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Listening and Speaking Skills

• Speaks clearly and fluently
• Able to retain audience interest
• Formulates and poses questions readily
• Participates in group listening and speaking activities
• Shows courtesy toward others
• Is aware of and attempts to use and interpret non-verbal communication
• Communicates through speech
• Uses listening and speaking to:
  · express ideas, feelings, observations, and opinions
  · to amuse and entertain
  · to explore and maintain relationships
  · request and give information
  · to direct or command
  · to describe, to make comparisons
  · to clarify
  · to evaluate
• Can build on the ideas of others
• Listens to the ideas of others
• Is confident when using new words
• Uses voice appropriately to audience in terms of pitch, volume and intonation
• Listens actively and creatively
• Can follow detailed verbal instructions and directions
  Is confident when speaking
• Shows respect for the language and ideas of others

This checklist is taken from Chapter 9 Checklists in Getting Started with Hoemschooling Practical Considerations by Beverley Paine.

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