Hearing vs. Listening
The 6 Strategies
Note-Taking Ninja
SLANT It!
Listening in Action
100

Done naturally, no effort.

What is hearing?

100

You should do this at the speaker to show you're paying attention.

What is look?

100

When taking notes, it's okay to have incomplete ones of these.

What are sentences?

100

The "T" in SLANT means you should do this to the speaker.

 What is track?

100

Your teacher is giving directions and you start working on step 1 immediately. Good listener or bad listener?

 What is bad listener?

200

Requires effort by you.

What is listening?

200

You should not do this with whispering, talking, or asking questions.

What is interrupt?

200

Only write key ones of these and phrases when taking notes.

What are words?

200

  The "S" in SLANT stands for this direction.

What is sit up?

200

 You're taking notes and write "photosyn" instead of "photosynthesis." Good strategy or bad strategy?

What is good strategy?

300

__________ is a sound entering your ears.

What is hearing?

300

You should not make these like clicking, tapping, etc.

What are noises?

300

ou should write in these when taking notes, not someone else's.

What are your own words?

300

The "L" in SLANT means you should do this a little.

What is lean forward?

300

Someone is speaking and you have a question, so you whisper it to your neighbor. Good listener or bad listener?

What is bad listener?

400

________ is a learned skill and needs to be practiced to improve. 

What is listening? 

400

You should do this about what is being said.

What is think?

400

 You can use these and symbols to make note-taking faster.

What are abbreviations?

400

The "N" in SLANT stands for these two actions.

What is nod and respond?

400

You're taking notes but they're messy and have incomplete sentences. Should you start over to make them perfect?

What is no?

500

_______ means you take the sounds you hear and process them in your brain to understand, comprehend, and remember. 

What is listening?

500

When directions are being given, you should do this to all of them before you do any of them.

What is listen?

500

Do not write this way when taking notes—it means copying exactly what you hear.

 What is word for word?

500

The "A" in SLANT stands for this—which means doing all the listening strategies.

What is act?

500

Name two things from SLANT you should be doing right now while sitting in class.

What are sit up, lean forward, track the speaker, nod and respond, or act/do strategies?

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