Top 20 Lesson 15 Levels of Listening

What are the 3 levels of listening BELOW the LINE?

• The Zone

  Processing

  Focused

• Distracted

  Judgmental

  My Life is on my Mind

• The Zone

  Distracted

  Day Dreaming

What are the Levels of listening ABOVE the LINE?

• The Zone

  Processing

• Distracted

  the Zone

  My Life is on My Mind

• Off-Task

  Distracted

  in the endzone

How can you be an effective listener?

• Be Aware when you are not in the zone

  Use the parking lot method and say "Not Now"

  FOCUS in the moment

• Don't be aware when you aren't in the zone

  Use the "Now" method. Focus on the past

• Be off-task

  Focus

  Say "Now" and think about what you are doing after school

Miscommunication can happen when you are not

• listening

• talking

• texting

Benefits of effective listening and being in the Zone include:

• We can Learn

  We sleep better

  We perform at our best

  We have better relationships

• We can learn

  We miscommunicate

  We sleep better

  We have better relationships

• We can Learn

  We sleep better

  We have worse relationships

What is an example of "My life is on my mind listening?"

• You are thinking about what your friend sent you on snap chat instead of the lesson

• You are thinking about the ant you see crawling on the classroom floor.

• You are thinking that the teacher looks weird today

What is the Judgmental level of listening like?

• Thinking that the lesson is stupid and everyone understands but you.

• Thinking that you should ask some questions to better understand

• Taking notes on the lesson while you listen.

What is an example of being in the Zone?

• Being in the Now (present) and Focusing on the lesson

• Focusing on what you are doing this weekend during the lesson

• Thinking about what you and your friends talked about at lunch during the lesson

When we are in the Zone and are effectively listening we

• are showing that the person who is talking matters

• are showing that we don't care about the person who is talking

• are showing that we don't care about the lesson

When we are NOT in the Zone and we are NOT listening we are showing

• that we don't care and the lesson is not important

• That we care and the lesson is important

• That we care about the person speaking