Use established rules for attentive listening (e.g., do not interrupt, ask questions, provide appropriate feedback). 0401.2.2
Links verified on 10/10/2014
- 10 Rules of Listening - Excerpts from the book Rule#1: Stop Talking! – A Guide to Listening
- 10 Rules of Listening/Speaking in Young Learner's Classes - two page document; one page for listening rules and one for speaking rules
- Asking Questions - the types of questions depend on the answer to that first important question: Why am I reading this? Once you establish a purpose for yourself, you can then ask which questions will help you achieve that goal. This page asks students to rank a set of questions on a scale of one to five. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
- Do You Hear What I Hear - [14 slides] The difference between just hearing and actually listening - good beginning-of-year show [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
- Give Me Five - classroom poster listing five simple listening rules
- Group dynamics exercise - adapt this to your classroom
- Group dynamics exercise - demonstrates no real listening followed by how to really listen
- Listen and Respond to Fables Lesson - online lesson with practice quiz. Tortoise and Hare
- Listen and Respond to Fables - online lesson with practice quiz; Fox and the Crow
- Listening Memory Game - Four games that consist on pairs of buttons. Listen closely to match pairs of sounds.
- Questioning Toolkit - seventeen types of questions from the educational journal, FNO
- Rules for Listening - PDF file [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
- Rules for Listening - List of rules to discuss [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
- Ten Commandments of Good Listening - "Nature gave man two ears but only one tongue, which is a gentle hint that he should listen more than he talks!"
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