So what I like to do to improve my verbal communication is I like to participate in group discussions and I also like to do live presentations and I like to get live feedback from my peers. I feel like this is the best way to kind of gain confidence and just get an overall effectiveness in verbal communication and as far as my listening skills, what I do to improve that is I like to implement techniques like maintaining eye contact and I like to just minimize any distractions that can go on while the conversation is taking place.