Unit 6 - 212 Discussion

Effective Listening Student Name Institution Course Professor Date Effective Listening Listening and hearing are used as synonyms, although they are not the same thing. Hearing is an involuntary action-it is just a thing that happens when something is heard in our ears. Listening is an active process, but it requires concentration, attention, and thinking. It also involves the process of reading the message and often responding to the message in a smart way. Vani and Naik (2023) refer to listening as a practiced skill, and listening is also a significant aspect of the interpersonal communication and understanding-strengthening process. It means that, unlike hearing, listening is a conscious rather than unconscious process. I definitely have different listening styles depending on the environment. When I am attending a concert, I l...