Listen Wise: Teach Students to be Better Listeners

Listen Wise is written from the perspective of a veteran NPR reporter who has been in love with audio storytelling her whole life and created a company to support teachers and students in improving listening skills. It provides personal anecdotes about listening, as well as classroom stories and teacher perspectives. It also includes research on the neuroscience of listening and auditory learning. And offers clear teaching strategies for building listening skills.

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Great for a district-wide group! The author holds virtual Q&A for 30 minutes with reading group, district leadership, or team meeting.

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The author delivers holds a 45 minute virtual Professional Development session on book highlights

301+ Books

The author can be your keynote speaker or guest speaking at your conference, meeting or event. Virtual or in person options (Travel costs not included.).

To get a discount for pre-orders of 30+ book, contact Amy Fandrei of Wiley. If ordering fewer than 30 books, your best discount will be through Amazon.

What People Are Saying

  • “If democracy and civil society are to survive, we need to start listening to one another. Listening is a key life skill, among the most-demanded by potential employers, as well as the foundation of all good relationships - so it is shocking that we don’t teach it as such in most schools. It’s a scandal if a child leaves school unable to read or write, but the vast majority leave every year without ever learning how to listen effectively - or how to look after their hearing. This book is long, long overdue and should become a vital resource in all schools as they set about designing their listening curriculum. If all schools prioritize teaching listening, the result will be a quantum increase in understanding, transforming relationships, productivity and compassion. What could be more important than that?”

    Julian Treasure, Sound and Communication Expert, Chairman, The Sound Agency 

  • “If you are looking for a clear and powerful handbook for improving students’ abilities to listen to extended and complex academic messages, this is it. Monica Brady-Myerov has written a well-researched and highly practical resource that will become a valuable cornerstone for your theory and practice.”

    Dr. Jeff Zwiers, Stanford Graduate School of Education

  • “The ability to listen and absorb information is a critical twenty-first century skill - valued in the workforce, yet too often ignored in US classrooms. How do you teach it? How do you assess whether students are good at it? How do you even know if they are doing it? Monica Brady-Myerov, an authority on teaching listening skills in the US classroom, answers all in this book. A must-read for any teacher that wants to be listened to.”

    Alistair Van Moere, PhD, Chief Product Officer, MetaMetrics