Virtual teams were almost unheard of a decade ago‚ but today they are an integral part of every organization. The recent “offshore outsourcing” trend and the growth of the Internet and similar globally linking technologies are major contributor to the increase in the use of virtual teams. Virtual teams are made up of people working on interdependent tasks and interacting largely via communication technology to achieve a common goal without concerns of time and space. Such teams carry out many critical
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Ahmed S0899927 Learner Assessment in TESOL Assessing Listening Introduction Assessing listening is one of the most significant areas of language testing. However‚ it is the least area that is cared for and developed in assessment. Perhaps this is due to it is a very complex process. Listening is NOT assessed in my context and this has caused dramatic drawbacks in language learning and teaching related to listening skill. Therefore‚ the test specs and test instrument constitute a proposal
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are many bad listening habits out there‚ it’s just finding them within ourselves‚ but everyone else as well. A bad listening habit that one may obtain is finding a subject that it too boring or dull. In order to pay full attention‚ you need something worth giving the attention. Another thing that poor listeners do is make fun of how the speaker is; meaning they either don’t like the way they look‚ speak‚ or act. It doesn’t matter who or how it comes out; what matters is what comes out. One last poor
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Five types of listening These five types are; Discriminative Listening Comprehensive Listening
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in every arena‚ from homeschooled to new‚ virtual schools. Improvements are needed in the quality of teachers‚ ratio of classrooms‚ curriculum of study and the structural needs of public schools. All of these improvements need funding in a very limited economy. The article “Virtual Schools‚ real results” gives an option to help this crisis. The U.S. Secretary of Education‚ Arne Duncan wants the United States to embrace the online learning and virtual schools environment that is trending in today’s
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Active Listening Hear What People are Really Saying Listening is one of the most important skills you can have. How well you listen has a major impact on your job effectiveness‚ and on the quality of your relationships with others. * We listen to obtain information. * We listen to understand. * We listen for enjoyment. * We listen to learn. Given all this listening we do‚ you would think we’d be good at it! In fact most of us are not‚ and research suggests that we remember between
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Listening Susan Cain said in her book ’The Power of Introverts’‚ "We have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally." Listening is more important of a skill than speaking in an effective communication. Active listening provides people with opportunity to understand the speaker to be able to respond and form opinions about what’s being conveyed. I was part of the ESL program for the first two years of High School. After I got out of the ESL program‚ I started tutoring and encouraging
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Chapter 3 THE VALUE OF LISTENING What is the value of listening? -Did you know that we spend more time in listening than we do reading‚ writing‚ or speaking? 40% of our communication time accounts listening. -Through listening we learn to anticipate the action of others and to gauge their emotions Listening is one of the two important activities in the communication process. Ex: Through classroom lectures‚ conversations‚ group meetings‚ electronic media
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Listening Paper There are many styles of listening for many different people. It could vary on the person‚ situation‚ the place‚ and the atmosphere. Like‚ a really good place for a conversation would be in an office‚ a fancy restraunt‚ or under the roof of your own home. But probably the most common place for an active listening audience would be in a class room itself. Like the books said "Most people assume that listening is fundamentally a passive activity in which the receiver absorbs a
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Reflective Listening What is It? Reflective listening means understanding both what a person says and what a person feels‚ and then relaying this back to him or her in your own words. The Purpose of Reflective Listening Suppose a student tells you about a difficult event with a classmate. A simple example of your response might be: “So you were really feeling angry with him.” Imagine these three different responses from your tutee and the potential benefits: “No. Not angry‚ just upset
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