6 Ways To Improve Your Listening Skills
Provide Indications
Let the speaker know that you are actively involved by paying attention to the speaker. Assure the speaker that you are interested in his speech. Keep eye contact, good gestures or even a small token of appreciation. If the speaker notices that the listener is ignorant to his talks, it becomes boring for the listener. Giving verbal and non-verbal clues helps the speaker to be more confident thus contributing to an effective learning process.
Concentrate
Focus on what the speaker is saying. Though external factors may play an important part in the listening process, a person cannot concentrate until he is willing to pay attention and hear what the speaker has to say. It is therefore advised that an individual start with a dialogue, perceive the matter and interpret it correctly.
Avoid Instant Feedback
Refrain from formulating immediate response about the speaker. Listening plays an important part in the communication process, therefore effective decision should be taken so that there is no breakdown in the dialogue, also give space to each conversation to interpret correctly. It should be seen as a challenge and not as conflict between the speaker and the listener.
Be Prepared
A listener should try to prepare himself regarding the topic beforehand, so that he can interact with the speaker directly without any wastage of time. This is only possible when the listener is willing to ask questions and participate in discussions with the speaker.
Accept Changes
A listener should be able to accept any revision while he is interacting with the speaker. This will help the communication process to run smoothly. It has been seen that much of the time is consumed in defending a particular sequence or a word or phrase. If the listener is able to refrain himself from it, the process would go uninterrupted.
Choose The Right Atmosphere
It is always better to choose the right environment so that the listener does not get distracted by any external noise such as phone calls, loud noise from machines, hot and humid room temperature etc. Be sure the environment is conducive to listening.
Let the speaker know that you are actively involved by paying attention to the speaker. Assure the speaker that you are interested in his speech. Keep eye contact, good gestures or even a small token of appreciation. If the speaker notices that the listener is ignorant to his talks, it becomes boring for the listener. Giving verbal and non-verbal clues helps the speaker to be more confident thus contributing to an effective learning process.
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Focus on what the speaker is saying. Though external factors may play an important part in the listening process, a person cannot concentrate until he is willing to pay attention and hear what the speaker has to say. It is therefore advised that an individual start with a dialogue, perceive the matter and interpret it correctly.
Avoid Instant Feedback
Refrain from formulating immediate response about the speaker. Listening plays an important part in the communication process, therefore effective decision should be taken so that there is no breakdown in the dialogue, also give space to each conversation to interpret correctly. It should be seen as a challenge and not as conflict between the speaker and the listener.
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Be Prepared
A listener should try to prepare himself regarding the topic beforehand, so that he can interact with the speaker directly without any wastage of time. This is only possible when the listener is willing to ask questions and participate in discussions with the speaker.
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Accept Changes
A listener should be able to accept any revision while he is interacting with the speaker. This will help the communication process to run smoothly. It has been seen that much of the time is consumed in defending a particular sequence or a word or phrase. If the listener is able to refrain himself from it, the process would go uninterrupted.
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Choose The Right Atmosphere
It is always better to choose the right environment so that the listener does not get distracted by any external noise such as phone calls, loud noise from machines, hot and humid room temperature etc. Be sure the environment is conducive to listening.
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