer or interviewer

Understanding the _______ of the audience is an important element of effective listening when public speaking.

• eye contact

• mood

• income

• all of the above

In order to be an effective listener, the most important thing you can do is to ________.

• Make direct eye contact with the speaker

• Get on your phone and text friends

• Respond to the question letting the speaker know you understand

• Agree with the speakers message to be polite, even if you are having a hard time understanding

• All of the above

Body language can determine if you have good listening skills

• True

• False

Asking questions improves listening effectivness

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

If someone doesn't agree, he/she is not listening

• False

• True

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CCSS.RI.8.1

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CCSS.RL.8.1

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