askingquestionsfocusattentiononspeakergivespeakerspace totalkwaityour turnto speakrememberingwhat wassaidkeep aquietmouthlistenwithoutjudgingshowinterestsaying "Iunderstand"identifyhow thespeakerfeelsuse acalmposturenodyourheadhave acalmbodyusekindwordsfacethespeakeravoidarguinguse facialexpressionskeepyourbody stillkeephands toyourselfmakeeyecontactusepositivebodylanguagedo not doother thingswhilelisteningnotinterruptingavoiddaydreamingaskingquestionsfocusattentiononspeakergivespeakerspace totalkwaityour turnto speakrememberingwhat wassaidkeep aquietmouthlistenwithoutjudgingshowinterestsaying "Iunderstand"identifyhow thespeakerfeelsuse acalmposturenodyourheadhave acalmbodyusekindwordsfacethespeakeravoidarguinguse facialexpressionskeepyourbody stillkeephands toyourselfmakeeyecontactusepositivebodylanguagedo not doother thingswhilelisteningnotinterruptingavoiddaydreaming

active listening skills bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. asking questions
  2. focus attention on speaker
  3. give speaker space to talk
  4. wait your turn to speak
  5. remembering what was said
  6. keep a quiet mouth
  7. listen without judging
  8. show interest
  9. saying "I understand"
  10. identify how the speaker feels
  11. use a calm posture
  12. nod your head
  13. have a calm body
  14. use kind words
  15. face the speaker
  16. avoid arguing
  17. use facial expressions
  18. keep your body still
  19. keep hands to yourself
  20. make eye contact
  21. use positive body language
  22. do not do other things while listening
  23. not interrupting
  24. avoid daydreaming