Role Play Reflection

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The role play in class allowed me to analysis what I need to work on as a listener and how to make a friend feel comfortable opening up to me. The second role play felt easier to me with my partner, Ashlyn, because we talked in class about different ways to be a good listener. To be a good listener you have to reflect on their feelings, paraphrase, summarize, problem-solve, give advice when appropriate, and ask questions. Being a good listener can completely change the way a conversations goes. When a speaker feels listened to, they feel more comfortable to talk about what is going on and makes them feel cared about. This experience was a positive because it helped me grow as a listener and learn to try to understand what the underlying feeling …show more content…

When I am listening to someone I continually ask questions throughout the conversation. Asking questions is not a bad thing, but sometimes asking to many can make the speaker feel like you are not really hearing what they are saying. A way that I can make the speaker feel listened to is by paraphrasing what they are saying. One place during the role play that I could have paraphrased is when she told me that she does not like seeing dad sick and she tries to avoid the problem. Rather than jumping straight to asking a question when she said that, I should have said, "So you are saying that since dad is sick and you do not like seeing him sick, you try to ignore what is really going on so that it does not make you sad." Paraphrasing would have made Ashlyn feel like she is really being listened to and understood.
Overall, I believe that I did a good job on asking her open-ended questions that she felt comfortable answering and questions that allowed her to open up to me. I reflected on her feelings by showing empathy and maintained eye contact showing her that I was truly listening to what she was saying to me. I also gave suggestions, but was not pushy and made she that she knew that it was completely up to her if she wanted to take the advice. I still need to work on paraphrasing and getting a little deeper into her feelings, but in general I think I used most of the ways of being a good listener in my role

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