{"id":5682,"date":"2014-04-12T22:36:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T06:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2023-02-01T03:39:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T11:39:58","slug":"business-english-skills-360-improving-communication-skills-1-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/12\/business-english-skills-360-improving-communication-skills-1-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills 360 &#8211; English Communication Skills (1): Listening"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5682-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.41-Mob.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.41-Mob.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.41-Mob.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>*** <\/strong>Get all the Skills 360 lessons in our free <a href=\"http:\/\/BusinessEnglishApp.com\" title=\"Business English Mobile App by Business English Pod\"><strong>Business English App<\/strong><\/a> for iPhone &#038; iPad:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/business-english-app-by-business\/id568878613\" title=\"Download BusinessEnglishApp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Download from the App Store<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-english-360\/\" title=\"Business English Skills 360 podcast\">Skills 360<\/a> for today&#8217;s lesson on how to improve your communication skills. <\/p>\n<p>We spend a lot of time looking at different ways that you can make other people understand <em>your<\/em> ideas. But what about your ability to make sure you understand what <em>other<\/em> people are saying? Some people say that there&#8217;s a good reason we have two ears but one mouth: because we should spend twice as much time <em>listening<\/em> as we do speaking. 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