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25. Listening
Listening is
receiving
language through the ears.
Listening
involves
identifying the sounds of
speech and processing
them into words and
sentences. When we listen,
we use our ears to receive
individual sounds (letters,
stress, rhythm and pauses)
and we use our brain to
convert
these
into
messages
that mean something to us.
Listening in any language
requires
focus
and
attention. It is a skill that
some people need to work
at harder than others.
People who have difficulty
concentrating are typically
poor listeners. Listening in
a second language requires
even greater focus.