Active Listening:The concept of active listening is a communication skill that involves both the sender and the receiver in the communication process. Some people would say that communication does not exist without the involvement of at least one active sender and one active receiver. Once a message is "sent," a receiver tries to understand what the sender's message or expression of feelings means. After receiving a message, an active receiver puts his or her understanding of the message into his or her own words (paraphrases) and returns it for the sender's verification.

Active Listening: You will need to spend 10 minutes in 3 different places in silence (total of 30minutes for the assignment) to listen to the sounds around you. Once you have done each of the 10minutes complete the following (remember it needs to be typed):

1. List at least 8 sounds you hear for each 10 min.
2. At least one paragraph for each situation on how you were feeling while sitting in silence.
3. At least one paragraph for each situation on what thoughts were going through your mind while you were sitting there in silence.
4. Three paragraphs on how would distractions affect every day listening skills when working with people (this is an overall after you have done all three situations)?