Active listening intentionally focuses on whom one is listening to, whether in a group or one-or-one, in order to understand what someone is saying. One should know how to be an active listener. For this, one may keep in mind the ten tips given below:
1.LISTENING CAREFULLY
2.AVOIDING DISTRACTION
3.PARAPHRASING
4.REFLECTING
5.GOING BEYOND THE SAID WORDS
6.ANSWERING PATIENTLY
7.RESPONDING WITH OWN LANGUAGE
8.ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION
9.POSITIVE BODY LANGUAGE
10.BEING PATHETIC AND NON-JUDGEMENTAL
Those are all textbook methods you got there. Though, being a good listener is more important than a speaker. Listener always effect the speaker. Thanks anyway.