So yeah.. As you've read by the title, I'm sure you'll know what I mean. Of course it's about listen. Well; ,it's not about that 'listen listen listen' cases.. But something we all should know about.. The importance of listening. As we came into this world, the first thing that we actually is neither walking nor talking. But actually, the first thing we learnt was listening. Am i right??? Well, yeahhh... listening skill is very crucial and important in our daily life actually.. Where it involves you and the other party. It may sounds easy to you, BUT... if you didn't practice it, you may fail in another thing also...

 Here's a bit of the importance of listening that i've read somewhere else through website. Enjoy reading it! :)

KEY POINTS

  • The listening process involves five stages: receiving, understanding, evaluating, remembering, and responding.
  • Active listening is a particular communication technique that requires the listener to provide feedback on what he or she hears to the speaker.
  • Three main degrees of active listening are repeating, paraphrasing, and reflecting.

TERMS

  • Listening 
    The active process by which we make sense of, assess, and respond to what we hear.
  • Active listening 
    A particular communication technique that requires the listener to provide feedback on what he or she hears to the speaker.

EXAMPLES

  • Fully engaged listening might involve listening to a lecture, taking notes, considering what's being said, and asking questions.

FIGURES

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    Degrees of Active Listening
    There are several degrees of active listening.

Listening Is More than Just Hearing

Figure 1
Listening is a skill of critical significance in all aspects of our lives--from maintaining our personal relationships, to getting our jobs done, to taking notes in class, to figuring out which bus to take to the airport. Regardless of how we're engaged with listening, it's important to understand that listening involves more than just hearing the words that are directed at us. Listening is an active process by which we make sense of, assess, and respond to what we hear.
The listening process involves five stages: receiving, understanding, evaluating, remembering, and responding. These stages will be discussed in more detail in later sections. Basically, an effective listener must hear and identify the speech sounds directed toward them, understand the message of those sounds, critically evaluate or assess that message, remember what's been said, and respond (either verbally or nonverbally) to information they've received.
Effectively engaging with all five stages of the listening process lets us best gather the information we need from the world around us.

Active Listening

Active listening is a particular communication technique that requires the listener to provide feedback on what he or she hears to the speaker, by way of restating or paraphrasing what they have heard in their own words. The goal of this repetition is to confirm what the listener has heard and to confirm the understanding of both parties. The ability to actively listen demonstrates sincerity, and that nothing is being assumed or taken for granted. Active listening is most often used to improve personal relationships, reduce misunderstanding and conflicts, strengthen cooperation, and foster understanding.
When engaging with a particular speaker, a listener can use several degrees of active listening, each resulting in a different quality of communication with the speaker. This active listening chart (Figure 2) shows three main degrees of listening: repeating, paraphrasing, and reflecting.
Active listening can also involve paying attention to the speaker's behavior andbody language. Having the ability to interpret a person's body language lets the listener develop a more accurate understanding of the speaker's message.