Discernment; the ability to think biblically about all areas of life is indispensable to an uncompromising life. To begin to develop my own personal strategy for developing discernment I shall expand my knowledge in as many areas as possible; therefore allowing me to make judgments based on prior knowledge and an understanding. I can do this by reading into areas of interest and using the Internet to make sure I am gathering reliable and factually correct information, so that my opinion and worldview is not biased. However I must use reliable sources when researching online such as the BBC or CNN. In order to make sure that information that is given to me verbally is correct I can listen, and take note of what the person/group is saying and
It also helps to sit facing someone with impaired hearing; seeing your lips will make your words more
-clear speech-in order to help people to understand you are saying, speak clearly, don't cover your mouth with your hands or turn away from the person.
- use not only verbal but non verbal communication skills like smile, nodding , eye contact etc.
In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus’s views on courage are similar to those of Steve Pavlina. Atticus believes that courage is taking risks even if one knows that there is a chance of failure. In “The Courage To Live Consciously” by Steve Pavlina. the author writes about facing fears and what is actually means to have courage. Pavlina discusses ways to work up to one’s greatest fear, starting small. He tells the readers that it will be hard to face a fear and to take step towards a certain goal but the chance of success is worth it in the end. Atticus Finch shares his definition of courage with his kids in To Kill A Mockingbird. He said, "I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of
after the speaker replied that she was not sleeping or eating properly. She replied “yeah”. Because she confirmed what I said, I know that my paraphrase was successful. The skill that I performed the most effectively is the SOLER non-verbal skills for active listening. In 1986, Gerard Egan recognized five key skills for active listening, which create the acronym SOLER (Health Psychology Consultancy, 2011).
* I am good listener I allow people to speak and make eye contact quite regularly so the person I am listening to knows they have my undivided attention.
Other key indicators to my way of knowing include my family and my faith. After losing my Mom and Sister to cancer, it was my faith and family that taught me how to move through the grief, because as I learned, you never truly overcome this type of pain. During this challenging time in my life, I used knowledge to help explain several of the struggles I encountered. Yet, I am mindful that not everyone is open to my faith and while I do not profess it, I do understand and empathize
Listening is not the same as hearing. Take time to listen carefully to what others are saying through both their verbal and non-verbal communication.
Talking and listening are essential life skills. The ability to talk in order to communicate and exchange ideas and information, to negotiate with others, to express feelings and emotions, allows human beings to function well in the world and to be full and active members of society. Communication, to be effective, requires the ability to listen, to understand and to make sense of what is heard. On the personal level, when we listen, we give attention to the other person in such a way as to allow them to feel heard, understood and therefore respected. In that way, listening is more than
To communicate effectively we must understand and ‘apply’ the ‘rules’ of the structure used in language and be able to vocalise this through speech. We must also hear and understand the speech of others through our ability to listen and to interpret body language and facial
With this, I prefer to see and read information to full gain comprehension. If I forget the data, or not clearly understand it the first time read, I have the option of reading it over. I do not always trust myself to absorb all information the first time around. I take a lot of notes to look at. Notes help me remember even though I may not read the again, I can refer to them in my mind after writing them down. I am not sure if just anyone reading them would get anything out of it, but at least I know what they mean.
As the speaker continues more information is given. The listener is then able to collect the verbal and non-verbal data to gain a better understanding of what is being communicated (Eunson 2008: 310).
Being able to take in the information that is presented and being able to apply it is a crucial tool that is needed in order to be successful. One of the assignments that we were given in ENGR 1000 was that we were tasked to see what type of learner we were. Everyone has their own unique way of learning and I myself feel that I am more of a visual learner than verbal. There are eight different characteristics on a scale from one to ten which means there can be fifty thousand and four hundred different possibilities. This is why it is important to know and understand what type of learner you are because you are only one of that fifty thousand and four hundred. You could and are very likely spinning your wheels trying to learn things the wrong way if you truly don’t understand how you learn. I can read a book cover to cover and at the end, sometimes I could not tell you what I have just read. After taking that survey I was surprised at how much I was heavily leaning only on visual and not verbal. Just this one alone was putting me at a disadvantage in my education because I was only really taking in half of what I could be. I have started to rely different learning styles so that I can be more we
Better listening leads to better recollection of important info this results in fewer mistakes. Thus, attention to good listening technique is important when complex issues are involved.
Second, effective note-taking skills are considered indispensable for a consecutive interpreter as one could not memorize all the information delivered by the speaker, note-taking helps interpreters to recall and reproduce accurately what has been said. Mahmoodzadeh (as cited in Alexieva, 1993, pp.199-203) emphasizes that it is impossible for the interpreter to remember all that is said in lectures, negotiations or press conferences even with the best of memory, particularly when names, dates and figures are involved. For example, if the witness in a police interview