Answers for Week ten's Listening Activity.

Interacting with Your Audience –
Listening ANSWERS


1. What do you need to do in the first place?
ANS: Prepare for the discussion

2. What is an essential part of a seminar?
ANS: The discussion (at the end)

3. What should you do before you respond to a question?
ANS: Think about what you're going to say; reflect on it for a moment; don’t rush in to answer.

4. When you are posing questions to the audience, name 2 pieces of advice that are given.
ANS: Repeat it (so that the entire audience knows what you have asked); put them on the board; put them on your PowerPoint slides

5. In the ‘Responding to Difficult Questions’ section, what does the word ‘tactfully’ mean?
A. Quickly B. Loudly C. Politely D. Powerfully
ANS: C. Politely

6. What should you attempt to delay (postpone)?
ANS: Any questions aimed at resolving specific problems

7. Name two pieces of advice if you can’t answer a question.
ANS: Just say so; offer to research an answer and get back to the questioner later; suggest resources which will help the questioner answer the question for themselves

8. If people try to dominate the discussion, you should try to ignore them.
True / False / Not Given
ANS: False – You should acknowledge their participation

9. When someone answers a question, what should you be prepared to do?
ANS: Ask further questions

10. When is it appropriate to interrupt a question?
ANS: When it has become “vague or rambling”

11. In the ‘Turn Taking’ section, what does the word ‘recapping’ mean?
A. Giving a handout B. Writing down C. Asking questions D. Summarising
ANS: D. Summarising

12. This seminar was about the same length as the one that the audience will have to give.
True / False / Not Given
ANS: False – “My seminar is longer than what you have to present.”

13. What does the speaker do because the audience has listened?
ANS: Thank them

14. China’s economy has grown quickly over the last 10 years.
True / False / Not Given
ANS: Not Given