active listening

English

Noun

active listening (uncountable)

1. The process of attending carefully to what a speaker is saying, involving such techniques as accurately paraphrasing the speaker's remarks.
   • 1999, Deborah Antai-Otong, “Active listening at Work”, in The American Journal of Nursing, volume 99, number 2, page 24L:

     Active listening involves all of the senses, not just hearing.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: aktiivinen kuuntelu
• French: écoute active f
• German: Aktives Zuhören n
• Italian: ascolto attivo m
• Russian: акти́вное слу́шание n (aktívnoje slúšanije)
• Spanish: escucha activa f
• Turkish: aktif dinleme

Further reading

• active listening on Wikipedia.Wikipedia