What is active listening?

a. Listening attentively and asking clarifying questions

b. Repeating to yourself what a speaker has said

c. Interrupting the speaker with questions

d. Listening closely and asking yourself questions

It can be a and d since Active listening is a way of listening and responding to another person that improves mutual understanding. Often when people talk to each other, they don=t listen attentively. They are often distracted, half listening, half thinking about something else.