Study Skills - Active Listening Criteria
1 (rarely) 2 (sometimes) 3 (mostly) 4 (most often / always)
Body Position/Eyes
1(rarely)
-not looking/head turned away -very tired/ sleeping/ eyes closed -listening to loud music -eating junk-food -running in class
2(sometimes)
-not alert/tired/ may sleep -walking/roaming -looking up occasionally -listening to quiet music -staring off into space
3(mostly)
-look alert most of time/ not tired -facing the speaker most of the time -moving in chair -no music -eating healthy food -nodding to self sometimes
4 (most often / always)
-facing/making eye contact with speaker -sitting straight at the speaker
Hands
1(rarely)
-playing games, music or something -drawing pictures that do not increase understanding
2(sometimes)
-focused on doodling not listening -eating something -playing with something
3(mostly)
-taking some notes -not playing with things
4 (most often / always)
-taking notes /stars or highlights important information -writes a vocab list/draws pics to illustrate new vocab -not fussing with things
Speaking
1(rarely)
-not asking questions when not understanding-chatting with friends
2(sometimes)
-asks questions infrequently -whispering to friends
3(mostly)
-asking non-critical questions -not talking to friends
4 (most often / always)
-asks questions for new information -trying not to speak your original foreign language -asking thoughtful questions to understand more
Thinking
1(rarely)
-not understanding -not paying attention -not thinking about topic -reading unrelated books
2(sometimes)
-looking but thinking of other things -often daydreaming -understanding some things -following along /not understanding
3(mostly)
-understands clearly -listening to the speaker -paying attention most of the time -focused on the board-following along
4 (most often / always)
-following along -uses translator to clarify unknown vocab /fully understands vocab -very focused/thinking critically-not reading
Remembering
1(rarely)
(-does not remember lesson later)
2(sometimes)
(-may remember some of lesson)
3(mostly)
-remembers lesson
4 (most often / always)
-uses information later on
Assignment information
1(rarely)
-unprepared -doesn't know the due date, criteria or understand what to do
2(sometimes)
-may look at homework board occasionally(-may know some criteria, due date and understand some of assignment)
3(mostly)
-focused on the board -knows what to do -knows how to organize information
-knows criteria and due date
4 (most often / always)
-looking at list -stars or highlights important information -prepared to listen and take notes -knows criteria and due date
outcome
1(rarely)
-fails(-does not hand in assignment or hands in assignment that is missing most of criteria)
2(sometimes)
(-assignment may not be handed in on time)(-assignment is missing critical criteria)
3(mostly)
(-hands in assignment on time with most of the criteria met
4 (most often / always)
-hands in /prepared to hand in work
(-assignment handed in on time with appropriate criteria met to a high standard)
The following was created by me (Feb 2010) for the Study Skills Group to review some concepts and to get them thinking about their own performance.
Study Skills Group - Listening Skills self evaluation
Listening
A Self Evaluation
What choices have I made today to make me a better listener (and learner)?
Where am I sitting? Location and body position (can I see the teacher easily or do I have to rotate my body to see them)
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What type of learner am I (Auditory, Kinaesthetic, Visual). What am I doing to make it more likely that I will learn today knowing my preference?______________________________________________________________
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What have I done today to be an active listener? (Give examples) (Connecting, predicting, questioning, evaluating etc)
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What types of listening have I done today? List as many as you can, with an example. (to evaluate, to be critical, to understand, to remember, to be entertained, to support)
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Was there a time today when I “tuned out”. Why did it happen? How can I stop that?____________________________________________________________________
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Give yourself a mark out of 10 for Listening behaviour Today! /10
The last week /10
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Goal Setting
Three ways that I am planning on improving my listening…..
1)Make better use of my learning style by____________________________
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2)Be an Active listener by________________________________________
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3)Place my body so that _________________________________________
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1 week later…. /10 2 weeks later…. /10 3 weeks later….. /10
Changes to my goals….
