How am I as a listener...

How am I as a listener…? Some may say that it is just a simple question… But I cannot answer that easily. I’ve learned that there are certain kinds of listener. These are static, monotonous feedback giver, overly expressive, reader/writer, eye avoider, pre-occupied, waiting, and thought completing. Static seems like a no-reaction listener. I am not that kind. A monotonous feedback giver has same reactions to whatever he/she heard. I am also not that kind. An overly expressive is really expressive with his/her emotions that can sometimes be identified as exaggeration. I am sometimes like that especially when I am mad. I am really mad if I am mad. :) A reader/writer is a listener who writes everything. I don’t think that’s possible to write everything in full words not unless that person knew how to do short-hand writing. I don’t like to write so I am not that kind. An eye avoider is a person who avoids eye contact. I do practice eye contact with people but I am not good at it. Pre-occupied… Hmmmm… I don’t think I am a pre-occupied listener because if someone wanted to talk to me, I have to stop whatever I was doing to listen. If one sees me talking to somebody and I am doing another thing, I am not really listening. It just looks like it. One may think that I am actually listening but I am not. If I am doing both things at the same time, my focus is on what I am doing and not listening. :) Hehehehe…Waiting listeners are people who just wait for the cue that it’s their turn to speak. I am not like that because I don’t even like speaking especially in front of an audience.

Honestly, I am an attentive listener but I have low listening comprehension. Therefore I should think of ways on how to improve my listening comprehension.