Here is the link to Chapter 6 of this free online textbook: https://mytext.cnm.edu/lesson/chapter-6-nonverbal-communication

Here is the link to Ch. 7 of the free online textbook:https://mytext.cnm.edu/lesson/chapter-7-listening/

Read this document on poor listening habits: Poor Listening Habits.pdf

ASSIGNMENT

PART 1: DEFINE & GIVE EXAMPLES FOR THESE TERMS (FROM CH. 6)

1. Body Language

2. Gestures

3. Facial Expressions

4. Haptics

5. Paralanguage

6. Proxemics

7. Personal Presentation

Students earn 1 point for copying over the definition from the reading materials and 1 point for the example from your life.

For the “Example from my life” portion, DO NOT just use the term in a sentence or give a general example. You will not get the points.

The example must be something you have experienced or heard or seen someone else experience.

PART 2: COMPLETE LISTENING INVENTORY

Complete this listening inventory assessment: Listening inventory.pdf

Write out a your results (include the number).

In a couple of sentence write about your reaction to those results.

Discuss one relationship or situations that your listening style helps you and one when it does not.

PART 3: POOR LISTENING HABITS

Consider a class or meeting that you dislike or find boring.

Using the Poor Listening Habits PDF (Poor Listening Habits.pdf

which poor listening habit do you find yourself using while in that class or meeting?

Using concepts from Ch. 7 of the textbook, what might you do to help improve this particular poor listening habit?