The document discusses active listening practices. It begins by asking if the reader is a good listener and lists common bad listening habits like not focusing, arguing with the speaker silently, or getting bored. It then provides suggestions for active listening like showing interest, empathy, and focus on the speaker. The rest of the document emphasizes relationship-building and interactive, socially engaging activities as keys to active listening. It discusses letting go of evaluation, watching body language, and suspending judgment. Pre-class tasks are included that ask about indicating listening and the benefits of talking and listening. Reading suggestions are provided at the end.

1. Nellie Deutsch, Ed.D
English Language Teacher
Education Leadership Curriculum
Instruction and Technology
Active Listening Practice

2. Are you a good listener?
Active Listening Practice
• 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?

3. Suggestions
Active Listening Practice
• Interest
• Empathy
• Focus on them
• Keep silent
• Accept the speaker
• It’s not about you

4. Try to duplicate others?
Find ourselves
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities
Active Listening Practice

5. Authenticity
Real world learning
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities
Active Listening Practice

6. Whole Person
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities
Active Listening Practice

7. Teacher as Learner
Learner as Teacher
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities
Active Listening Practice

8. Emotions
Tap student feelings
Reflect your own
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities
Active Listening Practice

9. Feeling good
about yourself
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities
Active Listening Practice

10. Gain Confidence
Collaborative Process
Not alone
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities
Active Listening Practice

11. Presence
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities
Active Listening Practice

12. Relax
Mindfulness
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities
Active Listening Practice

13. Alexander Technique
Yoga, Reiki, Chi Kong
Active Listening Practice
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities

14. Sports
Long distance Running
Active Listening Practice
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities

15. Active Listening Practice
Let Go
Give SpaceWatch
Let them
speak
Suspend
Evaluation
Ask to
Respond

16. PRE-CLASS TASK
How do you know when someone is
really listening to you? List the things
that indicate they are listening. You
may provide examples.
Active Listening Practice
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities

17. PRE-CLASS TASK
What do you gain from talking and
what do you gain from listening to
someone?
Active Listening Practice
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities

18. PRE-CLASS TASK
Do you prefer to listen or talk?
Explain your choice.
Active Listening Practice
Relationship-based
Interactive socially engaging activities

19. Active Listening Practice
Reading
• 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

20. Active Listening Practice
Thank you!
Nellie Deutsch, Ed.D
Education Leadership Instruction and Technology