Identifying Strategies Used by Speaker
Identifying Strategies Used by Speaker
Identifying Strategies Used by Speaker
strategies used
USED BY SPEAKER by speaker
SAMPLE CONVERSATION 1
STRATEGIES FOR GOOD
COMMUNICATION
Strategies for active listening
STOP.
Focus on the other person, their thoughts and
feelings. Consciously focus on quieting your own
internal commentary, and step away from your own
concerns to think about those of the speaker. Give
your full attention to the speaker.
Strategies For Active Listening
LOOK.
Pay attention to non-verbal messages,
without letting yourself be distracted.
Notice body language and non-verbal
cues to allow for a richer understanding of
the speaker’s point.
Strategies For Active Listening
LISTEN.
Listen for the essence of the speaker’s
thoughts: details, major ideas and their
meanings. Seek an overall understanding of
what the speaker is trying to communicate,
rather than reacting to the individual words
or terms that they use to express themselves.
Strategies For Active Listening
BE EMPATHETIC.
Imagine how you would feel in their
circumstances. Be empathetic to the feelings of
the speaker, while maintaining a calm center
within yourself. You need not be drawn into all
of their problems or issues, as long as you
acknowledge what they are experiencing.
Strategies For Active Listening
ASK QUESTIONS.
Use questions to clarify your
understanding, as well as to
demonstrate interest in what is being
said.
Strategies For Active Listening
PARAPHRASE.
If you don’t have any specific questions to ask,
you may choose to repeat back to the speaker,
in your own words, what you have taken away,
in order to allow the speaker to clarify any
points (Weger et al., 2010).
Strategies For Accurate Perception
ANALYZE YOUR OWN PERCEPTIONS.
Question your perceptions, and think about how
they are formed. Check in with others around you
regularly, and be aware of assumptions that you
are making. Seek additional information and
observations. You may just need to ask people if
your perceptions are accurate.
Strategies For Accurate Perception
WORK ON IMPROVING YOUR
PERCEPTION.
Increase your awareness of barriers to perception,
and which ones you tend towards. Check in with
yourself regularly. Seek honest, constructive
feedback from others regarding their perceptions
of you as a means of increasing your self-
awareness.
Strategies For Accurate Perception
FOCUS ON OTHERS.
Develop your ability to focus on other
people, and understand them better by
trying to gather knowledge about them,
listening to them actively, and imagining
how you would feel in their situation.
Strategies For Effective Verbal
Communication
FOCUS ON THE ISSUE, NOT THE PERSON.
Try not to take everything personally, and similarly,
express your own needs and opinions in terms of the job
at hand. Solve problems rather than attempt to control
others. For example, rather than ignoring a student who
routinely answers questions in class with inappropriate
tangents, speak with the student outside of class about
how this might disrupt the class and distract other
students.
Strategies For Effective Verbal
Communication
BE GENUINE RATHER THAN
MANIPULATIVE.
Be yourself, honestly and openly. Be
honest with yourself, and focus on working
well with the people around you, and
acting with integrity.
Strategies For Effective Verbal
Communication
EMPATHIZE RATHER THAN REMAIN
DETACHED.
It is important to demonstrate sensitivity, and
to really care about the people you work with.
If you don’t care about them, it will be difficult
for them to care about you when it comes to
working together.
Strategies For Effective Verbal
Communication
BE FLEXIBLE TOWARDS
OTHERS.
Allow for other points of view, and be
open to other ways of doing things.
Diversity brings creativity and innovation.
Strategies For Effective Verbal
Communication
VALUE YOURSELF AND YOUR OWN
EXPERIENCES.
Be firm about your own rights and needs.
Undervaluing yourself encourages others to
undervalue you, too. Offer your ideas and
expect to be treated well.
Strategies For Effective Verbal
Communication
USE AFFIRMING RESPONSES.
Respond to other in ways that acknowledge
their experiences. Thank them for their input.
Affirm their right to their feelings, even if you
disagree. Ask questions, express positive
feeling; and provide positive feedback when
you can.
Reference:
Effective Communication: Barrriers and
Strategies.Centre for Teaching Excellence,
University of Waterloo
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