Powerful Listening Skills | How English Speakers Show They're Listening (And How You Can Too)

How do you know if an English speaker is listening to you? Really listening?
Your ideas, stories, and opinions are important. In this lesson, you’ll know the signals English speakers use to show they are listening.
The lesson is longer than usual but necessary because you’ll learn:
- Why listening is a powerful, generous gift
- How active listening can benefit you
- How to know when English speakers are listening
- What signals you can use to show you’re listening to others
- What to say when someone isn’t listening to you (but they should be)
At Speak Confident English, we are ALL about helping you speak AND communicate with confidence.
Fun, easy, and clear communication means strong listening skills are a must.
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I am Chinese,when we listen other person speaking,we don't use verbal cues because that will give the speaker the impression that you lose your patient to listen,so we just respond when other person finished his speech and use to verbal cue

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Good afternoon Annemarie! What an honor to participate here on the channel. When I realize that I am not being heard, I do exactly as you said: I stop talking and the person then refocuses his attention. I have learned a lot here on the channel and as I said, it is a great honor to watch your videos. May God richly bless you !!!

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Get over it. Press on. I just take time to care for myself. Very helpful verbal cues. Thanks.

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I feel good when someone is listening to me. I feel interested. I think we listen on silent, because sometimes we asked are you there ? I am going to learn the verbal and not verbal cues more now that I am leaving in an english country. I need to imitate you to talk on the way you do. You’re awesome 👏🏻 thanks

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Hello I'm from India , In India( Ha , acha) it's means that yes , ok.

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This is very interesting! , Spanish is my tongue language, and we have “the good listener’s rules” , which is basically a list of steps that you must follow to have a conversation, we learn this rules at school and home , one of the rules is “listen in silence to the one speaking”

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I feel we don’t usually use verbal cues/sound to acknowledge that we are listening in our native language (Chinese). I think we would consider others are listening to us if they can make effective response or have facial expressions to react to what we say. Sometime I doubt whether Americans are really listening to me or just pretend to listen to me when they make those verbal cues you mentioned in the video.

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Nice verbal cues. One I use so much is "yeah"

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Thank you so much Annemarie, one precious lesson more. Over the years I have built a mixed way to express myself into Spanish, Portuguese and lately Franch, so I don't know exactly how I hear people and which are the verbal clues I use. To listening others I make eye contact not fixed of course and I also use to look at the hands the person who talk to me. You, for exemple use your hands as an important tool to comunicate yourself, its work perfectly, I think if I'd wacht a video of you where you speak without your hands I wouldn't undestand anything. You also have very beautiful hands. Keep doind it please. And Thank you again for everything you're doing for me. You're a great coach!!!

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