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Listening and Interpersonal Skills

The following resources are designed to help you assess and develop your students' listening and interpersonal skills.

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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

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  • Media type/sTypes of media: Webpage

Advice on how to communicate effectively, particularly in a group working environment. Areas covered include active listening, body language and clarity of expression.

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FARMERS COMMUNICATION EXERCISE

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  • Media type/sTypes of media: Handout/s, Word document

This is an exercise in effective communication (particularly listening) and organisation skills. Participants are given partial information and must communicate with the group to find a solution to a problem.

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LISTENING SKILLS AUDIT

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  • Media type/sTypes of media: Handout/s, Interactive learning object, Quiz

This short activity helps students assess their own listening skills. The audit can be completed either online or on paper

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NOTEMAKING IN LECTURES

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  • Media type/sTypes of media: Helpsheet

A student helpsheet describing a process for effective strategies for notemaking in lectures. Includes notes on preperation and process.

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OBSERVING CONVERSATIONS

  • Activity time | Icon created by Júlio Reis & reused under CC 3.0 license http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simple_icon_time.svgActivity time: 30 minutes
  • Media type/sTypes of media: Handout/s, Helpsheet, PDF file

This resource offers a session plan, which aims to help students develop conversation styles and techniques, based on effective use of questioning styles and to appreciate the impact of body language. This activity is designed to be used in a workshop relating to listening and interpersonal skills, particularly relating to active listening, establishing and maintaining conversations and the impact of body language.

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QUESTIONING STYLES

  • Activity time | Icon created by Júlio Reis & reused under CC 3.0 license http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simple_icon_time.svgActivity time: 15 munutes
  • Media type/sTypes of media: Handout/s, Helpsheet, PDF file

This activity is designed to help students to understand and be able to identify different styles of questioning: open, closed, leading and probing. This activity is designed to be used in a workshop relating to listening and interpersonal skills.

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