Listening Quiz Analysis

The grammar quiz on numbers was the most confusing for me so far. While I was working on this quiz I had to refer back our book, The Gregg Reference Manuel several times to help myself correctly finish the worksheet. After Finding out that I need a lot more work in numbers, I’m going to repeat this work sheet at least one more time before moving on to the next week. Hoping that this will help me feel a little more at ease with this section. I still struggle with all grammar but each time while writing I’m becoming more a wear of my mistakes.

J.K was administered the Receptive vocabulary component of the WIAT III Listening Comprehension. She was asked to point to the picture that correspond to each administered word. This was done to assess her comprehension of single words. Her score was in the average range (standard score= 101). This indicated that J.K has a good understanding of spoken words.

Digging further into the process chapter four discusses as mentioned prior a testing for my actual reactions to several situations. Ultimately, how to spot and unsafe situations, what would you normally do, and what do I need to work on. Knowing your own strengths is a huge role in seeing the warning signs of an unsafe conversation in any application. My personal tendencies after taking the quiz are high in both silence and violence but,

1. For Chapter 1, you will need to watch the videos listed in order to answer the following five multiple choice questions. Which of the following statements is not true?

Last Friday, Serene State University celebrated it commencement ceremony. The event attendance broke university records with 832 graduates, with about 350 of them being first-generation college graduates. The total number of assistance reach 6,873 people.

After taking the dialect quiz, I was matched with Augusta- Richmond South Carolina, Richmond Virginia, and Raleigh North Carolina. I’m from Richmond Virginia, so I found the quiz results to be pretty accurate. I lived in Richmond up until I was in the third grade, and in the fourth grade I moved to Chesterfield Virginia. I still reside in Chesterfield when I’m not in school. On occasion people say I have a southern accent. But, I typically don’t realize it and that’s probably because I lived in Virginia all my life. When I think of southern accents I usually think of states like Texas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, etc. However, it’s funny because I know that Virginia is right in the mix of all of these states. Nevertheless,

Hennessey, F. (2016, April 07). The Skill of Mindful Listening. Retrieved April 09, 2016, from http://psychcentral.com/lib/the-skill-of-mindful-listening/

They came, they saw, and the conquered (some what). Last weekend, February 17th, the Westminster College Speech and debate team braved the cold wind and snow and traveled to Bloomsburg University to compete in the State championship tournament for Forensics.

Quiz 11-1 asked specific questions regarding my current preferences and behaviors. Asking questions about stepping outside of my interests, attempting to make the things I like even better, and questions asking about my comfort level with new things, are ways of making me analyze my thought process. One of the questions asks, “if I prefer to stay with technology devices I know well rather than frequently updating my equipment or software?” Specifically intending to make me think about my comfort level with change.

This book takes another step and explores the importance of the spiritual principle of listening in helping counselors integrate the biblical principles of effective communication in building stronger relationships into their counseling techniques. This book has become a handbook for building stronger relationships by increasing communication skills that influences our daily walk with God. This book will help me integrate spiritual disciplines such as prayer, scripture reading, and confession into my own life and into communicating with others. In recognizing that although we come from different backgrounds, heritages, and communities God lets us know that the diversity of our talents is required to help diverse groups of people appropriately

After completing the reading for the chapter on listening I found it interesting on how there are many aspects and different kinds of listening that I had not known of prior to reading the chapter. One part of the chapter that I found to be intriguing was the part on the different kinds of listening styles. When we listen to people speak we are able to use different styles depending on the conversation. For example, when we use relational listening we try to relate to how the others are feeling. Recently I have used relational listening in the wake of the MSD shooting. Being that my sister currently attends the school and I graduated from the school in 2014, I had spoken to many of my friends and current students that were affected by this

Having immersed yourself in the text as a biblical, historical, and literary document, how do you think it felt to be one of the first hearers of the text in that situation?

I came to that decision through a quiz that I took in my program Breakthrough New York. It asked me about different aspects of my life and what I wanted for high school. In answering them I realized that I would like some independence and live away from my home. I will contribute to your community by offering a unique person with many ideas. For example, I would like to start a debate club which would help people prepare for confrontations in their futures.

Active listening includes a variety of behaviors which communicate to the other that they are heard and understood, that the feelings which underlie the words are appreciated and accepted, and that regardless of what the individual says, thinks or feels, they are accepted as a person by the listener. Active listening demands that the receiver of the message put aside the belief that listening is easy and that it happens naturally and realize that effective listening is hard work. Good listening encourages the speaker, promotes trust and respect, improves relationships, and makes resolution of problems more likely. Good listeners are prepared to listen, show interest, keep an open mind, listen critically, resist distractions,

This paper explores multiple studies on the many listening barriers in communication. Specifically, this paper focuses on a study done about the frequent listening barriers and how they can affect listening effectiveness. In addition, It discuses the many individual listening barriers. It explores six major listening factors that come from the multiple listening barriers. The main study this paper revolves around is conducted by Steven Golen (1990), conducted with university students and their opinions of frequent barriers to effective listening. The study explores the most frequently encountered listening barriers in communication.