I. Do you like The Big Bang Theory? Do you recognise these characters? How would you describe them? Let’s watch a short clip.
[Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for sharing the clip]
II. So, what happened here?
III. Who was a GL and who was a BL? Why?
Let’s have a look at other, more formal, active listening prompts you can use.
IV. Have a look at this. Do you know what this is called? When you create a work by making an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word? As in ESO or BFF?
RASA: Receive, Appreciate, Summarize & Ask.
As sound expert Julian Treasure says in his TED Talk “We are losing our listening”, we can use this acronym (RASA), which is the Sanskrit word for “juice” or “essence.”
RASA stands for:
- “Receive“, which means pay attention to the person;
- “Appreciate“, making little noises like “hmm,” “oh,” “OK“;
- “Summarize” — the word “so” is very important in communication;
- “Ask,” ask questions afterwards.
V. So, if we consider RASA and go back to Amy and Sheldon, what was Amy doing?
VI. This infographic might be useful for you:
[Edited from this source]
VII. This is a nice quote by Diana Senechal, university professor, author and winner of the Hiett Prize in the Humanities
[Sources: The Teacher Toolkit & Story Corps]
VIII. We are now going to practise listening actively with a role play about what we learned at the River Interpretation Center. Let’s have a look at the prompts first to see if you remember which river facts are true and which are false.
You will be given some active listening cards and the aim is to be the first one to get rid of your cards. If you don’t have a suitable card, you can use the prompts in your worksheet.
You will be assessed by some classmates in your group. This is the assessment rubric they are going to use.
