Display active listening behaviours (e.g., focusing on the message of the speaker, making reasonable predictions, checking for understanding, recognizing when information is making sense, making notes).

Listen to understand and analyze instructions, directions, and oral explanations.

Adopt a receptive listening posture and observe visual and verbal cues from the speaker.

Determine literal and implied meaning of message.

Separate own ideas and opinions from speaker's ideas and opinions.

Recognize and follow the presenter's main ideas, supporting details, and organizational structure.

Consider and respect ideas from speaker's point of view.

Identify the perspective implicit within an oral presentation and what information, arguments, or positions are not included.

Listen critically to understand and analyze oral information and ideas in oral explanations and reports, and in opinions or messages presented in the mass media.

Evaluate the effectiveness of a range of oral texts.

Note how examples, illustrations, and visual aids support or take away from the key message.