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Do you listen to your friends, your spouse or your children attentively? In retrospect, I haven't done it well, even though I want to be listened. There were times when my daughter talked to me earnestly, but my mind was somewhere else, or I gave only vacant answers.
I've been thinking that it's inevitable to acquire listening skills, if you want to build a good and solid relationship. Here's a list that I try to do in everyday life.
1) Eye contact.
2) Nodding.
3) Giving responses like "Yes","Right" or "Uh-huh".
4) Repeat or summarize what a speaker said in order to avoid misunderstandings.
I do this quite often when I talk to someone in English.
5) Finding words showing understanding and sympathy.
6) Asking questions relating to a speaker's topic.
They are worth trying!
I've been thinking that it's inevitable to acquire listening skills, if you want to build a good and solid relationship. Here's a list that I try to do in everyday life.
1) Eye contact.
2) Nodding.
3) Giving responses like "Yes","Right" or "Uh-huh".
4) Repeat or summarize what a speaker said in order to avoid misunderstandings.
I do this quite often when I talk to someone in English.
5) Finding words showing understanding and sympathy.
6) Asking questions relating to a speaker's topic.
They are worth trying!
あなたは友人、パートナー、子供たちの話をじっくり聞いていますか？振り返ってみると私は自分の話は聞いてもらいたいのに、しっかり聞くことはできていなかったと思います。娘が私に一生懸命話しかけているのに、
上の空だったりきちんと返事をしなかったこともありました。
もししっかりとした良好な人間関係を築きたければリスニングスキルを身につけることは、不可欠だと思うようになりました。以下は私が日常生活で実践しようとしているリストです。
１）相手の目を見る。
２）うなずく。
３）”はい”、”そうですね”、”なるほど” といったあいづちを打つ。
４）誤解を避けるために相手が言ったことを繰り返したり要約したりする。
英語で話をする時には出来るだけそうします。
５）理解や共感の言葉を探して伝える。
６）話の内容に関連した質問をする。
やってみる価値はあると思います。
上の空だったりきちんと返事をしなかったこともありました。
もししっかりとした良好な人間関係を築きたければリスニングスキルを身につけることは、不可欠だと思うようになりました。以下は私が日常生活で実践しようとしているリストです。
１）相手の目を見る。
２）うなずく。
３）”はい”、”そうですね”、”なるほど” といったあいづちを打つ。
４）誤解を避けるために相手が言ったことを繰り返したり要約したりする。
英語で話をする時には出来るだけそうします。
５）理解や共感の言葉を探して伝える。
６）話の内容に関連した質問をする。
やってみる価値はあると思います。
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In retrospect, I haven't done it well, even though I want to be listened to like that.
5) Finding words to show understanding and sympathy.
You can't beat "7) Giving a damn"
In retrospect, I haven't done it well, even though I want to be listened to.
I listen TO them < active voice
I want to be listened TO < passive voice
The verb it "to listen to"
I've been thinking that acquiring listening skills is inevitable/important, if you want to build a good and solid relationship.
Here I made the verb "to acquire..." into a noun, "acquiring..."
3) Giving responses like "Yes","Right" or "Uh-huh".
I think that you should also say "no" or "I don't agree", if necessary :)
Here's a list of things that I try to do in my everyday life.
1) make Eye contact.
2) Nod
5) Find words to show understanding and sympathy.
You say, "to show" instead of "showing" because you find the words in order for you to do it.
If you say, "showing empathy" it seems like it has less to do with "Finding words"
6) Asking questions relating to the other speaker's topic.
I sometimes find myself thinking about other subjects when people talk to me. I think it is normal for all people, but some people do it more often than others.
>I sometimes find myself thinking about other subjects when people talk to me.
I try hard to listen to my co-workers or friends, but I still can't do it well at home.
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In retrospect, I haven't done it well, even though I want to be heard.
"To listen to" is not a verb phrase.
Therefore, "to listen" is an infinitive modified by a preposition. However, every preposition needs an object.
"I want to be listened to" sounds very natural in a conversation.
However, in written English, I recommend not breaking the prepositional object rule.
There were times when my daughter talked to me earnestly, but my mind was somewhere else, or I gave only vacant answers.
This one sentence has three independent clauses. This very unusual. Three subjects and three independent verbs in one sentence is a run-on sentence. Why not just write three sentences? Or, at least two sentences?
I've been thinking that it's requisite to acquire listening skills if you want to build a good and solid relationship.
Right now, I am not sure what "it" is. I needed to re-read the entire document to discover the antecedent for "it".
1) Making eye contact.
4) Repeating or summarizing what a speaker has said in order to avoid misunderstandings.
Keep the list homogeneous by making every item a gerund.
5) Finding words that show understanding and sympathy.
Is it OK?
In retrospect, I haven't done it well, even though I want to be listened to.
Here's a list of things that I try to do in my everyday life.
1) Making eye contact.
5) Finding words to show understanding and sympathy.
6) Asking questions relating to the other speaker's topic.
Yeah~! I hope you can listen to your daughter better~! It seems you can now~.
I'll try my best! Do you listen to your friends? ~~
If they give me food~! What about you~~?