Rate Your Listening

Instructions: Place a in one of the boxes to the right of each item, depending on how you see yourself
today. No one will see your ratings unless you share them, so please be honest with yourself.

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Sometimes

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Focus on the speaker as much as possible

Concentrate on content of the message
Anticipate what the speaker is going to say
Establish eye contact with the speaker
Keep listening even if I disagree with the speaker
Nod, smile, or give other nonverbal cues
Plan my response in my head
Get distracted by environmental sounds
Take notes if necessary to help me remember
Listen without judging or critiquing
Interrupt the speaker before he or she is done
Think about issues unrelated to the topic
Pay attention to the speakers nonverbal
communication
Restate the speakers message in my own words
Adapt my response to fit the situation.
Can differentiate between fact and opinion
Look like Im listening when Im not
Ask questions to gain clarity about the message
React emotionally to the speakers message
Consider how the speaker may react to my response
Clarify meanings of the speakers words if Im unsure
about their definitions
Allow speaker to vent his or her frustration
Think of different views on the topic
Display an open and caring posture
Create a nonthreatening environment.

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Always

When another person is speaking, I .

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