Communication plays a vital role in our lives, both at professional and personal levels. To be an influential communicator one needs to develop all the skills i.e. listening, speaking, writing and reading. All the skills are equally important for effective communication and language learning. Listening as an important component has an instrumental role in developing communication skills as well as in second language acquisition. It has been found that people who posses good listening abilities can also develop impressive social skills. Active listening practices can help the learners acquire good communication skills along with aspects of language learning. The paper deals with the process of listening and guidelines to develop active listening.Communication plays a vital role in our lives, both at professional and personal levels. To be an influential communicator one needs to develop all the skills i.e. listening, speaking, writing and reading. All the skills are equally important for effective communication and language learning. Listening as an important component has an instrumental role in developing communication skills as well as in second language acquisition. It has been found that people who posses good listening abilities can also develop impressive social skills. Active listening practices can help the learners acquire good communication skills along with aspects of language learning. The paper deals with the process of listening and guidelines to develop active listening.
Keywords: communication, listening, active listening
