Listening Tools and Techniques | Origin: AD115
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Effective Questioning and Listening --> Listening Tools and Techniques
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Active listening is very important when communicating. Engaging in the conversation makes the other party feel heard and understood. Personally, I do not enjoy engaging with those who do not activetly particpate in the conversation.
Very important to Listen with your eyes. I never heard it explained that way.
Body language is so important.
I think it's important to teach our students to be aware of their own barriers to listening, especially the internal dialogue and reactive/critical barriers. It's easy and also most natural for judge what you hear from someone immediately or just focus on your own voice when someone is communicating with you.
focus on active listening
One of the best practices would be to become an active listener. By doing so, you not only give the other person reassurance but you have a better conversation and outcome.
Best practices in listening maintains eye contact, be attentive but relaxed, listens to the words and try to picture what the speaker is saying. Listening or hearing are the same and it is critical to gather information and to create trust with our students.
Active listening is the best way to show that you care and that you are there for your peer. This increases trust and understanding.
Thinking about listening as an "active" rather than a passive act is important. I thhinnk many people believe that if we are completely quite then we must be listening, but things like viaulaization, or paraphrasing can really show the other individual that we have truly listened
