Help Learning How to Listen Brought to you by National Association of Secondary School Principals . Given the facts, it s important that your youngster understand what listening really is.
Many people define listening as the experience of receiving sounds.
But receiving sounds is hearing . Listening is the process of understanding and making sense of what has been heard. To be an effective listener, your child needs the ability to think actively about what she is hearing. Most people speak at a rate of about 125 words per minute, yet people are capable of listening to 400 words per minute. Since we re capable of listening to so much more than we actually hear, we tend to daydream or tune-out.