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Listening … Only Listening!
During the week LISTEN INTENTLY FOR 2 DAYS. Observe a conversation – do not become involved in anyway … just listen – in which the people use or abuse the tips from the video. Do not initiate the conversation. Just listen.
Address the following in your Discussion:
1) In one (1) paragraph only – no more – describe the situations where you were quiet and your observations including Who. When. Where. Why.
2) Which strategies were the most abused? Provide a bullet list of 3 – 5 key points.
3) What might have helped? (This is another single paragraph).
Decrease or eliminate your phone usage to help you in this exercise. Were you successful or not?
Objective: To determine what listening strategies might have helped in the specific situation described and why.
2 paragraph MAXIMUM. A paragraph is 4 to 6 clear, concise, complete English sentences. The lists should stand alone; this means you will have 2 well-written paragraphs and a list.
Listening … Only Listening! Answer
I was having coffee at a café. There were two people sitting near my table and they talked about their COVID-19 vaccine experiences. They talked about how they only got vaccinated because they want to travel. They talked about the slow roll out, hesitation, and conspiracy theories about the vaccine. The topic was timely and interesting that is why the conversation caught my attention. I managed to listen to the conversation for about 30 minutes since I stayed at the café for 30 minutes.