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8 Bad Listening Habits & How to Break Them

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This is soo boring. I’m hungry…

#1: Calling the Subject DullUsing dry and dusty subject matter as an excuse to let your mind wander

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A yellow shirt? Ugh. Bad choice.

#2: Criticizing the SpeakerSpending valuable time critiquing the way the speaker looks, acts, and talks.

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#3: Listening Only For FactsSkipping the main ideas and only recording disconnected facts

FACTS MAIN IDEAS

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#4: Rigidly OutliningForcing all lectures into an outline, even when the speaker doesn’t present that way

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#5: Faking attentionLooking attentive even though your mind is anything but focused

OMG! I can’t believe she dumped him!

Attention: Collection of tensions that can be resolved only by getting the facts or ideas that the speaker is trying to convey

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#6: Tolerating DistractionsSquirming, talking, or shuffling papers in a way that distracts themselves AND their neighbors

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#7: Choosing Only What’s EasySpending leisure time listening to mindless TV rather than stuff that requires a brain and builds listening skills

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#8: Wasting Difference B/ Speech and Thought SpeedsFailing to take advantage of your brain’s ability to move faster than the speaker’s mouth

Think 5x faster than

Talk 5x slower than

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How to ID the Important Stuff

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If the speaker . . .* Repeats the same information

* Slows down* Gets louder

* Writes on the SmartBoard

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Signal WordsWords and phrase that help listeners

understand a lecture

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Preview WordsToday …

Our goal is …

We’re focusing on…

We’ll be looking at…

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Main Idea WordsThere are 3 reasons…

Most important . . .

First…Second…Third…

I.A.B.

II.A.

III.

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Support Ideas WordsFor example . . .

Because . . .In order to. . .

Also . . .

I.A.B.C.

II.A.

III.

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Summary WordsIn conclusion. . .

Because . . .

To summarize . . .

From this we see . . .

Signal words give the listener clues about the content of a lecture

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Test Clues WordsThis is important . . .

Remember this . . .

You’re going to see this again . . .