Skit Revisited: Identifying the Listening Skills
Skit 2
Characters: Alice, Beth, Christine
Setting: School lunchroom
Task: Identify specific listening techniques
ALICE: Hey, Christine, how're you doing?
May I sit with you?
CHRISTINE: Oh sure. Have a seat. Want a
banana?
ALICE (laughing): No, thanks. Hey, you
look kind of down. Everything OK?
CHRISTINE: Well . . . not really. It's just family stuff.
ALICE: I know family problems can really be tough. My parents went through a really bad time last year. It was rough.
CHRISTINE: Well, it's not my parents . . . (waiting)
ALICE: I remember you talking about your sister being a pain. Is that going any better? CHRISTINE: Oh, I forgot I told you about her. Actually, she is the problem. We are unfortunate, unhappy roommates now that my grandmother is living with us.
ALICE: Is this a temporary situation?
CHRISTINE: Well, I guess my grandmother could dis (laughs) Oh, I don ‘really mean that. She’s pretty sick.
BETH: Hi, guys! yam a go with me to the gym? Hey—what's going on?
ALICE: Oh, we're having a discussion about families, I guess. Why don't we join up with you later? Is that okay with you, Christine?
CHRISTINE (surprised): sure
(Beth leaves)
CHRISTINE: It's not that I don't like my family….
Part I: Learning Basic Social Skills
ALICE: I know. All families have to readjust to things. It's too bad you have to share a room.
Do you have to share your closet too?
(fading)
CHRISTINE: And the bathroom!! And our towels!!! And the phone!!!
What listening skills or techniques did you identify?
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