Which of the following techniques will help listeners improve their attending skills?
a. Empathizing with the conditions of a speaker
b. Reducing potential distractions from the listening environment
c. Playing intense music to focus on a speech
d. Providing feedback cues when a speaker speaks
b. Reducing potential distractions from the listening environment
The first step to becoming a good active listener is to train to focus on or attend to what people are saying regardless of potential distractions. A listener must work consciously to block out wandering thoughts that might come from a visual distraction, an auditory distraction, or a physical distraction.
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