Listening. Listening Skills and Communication

This group is a collection of lenses about listening and communication.

Everybody talks, but nobody listens....  The lenses here have the aim to help people re-discover, how great listening can be and how, by actively listening, the communication between individuals and groups can become a lot more harmonious. 

Listening - the forgotten Skill

In this time of hectic communication and information overload, it seems that the skill of listening has gone lost....

Let's get it back into focus, after all, if everybody talks and nobody listens, there is no communication anymore, not to speak of discussion and exchange!

Featured Listening Lenses

featured lens Reflective Listening Skills

Reflective Listening Skills are extremely important. In general, most people talk too much and simly don't listen! Managers and other employees spend more than 40 percent of their time listening to other people but often do it so poorly that the resu...

featured lens Job Interview Questions and Answers

"Job Interview Questions and Answers" can make THE big difference. It can decide if you get that coveted job or if fail the interview and get coldly rejected! Preparing well for a job interview is a MUST. I'll try to help you prepare by rec...

featured lens Positive Affirmations

Positive Affirmations will get your mind to start working for you, rahter than against you. Reach your goals much easier by using positive affirmation several times a day. The audios on this lens, the tips and the small helpers in form of yewelry, T-s...

Listening to Audio Books

featured lens Audio Books 101

Audio Books are now becoming an other viable method to 'read' books. It's sometimes simply not possible to read, even though you feel like it and your mind is only used to a fraction by a manual chore you're doing. In a car audio books can not be be...

featured lens Childrens Audio Books

Childrens books are a great way to learn about the world. Unfortunately many kids don't like to read, so, it's important to show them how interesting books can be. Childrens Audio Books are a good method and a first step to introduce books to childr...

featured lens Audio Books Free Download

Audio Books Free Download - The Free Audiobooks offered by almost all online audio book stores are a lot of fun: You get audios for free because the store wants to provide its customers the possibility to test the system of their shop, the compatabil...

featured lens Top 10 Audio Books

There is certainly more tha one top 10 audio books list, but here's mine: I love audio books and am constantly travelling with at least two or three on my MP3 player. I use audio books to learn languages and I'm using audio books to simply relax. Wh...

Listening Lensmasters

Listening to Foreign Languages

featured lens Learn To Speak Japanese

Learn To Speak Japanese - Speaking Japanese is inevitable, if you want to start understanding the Japanese culture. Japan has been keeping apart of the rest of the world for a long time. That means that culture, the way people treat each other and a...

featured lens Pimsler - Pimsleur

The Pimsler Spanish Learning System is extremely easy to use and brings results fast.  Pimsleur has developed a system that lets you learn by just listening to the audio and your brain does the rest! By the way: You got here by using the search...

featured lens Learn To Speak Italian

Learn To Speak Italian and feel like an Italian native citizen next time you visit Italy. Italian is a very melodious language that is a lof of fun to communicate in. To learn to speak Italian language with audios is a great method. Listening to audio...

featured lens Learn French

Learn French and talk to over 300 million people in their native language! French is one of the important languages in the world, and learning French can be a lot of fun; it's not half as difficult as you may initially believe. By using the Pimsleur...

featured lens Learn English Language

To learn the English Language is a lot easier than you think! You can learn English in a few weeks. With the Pimsleur method you will be speaking and understanding English in a short time. This can be achieved with little effort. Just listening to th...

Lensmasters Who have rencetly joined the Listenig Group

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Listening to MP3 Audio Books from Famous Authors

featured lens Terry Goodkind

Terry Goodkind is an American author. He is the 'father' of the fantasy series 'The Sword of Truth' which has reached many readers: more than 10 million books in print! Now these great fantasy novels are also avalaible as downloadable audio books: Te...

featured lens William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright. Many critics and literary scientists say, that he is the greatest author for the English language to ever live. Now many of his plays are available as downloadable audio books: William Shakespea...

featured lens Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet and author. He is specifically known for his many short stories and his biting wit. During the Victorian aera he was a big celebrity and certainly the most successfull playwright. Oscar Wilde MP3 Audio Books...

featured lens Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English author. Her books marked the beginning of more freedom for women in England. Now her famous novels are also available as downloadable audio files: Jane Austen MP3 Audio Books Downloads Online   

featured lens Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allen Poe was an American poet, author, playwright and editor. The books of this classical writer are now also available as audiobooks, ready for download online and your MP3 player: Edgar Allen Poe MP3 Audio Books Download Online

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