Step 5 - Raising Voices

After five minutes, finish the activity. Ask students how they felt not beinglistened to. Write their feelings on the blackboard. Remind students thatthe poor listeners were only acting and that they were not trying to hurtthem.Repeat the exercise. This time have the students exhibit good listeningbehaviours, such as leaning forward, nodding their heads, encouraging themto talk. After a few minutes, discuss how this felt different than the firstround.Discuss what it means to be a good listener. Ask students if they can thinkof any situations in which they would like to be better listeners Why? Havevolunteers list the reasons why being a good listener is important.The Listening Line5.2bGoals• To learn that what people hear and what we say are sometimesdifferent• To understand the need to be very clear in what we are sayingActivityDivide the students into two teams and have them stand in two lines ondifferent sides of the room.Explain that you are going to whisper a sentence to the first person in eachline. That person has to listen carefully and then repeat the sentence tothe next person in a whisper without letting the other side hear it. Continueuntil you get to the end of the line. Whoever gets closest to the originalstatement wins.Have a discussion about how people hear things differently. What does this37