Decide whether the following situation calls for passive or active listening. a group of friends chat about the latest trends. passive active

The situation calls for active listening.

Explanation:

In passive listening, the listener's attention is not fully directed to what is being said. It's the sort of listening we do when we listen to music while focused in other tasks, such as studying or cleaning the house. When you listen to someone passively, you may grasp some part of what is being said to you, but not the details. The main message might be lost.

In active listening, the listener is mindful of what is being said. Not only he/she is listening to every word, but also processing the information, learning something from it and forming his/her own opinion. The listener also offers feedback by reacting, demonstrating somehow that their attention is engaged, maybe by making comments or simply by moving their heads. If friends are talking to you about the latest trends, the best thing to do is to actively listen to them; offer some insight as well, take in the information they offer, and make sure they feel like their words matter.

read this excerpt from “incidents in the life of a slave girl.”

i went about my evening work with trembling steps. mr. flint twice called from his chamber door to inquire why the house was not locked up. i replied that i had not done my work. "you have had time enough to do it," said he. "take care how you answer me! "

i shut all the windows, locked all the doors, and went up to the third story, to wait till midnight. how long those hours seemed, and how fervently i prayed that god would not forsake me in this hour of utmost need! i was about to risk everything on the throw of a die; and if i failed, o what would become of me and my poor children? they would be made to suffer for my fault.

at half past twelve i stole softly down stairs. i stopped on the second floor, thinking i heard a noise. i felt my way down into the parlor, and looked out of the window. the night was so intensely dark that i could see nothing. i raised the window very softly and jumped out. large drops of rain were falling, and the darkness bewildered me. i dropped on my knees, and breathed a short prayer to god for guidance and protection. i groped my way to the road, and rushed towards the town with almost lightning speed.

what is the main idea of this excerpt?

harriet worked for a man called mr. flint who became very impatient when she did not finish her work.

harriet waited until after midnight to run down the stairs and jump out of a window into the rain.

harriet was a frightened young girl who found the faith and courage to leave her home for an unknown life.

harriet felt very nervous about running away because she did not like being alone in the darkness.

explanation:

the african society basically suffered the consequences of colonization and apartheid directly attacking the black people, first, during the colonialism and its main idea which which "white people" had better rights, affecting   them principally in the right to establish black people in their territories, access to quality education and health services and took away any civil right even to the black people to feel they have the same opportunities as the settlers.