Active Listening
Active Listening
A technique of communication that requires the listener to understand, interpret and evaluate what he or she hears.
Alert
Clear-headed and responsive.
Body Language
Nonverbal communication through gestures, facial expressions, behaviors, and posture.
Comprehension
Understanding the meaning of something.
Repetition
When sounds, words, phrases, lines or stanzaz are repeated for emphasis.
Communication
A connection allowing access between persons or places.
Paraphrasing
Putting the message, ideas and feelings you have perceived from the message into words.
Feedback
Reactions and responses to messages
Responding
Showing others how you regard their message.
Retaining
Storing the information you have heard at one time in your head.