Staying home longer, it seems na ka...in any case ka, it's the best for now.
Let me share with you several things I've learned from my podcast program this month ka.
When I started thinking of what to offer next in the program, I ended up going back to basics of learning....all 4 skills from listening, speaking to reading and writing. Then I decided to go for each skill per month to start with 'listening' ka.
Nothing is new....I've had lots of contributions from my Fulbright circle.
Because we have a five-week month in August, I started the first episode to tell the audience about 4 pillars of learning from a Unesco publication (1996) entitled, 'iLearning: The Treasure Within', led by Jacques Delors. Then, the emphases were on, 'Learning to Be, Learning to Know, Learning to Do, and Learning to Live Together'. I now would love to add the fifth pillar on, 'Learn How to Learn' to survive healthily in our changing world ka.
I shared what I reflected about my own experiences acquiring the 4 skills to find that my family was the source of these skills. While I always say I can't claim I love reading, I think I've read quite a bit and part of my interest in English was from my mom who subscribed to 'Bangkok World', an afternoon English newspaper for us to read after school. My appreciation to her has been endless jing jing ka.
Thanks to my work and the Ministry of University Affairs when it started offering email addresses to us. I wrote my daily message to the international cooperation group since 1997 and the tradition has further developed to be this egroup till today. Admittedly, I sometimes don't know why I keep doing it to think of what to share every week but after all, it's become my habit mung ka.
For this month, I got 4 guests to share their listening skills. The first is a trainer on listening and he stresses the importance of listening to what isn't said to know the emotions of the sender. When in cross-cultural settings, set aside our own thinking and values to let our minds open for deep listening.
This week, it's from a former judge who left her job after over 17 years ka. She shared what she heard in the courtroom. It was clear that listening was the key for her to offer her judgement by listening without judging to identify the main objective(s) of the trials. She said she had to look them into the eyes to help them relax and build trust in her that she was ready to listen.
She has practiced it further in various ways from reflecting to the time she attended UC Berkeley for her master's and doctorate. Her professors listened attentively with the desire to learn more from the students while guiding them if it was out of the way. She learns from her current boss who only says in meetings that he's ready to facilitate...simply telling him the arising issues and how to be solved, and he listens all through. Her community service has also helped her listen even better by listening to the real needs of the disadvantaged from much differing backgrounds from her.
It was really interesting to know a number of listening approaches in different contexts ka. I learn with fun and will share with you two more guests' contributions later na ka.
Cheers to deep listening ka.
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