Listens for information and understanding
Listening for information and understanding is an essential skill developed in secondary curriculum. This includes the following:
- Applying active listening strategies in a variety of settings
- Processing information, ideas, and opinions to determine relevancy
- Connecting information to prior knowledge, personal experience, and contemporary situations
- Applying strategies for listening comprehension such as taking notes, organizing, summarizing, asking questions, and paraphrasing
- Applying knowledge of verbal and nonverbal messages to anticipate key ideas and transitions