1. Listen Up! Produced by the Riverina Schools Project Partnership, 2006

2. It is important to listen

3. Listening isn’t inherited

4. Important: speaker to be thinking & listener to be concentrating and respecting the speaker.

5. In group situations not everyone hears the same thing the speaker is saying

6. Better listeners don’t always have better hearing.

7. Whole body listening Eye contact Standing/sitting still Not talking over the speaker Thinking about what the speaker is saying

8. Lets make some posters! Choose 1 of the following: Anything that we have talked about today, to do with listening Feelings Whole body listening Your ideas on listening

9. It is important to listen Listening isn’t inherited Important: speaker to be thinking & listener to be concentrating and respecting the speaker. In group situations not everyone hears the same thing the speaker is saying Better listeners don’t always have better hearing. Whole body listening: Eye contact Standing/sitting still Not talking over the speaker Thinking about what the speaker is saying