Active Listening (5 mins)
Practice your active listening skills on a friend or familymember.Active Listening
- Look at the person, and leave other things you are doing.
- Listen not only to the words, but what the person is feeling
- Be sincerely interested in what the other person is talking about.
- Restate what the person said.
- Ask clarification questions once in a while, to make sure you understand
- Be aware of your own feelings and any strong opinions.
- If you have to state your views, say them only after you have listened to the other