The reason for this memo is to evaluate my listening strengths and weaknesses. It is also to help determine was to improve on my weaknesses. My overall score on the listening self-assessment was a 51. This puts me into the exceptional listening skill category. I have always considered listening to be one of my stronger skills, but after this assessment I have been able to point out some of the areas that need improvement.
Some of my strong areas in listening are that I always aim to learn something for listening to people speak. Also I am able to block out any distraction like the speakers actions or appearance so that I can solely listen to the speaker’s speech. Secondly I am able to listen to the speaker even if they are having getting …show more content…
One option would be if a speech is not on an interest of mine, it may be helpful to take notes and better understand the topic at hand instead of not completely listening to the speech. This would help me learn more about the topic as well as keep all of the information available if there are some more difficult topics. Secondly, if I feel that a speaker is not correct on their topic I need to listen, because it could be the facts that I know about a subject are wrong or there could be alternative viewpoints. Learning different perspectives would help me better understand how people process information on different subjects. A third weakness of mine is maintaining eye contact with the speaker. I worry that this tends to make the speaker uncomfortable and try to alleviate as much pressure as possible on them, however if the speaker is already comfortable this could come across and not interested and make them less at ease in there speaking. The best option for this flaw would be to find a middle ground. If the speaker is comfortable talking to me or the group it would be best for me to make eye contact with them and participate in their …show more content…
When the conversation is happening in a larger scale setting I tend to not give feedback or ask questions regarding the topic. The more questions that are raised during the speech the better the whole group can understand the subject. If I have a question that was not answered during the speech there is probably another person in the room that is wondering the same thing. This also will help the speaker gain confidence because it shows that I am listening and trying to understand the topic they are speaking on. I need to make it a point to try and ask any questions I might have about the issue even if this means I have to set aside my insecurities to make them feel like I am trying to wrap my head around it
Some of my strong areas in listening are that I always aim to learn something for listening to people speak. Also I am able to block out any distraction like the speakers actions or appearance so that I can solely listen to the speaker’s speech. Secondly I am able to listen to the speaker even if they are having getting …show more content…
One option would be if a speech is not on an interest of mine, it may be helpful to take notes and better understand the topic at hand instead of not completely listening to the speech. This would help me learn more about the topic as well as keep all of the information available if there are some more difficult topics. Secondly, if I feel that a speaker is not correct on their topic I need to listen, because it could be the facts that I know about a subject are wrong or there could be alternative viewpoints. Learning different perspectives would help me better understand how people process information on different subjects. A third weakness of mine is maintaining eye contact with the speaker. I worry that this tends to make the speaker uncomfortable and try to alleviate as much pressure as possible on them, however if the speaker is already comfortable this could come across and not interested and make them less at ease in there speaking. The best option for this flaw would be to find a middle ground. If the speaker is comfortable talking to me or the group it would be best for me to make eye contact with them and participate in their …show more content…
When the conversation is happening in a larger scale setting I tend to not give feedback or ask questions regarding the topic. The more questions that are raised during the speech the better the whole group can understand the subject. If I have a question that was not answered during the speech there is probably another person in the room that is wondering the same thing. This also will help the speaker gain confidence because it shows that I am listening and trying to understand the topic they are speaking on. I need to make it a point to try and ask any questions I might have about the issue even if this means I have to set aside my insecurities to make them feel like I am trying to wrap my head around it