7-1 Activity: Listening Best Practices Overview In this module, you have learned about the importance of being a good listener and how you can apply active listening strategies to improve your criti

7-1 Activity: Listening Best Practices

Overview

In this module, you have learned about the importance of being a good listener and how you can apply active listening strategies to improve your critical thinking skills. Applying best practices when listening to a speech can help you understand and evaluate its content. In this assignment, you will use your listening skills to examine the effects of a persuasive speech.

Prompt

Watch the following video: Bringing Baths Into the 21st Century. Then, identify the critical information missing from this persuasive presentation and describe some strategies or best practices you used when watching this video to arrive at your conclusions.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

• Missing Information: Describe at least three critical pieces of information that are missing from the speech. Explain how they affected the speaker’s persuasive stance and the impact on the audience.
• Listening Strategies: Describe at least three strategies or best practices you used when listening to the video. Explain how these strategies helped you identify the gaps in the speech.

Guidelines for Submission

Submit a 150- to 250-word Microsoft Word document that presents your evaluation of the video. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh2-xA6AQfA