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Listening sub-skills Listening is a receptive skill and is receiving language through the ears. Listening involves identifying the sounds of speech and processing them into words and sentences. Listening for gist: It is extensive listening for skimming. This happens when we listen to get a general idea about a topic. Listening for specific information: This is when we listen to something because we went to discover one particular piece of information.