Yes, I agree with my score. When listening to someone speak I often find myself struggling to pay attention and stay engaged when the topic or conversation doesn 't interest me. However when saying this I’m not suggesting this happens with every conversation. For example, when listening in lectures or presentations I often find myself day dreaming or “zoning out”. This is an area of listening I can improve on. When talking with someone one-to-one I find I pay much closer attention to the smaller details of the conversation such as body language, tone of voice and facial expressions. I think my score is a very accurate representation of my listening skills. I’m a good listener however may not be the very best sometimes. In order to improve my
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Once I was through security I began making my way to the baggage claim and thankfully spotted my luggage almost immediately. While waiting for my bag to make its way around the track an older french couple cut me off and stood directly in front of me. Not wanting to miss my bag, I tried to squeeze through the couple saying “excuse me, excuse me”. Not understanding what I was saying the couple didn’t move. As my bag began passing by us I lunged in-between the two and grabbed it, but they still didn 't move. While trying to pull it off the track I accidentally hit the man causing him to fall over. I frantically started apologizing however because of the language barrier they didn 't understand what I was saying and continued to yell at me in french causing a scene. Unsure of what to do I grabbed my suitcase and began speed walking away as they continued to scream.
I’m not sure if there was anyway this communication barrier could have been overcome during the situation. Had I understood french or the couple understood english then maybe the issue could have been resolved. Both of us were speaking very fast during the encounter which I think made it even more impossible to understand each other. Had I let my bag go around the track and come back maybe I could have avoided the incident all together. However, this was defiantly a lesson learned for me when travelling in a foreign
Once I was through security I began making my way to the baggage claim and thankfully spotted my luggage almost immediately. While waiting for my bag to make its way around the track an older french couple cut me off and stood directly in front of me. Not wanting to miss my bag, I tried to squeeze through the couple saying “excuse me, excuse me”. Not understanding what I was saying the couple didn’t move. As my bag began passing by us I lunged in-between the two and grabbed it, but they still didn 't move. While trying to pull it off the track I accidentally hit the man causing him to fall over. I frantically started apologizing however because of the language barrier they didn 't understand what I was saying and continued to yell at me in french causing a scene. Unsure of what to do I grabbed my suitcase and began speed walking away as they continued to scream.
I’m not sure if there was anyway this communication barrier could have been overcome during the situation. Had I understood french or the couple understood english then maybe the issue could have been resolved. Both of us were speaking very fast during the encounter which I think made it even more impossible to understand each other. Had I let my bag go around the track and come back maybe I could have avoided the incident all together. However, this was defiantly a lesson learned for me when travelling in a foreign