English 100
English 100
English 100
Barriers to Listening
1. Boredom
2. Internal Issues
3. Knowing It All
4. Being Preoccupied
5. Environmental Distractions
6. Perception
7. Red Flag Words
8. Language Barriers
9. Attention Span Issues
Addressing to Barriers
1. Will not allow the subject matter to keep them from paying
attention to the key points
2. Will not fake paying attention or engage in daydreaming
3. Will remain calm and wait for an appropriate time to disagree
4. Does not evaluate the speaker on the way they look
5. Will look more at the bigger picture and listens to everything
6. Approaches speaker with an open mind and attitude
7. Will miniize or remove distraction
8. Will be open, relaxed and inviting
9. Will wait for an appropriate time to bring up his/her own
points or ask questions
10. Will demonstrate when engaged
11. Handles emotion appropriately
Characteristics that Demonstrate Effective Listening
1. Concentration
2. Eye Contact
3. Body Language
4. Avoiding Interruption
5. Asks Questions
Note-taking Skills
1.Be prepared
2. Listen –up
3. Develop a style
4. Find facts
5. Summarize
6. Clarify
7. Revise
8. Organize
1. Taking notes
2. Acknowledging the speaker
3. Ask Questions
4. The eyes have it
5. Focus on body language
6. Avoiding interruptions
Viewing Comprehension Strategies
Watching Videos
B. During Viewing
1. Stop
2. Rewind
3. Rewatch
4. Form relevant questions
5. Clarify
6. Make Inferences
7. Adjust viewing speed
C. After Viewing
1. Retell what happened.
2. Summarize main idea and supporting details.
3. Recall own thinking and or emotion during video.
4. Analyze idea organization.
D. Extended
1. Compare and contrast video with similar video content.
2. Critique video.
3. Roughly determine history of topic
4. RAFT thinking and extension (Role,Audience,Format,Topic)
Tips on Film Viewing
Characteristics
1. Offers a short summary of the movie
2. Specifies the peculiarities and describes the characters
3. Compares the movie to the original text
4. Evaluates the movie according to certain standards
5. Provides the writer’s impression about the movie and the
characters
6. It is objective
Film Analysis Outline
I. Introduction
- includes the title, director, date of release
- presents the main theme or idea in the movie with your
thesis statement outlining what your focus is
II. Summary
- presents the primary concepts in the movie including the
five W’s and How
- anything you wish to discuss
- relates to the point of view, style, and structure
III. Analysis
- the body of the essay and includes your critical analysis
- why you did or did not like it
- discuss whether the director and writer of the movie
achieve the goal they set up to achieve
IV. Conclusion
- state your thesis again and provide a summary of the
primary concepts in a new and more convincing
manner
- include a call of action that will invite the reader to
watch the movie or avoid it entirely