remove distractions
One of the most helpful strategies to verify your understanding of what a speaker has said is to paraphrase what you think you heard and ask for confirmation. This involves restating the key points in your own words and checking if you interpreted the message correctly. Additionally, asking clarifying questions to fill in any gaps or uncertainties in your understanding can also be effective.
remove distractions
Ask questions
Firstly, distractions should be limited.
CONTEXT
Righting down everything the speaker says
parroting
Speaker of the House?
paraphrasing
After the Vice President is the Speaker of the House. After the Speaker is the President pro tempore of the Senate. Following that is the Secretary of State.
Next in line after VP is Speaker of the House.
The best way for a listener to verify his understanding of a speaker's argument before agreeing or disagreeing
I would suggest an electronics store like Best Buy, they have a wide variety of speaker parts and the staff is very helpful in finding what your looking for