Of the four macro language skills: namely; listening, speaking, reading and writing, it is listening that is most often used yet is given least attention both in the classroom and in other circumstances. A survey as to number of waking hours devoted to the four language skills will reveal that a person spends more than half of his/her waking hours listening to the sounds around him/her.

      Researches, estimate that we spend more than 70 percent of our waking hours communicating with others. But many individuals complain that other people seem to care less in what they are communicating. What are the signs that the people you are communicating with are not interested with what you are saying?

1.People who make you feel you are wasting their time.

2.People who talk to their seatmates and who don’t mind to what others are saying.

3.People who interrupt while you are still talking./

4.People who move back and forth as if in a hurry to get away.

5.People who contradict what you are saying.

Listening seems to be simple, but it is a serious matter.

By: Maria Teresa C. Perez | Head Teacher III | Bonifacio Camacho National High School | Abucay, Bataan