Active Listening
If I am not comfortable with eye contact, I can:
Ex: look in between nose bridge, glasses, forehead, hairline nose, ears, or any part of the face
Staying on-topic means:
Reciprocating questions means: Answer the question + __________.
Ask it back with a similar question
Active listening with our hands means:
Hands are free of distractions (not playing with objects, looking down and fiddling with hands etc)
When we get off-topic, others might feel:
confused or upset
If I ask, "How are you?" How do you reciprocate it?
Example: "I am doing well. How about you?"
If a peer/friend makes a comment, I can follow it up with _____.
Follow up questions and comments
When someone says: "My favorite food is fried chicken," I can say:
Example: "That sounds delicious. Where do you get your fried chicken from?"
Reciprocating questions helps the conversation flow and stay on the _______.
The 3 important steps to active listening are:
1. Eye contact 2. Whole Body Listening 3. Follow up with questions and comments
The difference between questions and comments are: questions are things _____; comments are things that _____.
[1] We DO NOT know
[2] We DO know
If I say, "What's your favorite type of video game?", how can you use the reciprocating questions to keep the conversation going?
Any answer that is on-topic and has an (answer + ask similar question back) format
5 ways to do active listening with BODY are: eyes are _[1]_, mouth is _[2]_, brain is _[3]_, ears are _[4]__, limbs are _[5]_.
[1] watching, [2] silent, [3] thinking, [4] listening, [5] still.
Pick a peer in your team and talks about your favorite thing to do (1-2 follow up questions per person)
USES 1-2 Follow up questions per person and stays on topic
Pick a peer in your team and start a conversation with them using reciprocating questions.
Each peer should at least ask 1 reciprocating question.
Any response with an (answer + similar question).