By nodding your head, making sure they know you understand or agree with what they are saying. Have a good posture makes them feel comfortable. Eye contact is essential to make them feel seen, payed attention to. If the audience is leaning in to the speaker, it helps the speaker know that the audience is engaged and attentive.

An effective listener would process the information and actively listen no matter how slow they might speak. Being able to be patient is a great skill to have. It could also be time to write down any questions you wanted to ask during their speech. It is ideal to nod along and non verbally let them know they are being heard.

The three main barriers are anticipating, judging, and reacting emotionally. The most problematic would be reacting emotionally because it might feel as if it cannot be controlled. It takes great effort to be able to see the good in the bad when it took a long time to get over it.

To separate the positive from the negative and draw a clear line in between. Trust is a fundamental part because if the speaker or listener don't have trust, they aren't able to connect. Be considerate of different opinions and point of views. They might take offense to something that was said light-heartedly.

Attention: when actively paying attention, you are able to focus on that objective. Paying attention to body language is necessary because you are able to decipher the message the speaker wants to be received. It also helps to know what the speaker is feeling. Being attentive to what they say can be meaningful because you are able to see things from a different point of view and able to learn from it.

Eye contact is ideal to make the audience feel like they are being talked to and to feel comfortable. Body language if used right can send a good message of being confident, professional, and open. Clear projection is essential for the message to be received. It is important to not speak in a monotone.

Scenario/Situation: My dad tells me to clean my room but I forget because I didn't listen correctly.It would have been ideal to focus directly to what he had to say instead of multi-tasking while he spoke to me.

A disagreement is how the internet is needed for everyday life. I think that people can survive without electronics, however, it was brought to my attention how we still need it daily for school, work, etc. While this is true, you can ask teachers for a physical copy of the assignment. At work, you could express your thoughts and try to come up with a solution.

Listening is actively paying attention and processing what is being said. Hearing is when you can hear what is being said, but not processing and interpret the information. Everyone can hear, but not all can listen. Active listening is to be open to other opinions and paying thoughtful attention to the speaker.

It can make you learn and become a better listener and speaker. Listening makes you come up with ways to entertain and connect with an audience when speaking. Actively listening helps enhance critical thinking when a message needs to be interpreted in a different way.Listening can make the speaker feel heard and important.