What is better: to speak or to listen?
362499
the best answer is to know the appropriate time for both.
738359
You should make your speech more interesting like.. hard words in it, which you can understand. You should have a clear voice and not be afraid to say it, and you should make sure that it's right and understandable.
89432
When I find that I have something to say, but the other person doesn't want to listen, I listen to them first. It doesn't matter if you already know what they are about to say, or what they are thinking, everyone just wants someone to hear them. So after they are done talking/crying/yelling or whatever, then you talk to them calmly about how you feel about the situation. Don't be so quick to blame, just talk. If they still don't want to listen to you, then let them go,  they'll know where to find you once they are ready to listen.
134799
Explain that communication is a two way street. There is listening to hear an opinion, and talking to share your opinion.  Listening is shutting up and paying attention, and talking is repectfully communicating with your own voice.
434543
When someone states, "here, here" they are saying that they are in agreement with the speaker/group.  \n\nIf they said, "hear, hear," they would be asking others to listen or saying that they are hearing something but without offering condonement or agreement to/among the group.
520155
Have we heard you speak? kind of hard to answer
463323
Just relax and be yourself. But more important, if you want to learn to talk, you have to first learn how to listen...
1061482
~Listen closely:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nor, with a British accent:\n\n\n\nDid you get that?
640396
Listening is the most important part of a conversation.  It appears that you have been doing that.  If the person you are communicating with seems to know a lot about everything, you need to direct the conversations toward some topics you know most about. Keep yourself informed about current events and topics you and your friend find interesting.  If a "good conversationalist" talks all of the time and never listens, then he is NOT a good conversationalist.  He is then, a "know-it-all", lacking in listening skills and in consideration for others.
807595
A good speaker will make every member of her audience feel like she is speaking to them.  Therefore, making eye contact with the listeners is essential.  It makes the listeners feel that you think they are important.  Just be sure you don't lose your place if you are reading.
929773
No, "talk" needs to be followed by a preposition and/or something like about, through, over, up, to, etc. You need to use "speak" in this case.
174301
The correct spelling is hear.........and you can use both
767902
Some people listen/ hear better by watching people's lips when they talk....kinda like lip reading.
528377
become knowledgeable about a lot of subjects. I read on the bus on the way home. Always listen activley more than you speak. Being a good listener helps you inject more data into a conversation and be perceived as interesting. Smile lots. Learn to see when a person loses interest and move conversation.
1111897
instead of waiting to speak, learn to listen to others.  Actually reflect on what they have just said and see what IMPORTANT contributions you can bring into the conversation.  Stay away from speaking about yourself, that only makes you boring.  Speak with confidence and bring about only positive reflections, negativism will make you a turn off.  People want to be with and speak to positive people who listen to them and with whom they can have genuine conversations.
920421
Actually, in most places the correct verb for this context is "speak", but you'll hear "talk" substituted by some speakers.  Some people may think of such a speech pattern as "uneducated", but it could well be a dialectal thing.
320429
Best bet is to use your mouth to form words.