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After living in Portugal for 15 years and teaching English in various capacities there, including at the University of Aveiro, I moved back to the United States in 2019. Returning for our church was the best decision we have ever made and God has been so good to us. Reading the Bible everyday and trying to keep the commandments of Jesus are my priorities, along with loving my family and all the people God has put into my life. Helping people is something I enjoy doing, and meeting the individual needs of students who want to learn English is important to me.

Friday, September 11, 2015

Everybody Loves Raymond- Active Listening

Everybody Loves Raymond
Raymond Uses Active Listening






Vocabulary
‘Cause- short for because
Active listening- a skill or technique someone uses to make a conscious effort to understand what someone is saying
Reflect back- think about and reiterate what happened in the past (one technique used in active listening).
Rip up- tear something up, destroy
Handling this- dealing with this, controlling a situation
Don’t go by me- don’t use me as the normal standard (in this phrase Ray is making the case that he is exceptional).
Dragged you- forced you to go
Mastered it- became an expert in an area
Where do you get off- what makes you think you can or should do something; you have no right to do that.



Questions
1.     When Debora asks Ally why she did this and told her this is terrible, what does Ray say?
2.     Whose giraffe is it?
3.     What is Ally’s response to the question of why she did it?
4.     Debora tells her that ‘cause is not an answer and what does Ray say?
5.     Does Debora believe that active listening works?
6.     Debora asks Ally if she’s feeling angry and what does Ray say to Debora?
7.     Debora tells Ally that what isn’t ok to do when we’re angry?
8.     What is Ray’s response to this?
9.     Ray tells Ally that she’s angry because it used to be her toy and she agrees.  He says “I see, I see” and that she thinks what?
10. What does Debora tell Ray?
11. Why does Ally ask for the giraffe back?
12. Debora says it’s pretty amazing and that he did it, and what does Ray ask?
13. Why does Ray tell Debora not to “go by him?”
14. He tells Debora not to worry that she’ll ____________.
15. What would Ray still be saying if Debora hadn’t dragged him to that stupid class?
16. Ray tells Debora that she’s feeling inadequate because he mastered it before her and what does she ask him?




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