The Listening Checklist Step 3 of 9 33% Expressive Listening: Our internal atmosphere This is the kind of listening that is directed within us. We use it to listen to ourselves and to gauge and control our voice when we speak and sing. Flat and monotonous voice Hesitant speech Weak vocabulary Poor sentence structure Overuse of stereotyped expressions Inability to sing in tune Confusion or reversal of letters Poor reading comprehension Poor reading aloud Poor spelling Thank you!