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PART 1

In the video, 5 ways to listen better, Julian Treasure lists five exercises for learning to listen better. For this assignment, you will devote one day of the week to practicing each of these. 

1.  Monday: Silence 
2. Tuesday: The mixer
3. Wednesday: Savoring (hidden choir)
4. Thursday: Listening positions (active/passive; reductive/expansive; critical/empathic)
5. Friday: Receive, appreciate, summarise, ask: RASA

Please write about your experience practicing each of these in a journal. You should write 200 words about each, or 1000 words for the week. You don't need to edit or refine your journal entries. Your rough thoughts and reactions are all that's needed. Ideally, you'd keep a journal during the day and then write up the day's notes in the evening or at night on your mobile device or computer so you can submit the digital file rather than having to scan your journal.

 Each of the five entries should describe the time(s), place(s) and situation(s). This information should be followed by what you experienced during the exercise. You should spend at least 30 minutes on each exercise. This may be at one time or broken up throughout the day. 

PART 2

In about 500 words, please summarize your discussion with the person you promised to listen to better. (See Introduction to Problem 3: Learning to Listen.) You should mention the five practices you undertook, the article you read, as well as both videos. Write about your experience sharing these with the other person. Most of all, talk about whether you think you've made progress in fulfilling your promise to become a better listener. 

Introduction to Problem 3: Learning to listen

Although you you've always thought of yourself as a fantastic listener, you recently got a rude awakening when your best friend and/or significant other said, "You never listen to me! I tell you things and they bounce right off you. When will you ever learn to just hear what I have to say?" If nothing else, that's one thing you heard loud and clear. At first, you were defensive, yelling back, "I'm a great listener. You just don't know how to talk!" A few hours later, once you both had calmed down, you said, "Look maybe I'm not the best listener. I know I don't always hear you the way I should. But I'm going to do better. I promise."

That night you scour the web for advice on how to become a better listener. You stumble across a few great resources, among them the TED Talk Five Ways to Listen Better. One of the reasons you liked this talk was because it offered five exercises for actually becoming a better listener. You vow to spend the week practicing these exercises and becoming a better listener. (This comprises 3.1 Listening Assignment.)

In addition to these applied practices, you've come across a second talk (This is your brain on communication) that helps to explain the science of hitting it off with another person in conversation. According to this presentation by Uri Hasson, what we often call having "good chemistry" can be verified neurologically. In addition, you come across an interesting, if challenging, scientific paper (Pupil dilation patterns spontaneously synchronize across individuals during shared attention) that suggests pupil dilate in synchrony when we have a good heart-to-heart with another person.

You find all of this quite fascinating, and at the end of the week you sit down with the person you made the promise to (to be a better listener) and share your thoughts. Not only do you share you thoughts but you also show yourself to be a better listener than before. You want to know what they think too. You will share the gist of this discussion in the 3.2 Listening wrap-up discussion.