Paraphrasing

The second skill that I chose to help me achieve my goal is Paraphrasing. Paraphrasing is restating a speaker’s thoughts/ and or feelings in the listener’s own words. Paraphrasing is basically restating what the person you are talking to said, so that you can check for accurate comprehension. This is also known as the empathic response. An example would be, you feel discouraged because you have two tests this week, and you believe there is not enough time for you to study as much as you would like to.
Since I live in a dorm with three other girls I have decided to use my skill paraphrasing with my roommates. As I walked into my dorm I noticed my roommate Jennifer sitting at her computer with a sad look on her face. After hanging my book bag up, I approached her and said, Jennifer what is wrong, you seem to look a little upset. Jennifer turned toward me with a melancholy face and said, yeah Melissa, I am a little upset, I studied so hard from my Economics test and I got a D on it....