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How Are Your Listening Skills

This document provides a self-rating quiz to assess listening skills. It lists 16 listening behaviors and asks the reader to rate themselves as always, sometimes, or rarely demonstrating each behavior. Examples of listening behaviors include allowing the speaker to finish before responding, understanding the speaker's point of view, listening for important points, and maintaining eye contact. The document provides tips for improving listening skills such as being slow to speak, keeping discussions private, showing appreciation, and staying focused on the conversation. Scores of 14-16 indicate excellent listening, 11-13 is good but could improve, 7-10 is fair, 4-6 is poor, and less than 4 is extremely poor listening.

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How Are Your Listening Skills

This document provides a self-rating quiz to assess listening skills. It lists 16 listening behaviors and asks the reader to rate themselves as always, sometimes, or rarely demonstrating each behavior. Examples of listening behaviors include allowing the speaker to finish before responding, understanding the speaker's point of view, listening for important points, and maintaining eye contact. The document provides tips for improving listening skills such as being slow to speak, keeping discussions private, showing appreciation, and staying focused on the conversation. Scores of 14-16 indicate excellent listening, 11-13 is good but could improve, 7-10 is fair, 4-6 is poor, and less than 4 is extremely poor listening.

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How Are Your Listening Skills?

 
A Quick Self-Rating Quiz
The following quiz is designed to show you what skills are necessary to be a good
listener. listener.

Answer these questions by grading your Listening Behaviors. Read the question and
think about whether the statements are true of you. If the statement is always true of
you, select an "Always" from the menu under the column that says "my grade." If the
statement is not always true of you, then choose "Sometimes". "Rarely" would
indicate that you would rarely or never listen that way. 
NO. LISTENING BEHAVIOUR ALWAY SOMETIMES RARELY
S
1. I allow speakers to complete sentences before I
speak.
2 I make sure I understand the other person's point
of view before I respond. 
3 I listen for the speaker's important points.
4 I try to understand the speaker's feelings. 
5 I attempt to visualize my response before I speak.
6 I visualize the solution before speaking.
7 I am in control, relaxed, and calm when listening.
8 I use listening noises such as yes, gee, I see. 
9 I take notes when someone else is speaking. 
10 I listen with an open mind. 
11 I listen even if the other person is not interesting. 
12 I listen even if the other person is a moron. 
13 I look directly at the person speaking.
14 I am patient when I listen. 
15 I ask questions to be sure I understand the
speaker.
16 I do not allow distractions to bother me when I
listen.

GRADING INFORMATION
If you have mostly Always (14 to 16) you are an excellent listener. If you marked 11 to 13
statements as Always you are a good listener but could use some help in a few areas. If you
marked Always for 7 to 10 statements, you are a fair listener. If you marked Always for 4 to 6
statements, you are a poor listener. Less than 4 indicates an extremely poor listener.
TIPS:-

1. Learn to listen by using lots of eye contact:


Let the speaker know that you are interested in what is being said
2. Be slow to speak:
Sometimes, people speak to think out loud. Sometimes, all they really want is a shoulder
to lean on and a willing ear to listen. By being slow to speak, you are allowing the
speaker to work out or solve problems themselves. Also, one must think before he/she
speaks
3. Keep the secret:
People trust you with information because they believe that you will not gossip and
spread slander. Keep their trust by keeping things private; between the two of you
4. Be Attentive:
Learn to actively listen. Let the speaker know that you are actually listening, although
you are not speaking, by saying things like, "yeah, hmmm, I know, that's true, okay, that
makes sense," and so forth. This shows that you are in tune with what they are saying and
also following what they are saying
5. Show Gratitude:
Let the speaker know that you feel honored that they were able to open up to you. If
nothing personal was said, than let the speaker know that you had a great time listening
and that you learned a lot. In a society that forgets to show gratitude, a simple use of kind
words, can make someone's day a little brighter. Showing kindness and appreciation will
also help you with the interviewer
6. Stay in Tune:
Do not simply disappear in the middle of any conversation because your mind wandered.
Whether you actually get up and walk away or let your mind wander elsewhere, it is just
being plain rude. If you find that your attention span is small, actively repeat what is
being said to you as the speaker is speaking

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