LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS IN ENGLISH 10

QUARTER 1 – WEEK 7
Learning Competency : Employ analytical listening in problem solving

Listening is the ability to accurately receive and

interpret messages in the communication process. ACTIVITY 1: Task 1:
Listen to the song “WHAT A WONDERFUL
Listening is key to all effective communication. WORLD” by LOUIS ARMSTRONG
Without the ability to listen effectively, messages are https://www.youtube.com/watch?
easily misunderstood. As a result, communication v=A3yCcXgbKrE and or let someone sing it for
breaks down and the sender of the message can easily you and answer the following questions. Read each
become frustrated or irritated. item carefully and answer the following:

If there is one communication skill you should aim to

master, then listening it is.
Prepared
Good listening skillsby:also have benefits in our Noted by:
personal lives, including: a greater number of 1. What value is vividly expressed as youN.
listen to the
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friends and social networks, improved self- esteem song?
Subject Teacher Principal II
and confidence, higher grades at school and in
academic work, and even better health and general A. Honesty
well-being. B. Poverty
C. Gratefulness
Studies have shown that, whereas speaking raises D. Kindness
blood pressure, attentive listening can bring it down.
2. “I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you
Listening, however, requires more than that; it do”, these lines suggest…
requires focus and concentrated effort, both mental
and sometimes physical as well. A. Friends are there to shake hands.
Listening means paying attention not only to the B. Friends say “Hello”.
story, but how it is told, the use of language and C. Friends shake hands to say “I Love You”.
voice, and how the other person uses his or her D. Friends are always there for us.
body. In other words, it means being aware of both
verbal and non- verbal messages. Your ability to 3. Which of the following lines vividly describe
listen effectively depends on the degree to which you nature?
perceive and understand these messages.
Listening is not a passive process. In fact, the listener A. I see babies crying, I watch them grow
can, and should, be at least as engaged in the B. Also on the faces of people going by
process as the speaker. The phrase ‘active listening’ C. They're only saying I love you
is used to describe this process of being fully D. I see trees of green, red roses too
involved.
4. The entire song teaches us to be…
'Active listening' means, as its name suggests,
actively listening. That is fully concentrating on what A. Honest
is being said rather than just passively ‘hearing’ the B. Thankful
message of the speaker. C. God- fearing
D. Kind
Active listening involves listening with all senses. As
well as giving full attention to the speaker, it is 5. What emotion is clearly expressed in the song?
important that the ‘active listener’ is also ‘seen’ to be
listening - otherwise the speaker may conclude that A. Relaxed
what they are talking about is uninteresting to the B. Happiness
listener. C. Love
D. Motivated
Interest can be conveyed to the speaker by using both
verbal and non- verbal messages such as maintaining ACTIVITY 1: Task 2:
eye contact, nodding your head and smiling, Read each item carefully, and use your notebook to
agreeing by saying ‘Yes’ or simply ‘Mmm hmm’ to write your answers.
encourage them to continue. By providing this
'feedback' the person speaking will usually feel more 1. What will happen to the sender of the message if
at ease and therefore communicate more easily, the message is not properly understood by the
openly and honestly. receiver?
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2. Give two benefits that listening gives us in our

daily lives. Briefly explain each.
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3. Why do we need to listen?

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