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Open-Ended Reflective Listening Skills Quiz

Instructions:
Take some time to reflect on each question.
Write your responses thoughtfully, considering your own experiences and
observations.

1. How do you incorporate activities that help students develop phonemic


awareness and why are these activities important for listening skills?
I use rhyming games and songs to help students identify and produce rhyming
words. This helps them recognize patterns in spoken language and lays the
foundation for phonics. I practice blending phonemes to form words and
segmenting words into their individual sounds. This helps students connect
spoken sounds with written letters. By focusing on individual sounds, students
become better at distinguishing subtle differences between words and sounds.
2. Think about a time when you struggled to understand something during
a conversation. What factors do you believe contributed to your
difficulty in understanding?
Distractions in the environment can make it difficult to focus on the speaker's
message and If the speaker has a different accent or dialect than what I am
accustomed to, it can be challenging to understand their speech.

3. How do you ensure that your listening activities include opportunities


for students to practice both bottom-up and top-down processing
skills? Can you describe a lesson or activity that achieves this balance?

I strive to incorporate both bottom-up and top-down processing skills in my


listening activities. Here's an example of a lesson that achieves this balance:

Lesson: Listening to a short story

• Bottom-up processing: I provide students with a list of key vocabulary


words related to the story. I encourage them to listen carefully for these
words as they listen to the story.
• Top-down processing: I activate students' prior knowledge by asking
them to think about what they already know about the topic of the story. I
encourage them to make predictions about what the story will be about.
• Comprehension questions: After listening to the story, I ask students
questions that require them to use both bottom-up and top-down
processing skills. For example, I might ask them to identify specific details
from the story (bottom-up) or to infer the characters' motivations (top-
down).
By combining these elements, students can practice both decoding individual
sounds and words (bottom-up) and using their background knowledge and
context clues to understand the overall meaning of the story (top-down).

4. Imagine a scenario where you need to listen to someone who is


expressing strong emotions (e.g., anger, sadness, excitement). How do
you approach listening in such situations, and what strategies do you
employ to ensure effective communication?
I would maintain eye contact, nod, and use verbal affirmations to show that I am
paying attention and understanding the speaker's emotions and I would try to put
myself in the speaker's shoes and understand their perspective. This can help
me respond in a way that is supportive and helpful. By using these strategies, I
can create a safe and supportive environment for the speaker to express their
emotions and feel heard and understood.

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