ELT MOOC by Jason R. Levine on WiziQ.
This is a professional development massive Open Online Course in listening and pronunciation techniques.
MOOC team organisers:
Dr. Nellie Deutsch
Sylvia Guinan
1. Active Listening Practice
Nellie Deutsch, Ed.D
English Language Teacher
Education Leadership Curriculum
Instruction and Technology
University of Phoenix
Atlantic University
2. Active Listening Practice
Are you a good listener?
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Think of other things?
Doodle, shuffle papers, look elsewhere?
Silently argue with the speaker?
Select and choose what you like?
Boring???
Feel lifeless?
Interrupt?
Complete sentences (silently or out loud)
Criticize (silently) voice, looks, way of talking?
Please repeat?
20. Active Listening Practice
PRE-CASS TASK
a. How do you know when someone is
really listening to you? List the
things that indicate they are
listening. You may provide
examples.
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities
21. Active Listening Practice
PRE-CASS TASK
b. What do you gain from talking
and what do you gain from
listening to someone?
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities
22. Active Listening Practice
PRE-CASS TASK
c. Do you prefer to listen or talk?
Explain your choice.
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities
23. Active Listening Practice
Reading
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Brady, M. (2003). Wisdom of listening. Boston:
Wisdom.
Donoghue, P. & Siegel, M. E. (2005). Are you
really listening? Keys to successful
communication. Notre Dame: Sorin Book.
Isaacs, W. (1999). Dialogue. New York: Currency.
LeClaire, A. D. (2010). Listening below the noise:
The transformative power of silence. New York:
Harper