Sorry about that last post, it didn't come out as I'd planned. I don't know how to delete it but I'll try and post it properly.
'' Most importantly however, the listener is directed to practice listening with an empty mind. This means to resist the desire to blurt, to tell their own story, to make judgements about the speaker, or to let the mind wander off into personal plans for the future or rehashing the past.''
I had to laugh at myself when I reached paragraph 8 and realised I was doing exactly the things you wanted your students to avoid while listening. My mind was jumping all over the place from past experiences where I've used this game (on board a sail training ship) and how well suited it is to the classroom (and perhaps I should become a teacher...). I stopped and read it again trying just to read the words but here I am now blurting out my own story. Thanks for the insight :)
On Mar 2, 2012 Awareoftheirony wrote:
Sorry about that last post, it didn't come out as I'd planned. I don't know how to delete it but I'll try and post it properly.
'' Most importantly however, the listener is directed to practice listening with an empty mind. This means to resist the desire to blurt, to tell their own story, to make judgements about the speaker, or to let the mind wander off into personal plans for the future or rehashing the past.''
I had to laugh at myself when I reached paragraph 8 and realised I was doing exactly the things you wanted your students to avoid while listening. My mind was jumping all over the place from past experiences where I've used this game (on board a sail training ship) and how well suited it is to the classroom (and perhaps I should become a teacher...). I stopped and read it again trying just to read the words but here I am now blurting out my own story. Thanks for the insight :)