For this assignment, you will reference the video you chose to review from the options provided and the Listening Styles Profile (LSP-R) assessment you completed last week. If you did not complete the LSP-R assignment, or you did not watch one of the videos on the “Exercise Your Listening” page, go back to the last topic and complete these two activities.
The assignment will focus on listening styles (task-oriented, relational, analytical, critical); your LSP-R assessment, listening barriers, and paraphrasing.
Writing Assignment Instructions:
In the first part of your paper, define the four listening styles using your textbook, and discuss your LSP-R scores for each of the listening styles. Each listening style should be a separate paragraph. In your discussion, provide your scores for each of the listening styles. Which styles did you score higher in? Which styles did you score lower in? What surprised you about your results on the LSP-R? Based on this data, what do you conclude about your listening?
In the next part of your paper, identify at least two listening styles you engaged with when watching the video. Provide supporting details as to why those styles were the ones you identified with most. Also, did your scores on the LSP-R agree with your experience watching the video? Why or why not? Be sure to include supporting details and specific examples to support your findings.
The listening chapter identifies several barriers we encounter when it comes to listening (information overload, personal concerns, noise, rapid thought). In the third section of your paper, identify at least one barrier you experienced when listening to the video. Be sure to include supporting details and specific examples to support your findings.
The listening chapter informs us about paraphrasing messages we believe the speaker sent. In the last part of your paper, think about the overall messages in the video that resonated with you. What did you pay attention to and what was important to you? In other words, how did you use mindful listening? In section 8.4.3, your textbook identifies two types of paraphrase. The first is a paraphrase of factual information, or summarizing the content of what the speaker was talking about. The second, and more difficult type of paraphrase, is a paraphrase of personal information where you paraphrase the underlying message about the speaker’s thoughts, feelings and wants. Provide one of each type of paraphrase about what the speaker said in the video. (Note: Remember, you are paraphrasing…NOT “parrot-phrasing” or repeating exactly what you just heard in the video! Use your own words.)
Additional Details:
Your paper should be typed, 3-4 pages long, and double spaced.
The paper should also be proofread, and mistakes in grammar, spelling, sentence structure, formatting and other areas of paper mechanics should be kept to a minimum.
Include a complete introduction to the paper that includes a thesis statement introducing the main ideas of the paper. Organize the body of the paper into main ideas that fit with your thesis statement. Include a conclusion to the paper that reviews and summarizes the paper.
Include proper in-text citations in either APA or MLA format; be certain that you include the textbook definitions of the concepts you use and that you cite these definitions correctly. Sources that you Google or other external sources will not be accepted, we expect you to use your required course textbook, Interplay, 16th Edition. A works cited or reference page should be included at the end of your paper.