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The listening is more effective if the speaking doesn't contain added value
Hi Entessar,
I'm curious about your comment and wonder whether you could elaborate more. Could you explain what you mean?
Midgie
Hello Entessar,
I believe that your comment is inferring that speaking should be concise and not contain superlatives. Is that what you are suggesting? If so, then that also infers that the speaker has as much responsibility toward effective listening as the listener does, which is an interesting perspective.
Bill
Hi Midgie
What I mean if speaking doesn't add any benefit to the discussion then the listening will be more effective.
Entessar
Hello Entessar
Speaking and Listening both are importan to complete effective communication. Listening is important at the time of communications. As well as speaking also very much important at the time of adressing peoples,group of meeting.if there is no effective speech peoples are often to reject .Thats mean speaking is more important.
Have a great day
Pushpak
I think both are important s, try to combine it.
Each has its place. I think we should be as keen to listen as we are to make our voices heard.
I think active listening enhances the effectiveness of our speaking.
Hello Dr. Sandhya Iya,
We often have different interpretations of common terms. What does active listening mean to you?
" Active Listening" is Important and Instead of Speaking , " Talking" is Important
Listening is more important than talking because you can't talk then listen
Thanks Tebogo for sharing your thoughts. I agree that we can not listen while we are talking. It is almost like it is a one-way process; we either listen or we are talking.
can anyone explains me that.
Only listener is always responsible for effective listening or speaker plays the same role ? kindly rply
Hi Saltanat,
I see both are responsible to listen effectively when the other person speaks. To fully understand what the other person is saying, we need to be fully engaged with listening to what they are saying rather than our heads full of thoughts about what we will say next.
This is so well done! Thank you for sharing this. Not only are your points relevant to presentations, but they are also relevant to to all kinds of communication. I am inspired to apply what I have learned here.
Thanks Claire for that feedback. Clear, effective, communication is so essential in all kinds of situations ... we just need to remember to use the skills!
I would like to myself as a good listeners and in many situations ,i prefer to listen the people openion....
Listening is how we learn about other people, what they think and how they feel. It's a great skill to have - keep up your good work!
Listening is more important in my own perspective, when you listen more, you learn more
Thanks Christiana for sharing your perspective. I agree, we can learn more when we truly listen to others.
Apart from two Ears and one mouth that showed what to focus on, the Tongue is behind the Teeth while Ears are open.
Thanks Shahzad for sharing that thought. Indeed we can only truly focus on one thing at a time so while we are listening to someone, we should not be doing anything else!
That was really useful.
That's good to hear, Zahra, thanks for letting us know.