This document discusses strategies for improving listening skills, which are important for success as a student and beyond. It identifies different types of listening, such as active listening which allows interaction, and passive listening which does not. It provides tips for being a better listener, such as maintaining eye contact, focusing on content rather than delivery, and avoiding distractions. Common problems with listening like daydreaming are also discussed, along with steps one can take to improve listening like preparing to listen and watching the speaker. The importance of listening in college is emphasized.

6. 1.Combative Listening happens when we are more interested in promoting our own point of view than in understanding or exploring someone else’s view. 2. Attentive Listening we are genuinely interested in hearing and understanding the other person’s point of view. 3. Reflective Listening is the single most useful and important listening skill. In active listening we are also genuinely interested in understanding what the other person is thinking, feeling, wanting or what the message means, and we are active in checking out our understanding before we respond with our own new message.

16. 4.Listen closely to questions asked by other students. Often classmates may have the same doubts about information as you. If another student asks a question listen carefully, write down the question and the correct answer. 5.Be interested in the topic. Developing an interest in new information will show your professor that you care about the class and that you are eager to acquire new information. 6.Practice staying focused when your attention slips. When you find your attention wandering, bring yourself back to the present. Sit up straighter. Put both feet flat on the floor. 7.Repetition, Repetition, Repetition. Practice your listening skills. When you are studying, study aloud and repeat the material several times. Over learning is one way of making sure information travels from your short-term memory to your long-term memory.

20. 4. Ask questions and try to see the other person's point-of-view. Don't assume that you know what the person saying if things are not making sense for you. If you are unsure of the meaning ask for clarification and then if you are still not sure repeat it back to them. 5. Acknowledge the other person's feelings; make them feel like you understand and that it is okay to feel the way they do. 6.Be patient when you don't understand; getting upset won't solve any problems but will only create more. 7.Express your point-of-view and make a conscious choice about your response.

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