BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM LIETENING

BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM LISTENING

PRESENTED BY THE ELMHURST COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER

Sometimes we set up barriers within ourselves to counteract good listening habits. Check to see if you have any barriers.

Print out the following list(OR pick up a hard copy from the Learning Center). After the next lecture you hear, read each item on the list. Decide if the behavior is true of you. YES answers are a source for a change in your behavior to make yourself a better listener.

1. I usually think of this class as boring.	yes	no
2. I pretended to be paying attention.	yes	no
3. I didn't like the instructor's mannerisms(e.g. pacing, phrasing,cough).	yes	no
4. I tried to make notes on everything which was said in class.	yes	no
5. I tried to write my notes in complete sentences.	yes	no
6. The subject for this class was way too difficult for me.	yes	no
7. Some personal problems kept my mind busy during the lecture.	yes	no
8.I didn't waste paper in copying down information from the chalkboard or the overhead tranparencies.	yes	no
9.I was really angry about something the instructor said in class.	yes	no
10. I definitely enjoyed distractions(e.g. late student, books falling) more than the lecture.	yes	no
11. I spent much of the lecture with a good daydream.	yes	no
12. I didn't really understand the lecture but asking questions is not my thing.	yes	no

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