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Course Description
Did you know that there is a difference in hearing and listening? There is! Have you ever been told that you just don't listen? Most people have at some point in their life, so you probably have experienced it as well. But the problem is that good listening skills are not something we are born with. Nor are we taught it in school. They are habits that we create, starting in our childhood, that are carried with us throughout our adulthood. Your listening skill habits can impact every area of your life, including your personal relationships and your career. Being a good listener can earn you respect, appreciation and help you build stronger relationships in your social and business dealings.
This course explains the ins and outs of what good listening skills consist of, why they are important and how you can improve them. The course helps you determine what type of listener you are, provides basic skills of listening, barriers to listening, listening habits, body language, and activities to improve listening habits. You will learn the importance of physical attributes, active listening, attitude, perception, bias, language barriers, key gestures, and even how to take good notes.
If you have a child or work around children, this course also explains how you can use this information with helping to teach good listening habits to children. By the time you complete this course, whether taking it for personal or professional reasons, you will be know the direction you need to follow to improve your listening habits.
Learning Outcomes
By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Identify what kind of listener you are.
Summarize how to listen well.
Describe three basic listening models.
Recognize the three basic skills of listening.
Define barriers to listening.
Summarize listening habits.
Describe irritating listening habits.
Recognize body language.
Describe listening and lectures.
Summarize activities that improve listening skills.
Describe how to help children become good listeners, and
Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
Course Lessons
Lesson 1: Listening Skills 101
In this lesson, you will be introduced to what listening skills are and why they are so important in your life.
Lesson 2: What Kind of Listener Are You?
This lesson focuses on determining what type of listener you currently are and what your childhood listening experiences were.
Lesson 3: How to Listen Well
In this lesson, you will be introduced to what it means to listen well, including discussing the physical attributes, as well as active listening.
Lesson 4: Three Basic Listening Models
With this lesson, we will focus on three of the main basic listening models, including competitive, attentive, and reflective.
Lesson 5: The Three Basic Skills of Listening
In Lesson Five, we will take a look at the three basic skills of listening, including attitude, attention, and adjustment.
Lesson 6: Barriers to Listening
In this lesson, we will take a more in-depth look at some of the most common barriers to listening.
Lesson 7: Listening Habits
In this lesson, we will be discussing listening habits, including those that are poor versus good.
Lesson 8: Irritating Listening Habits
Lesson Eight will look at some irritating listening habits and how they may impact the listening process.
Lesson 9: Body Language
In this lesson, we will look at body language, including what it is, what it has to do with listening, and some key gestures.
Lesson 10: Listening and Lectures
In this lesson, we will discuss how to get the most out of a lecture, as well as note-taking.
Lesson 11: Activities that Improve Listening Skills
This lesson focuses on the types of activities that can help improve one's listening skills.
Lesson 12: Helping Children Become Good Listeners
This lesson focuses on ways that you can help children become good listeners and why it is important to do so.
Lesson 13: Putting It All Together
In this final lesson, we will take a look at putting together all the information that has been covered throughout this course.
This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, certification or educational requirements.
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