Listening Skills

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Listening Skills
HOW TO STUDY Special thanks to Jimmy Tung, Ph.D.
Hargrave Military Academy
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Reasons to be a good listener
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• You spend
• Half of your waking hours LISTENING

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• Instructions and directions are often given
  orally.

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• You must learn many things which you do not THINK
  are interesting

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• Listening relates to success

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• The better you listen, the better your GRADES !

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• Listening is learning

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• The better you listen

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• the more
• you learn and

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• the less TIME you will have to spend studying.

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Use the "TQLR" system for LISTENING skills
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• TQLR
• "T" for Tune-in

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• Concentrate on the speaker

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TQLR

• "Q"
• for Question

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• What is this about?

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• What
• will the
• Outcome be?

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• TQLR
• "L" for Listen

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• Pick out the
• main POINTS

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• Relate them to what you already KNOW

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• TQLR
• "R"
• for review

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• Think about the details and try to REMEMBER as
  many as possible.

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Good listening tips
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• Prepare for class

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• Complete the class assignment

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• Be on TIME with all materials.

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• Pick a good seating location

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• It helps you concentrate on the speaker.

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• Do not sit next to your FRIENDS

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• Sit close enough to
• the speaker

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• to see facial expressions, eyes, and hand
  movements.

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• Develop an interest in the topic.

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• To do this you must concentrate

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• Organize your thinking

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• Focus all your attention on the topic

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Expect important points
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• Write down TOPICS you think will be covered

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• Listen

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• for
• signal words
• and
• phrases

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• Watch
• the teachers
• facial and hand movements

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• to learn what
• he or she
• thinks is IMPORTANT

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• Handouts
• and
• notes

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• are important
• sources of
• INFORMATION

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• Take notes

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• This is the only way to REMEMBER all the
  information

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• You can remember most of the information for a
  SHORT time

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• but without notes,

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• the information is forgotten

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• Evaluate
• your listening habits

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• How are you doing?

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• How can you do better?