Effective listening

Listening is an important skill that takes up more walking hours than any other communicative activity. As students, listen to lectures in class and this can be done through effective listening. Effective listening is built on four basic aspects: attitude, attention, comprehension and evaluation. As an effective listener, you should not criticise or find fault with with the information you are listening to.

You should focus your attention on the information, and this can be done through eliminating internal and external barriers that hinder the understanding of the information. Next, you should be able to reflect your understanding of the information by paraphrasing it. Merely parroting the information word by word does not reflect your understanding of the information. Finally, as the amount of what you listen to every day is enormous, you should be able to evaluate the information by distinguishing what is relevant and what is not.

Super writing and good advice.