Listening

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Listening is a common phrase that few can even tell its actual meaning. It’s not a wonder to hear one tell their colleague “you are not listening” while they cannot say what listening is. According to Coakley and Halone (1997), listening is a process of being attentive to an action. There are two types of listening seen in human beings; they include; typical and active listening. Typical listening is the power of perceiving sounds without giving further mind concentration while active listening is a form of listening that utilises all senses and attention to tone and subsequent response to the speaker.
In everyday life active listening is inevitable and though I have utilised it all along. Situations have arisen when I have fallen a victim of failing to use active listening while in another occasion improvement of the same had to be applied. While conversing in the midst of a crowd active has not always been part of me being unable either to capture my speaker’s words or interjection from the crowd fully. Lack of interest has also been a significant blow to active listening as the brain cannot be forced to accept what it doesn’t want. Physical injury and hearing problem that is inborn have also had a significant role in my active listening skill. Nevertheless, in a classroom situation where the lecturer may have no time to go through the course again, receiving warnings or counselling sessions has forced my improvement to active listening.
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