Listening Skills By AmzUncategorizedNovember 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Use the following Rating Scale to score your responses, mark the appropriate choice in the box to the right of each question. Be honest! Rating Scale: 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 1.Do you like to listen to other people talking? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 2.Do you encourage other people to talk 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 3.Do you listen, even if you do not like the person who is talking? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 4.Do you listen equally well, whether the person talking is male or female, young or old? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 5.Do you listen equally well to friends, acquaintances, or strangers? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 6.Do you put what you have been doing out of sight and out of mind when you answer the telephone? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 7.Do you stop reading e-mails, newspapers, magazines, etc. when you pick up the telephone? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 8.Do you write down the most important details of a message even at home for your family members? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 9.Do you ignore the distractions around you when on the phone? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 10.Do you smile; make listening acknowledgments to encourage the person to talk? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 11.Do you think about what the person is saying? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 12.Do you try to work out what the person means and how you can help them or how you can respond? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 13.Do you try to work out why the person is saying it? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 14.Do you let the person finish what he or she is trying to say before speaking or suggesting? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 15.Do you encourage the person to continue if he or she hesitates? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 16.Do you restate what the person has asked and check if you have got it right? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 17.Do you withhold judgment about the person’s ideas until he or she has finished? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 18.Do you listen, regardless of the person’s manner of speaking and choice of words. 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 19.Do you listen, even though you anticipate what the person is going to say? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never 20.Do you question the person more fully in order to get him or her to explain the idea more fully? 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never Test is under construction You can not get any results from it yet.