Which practice fosters interactive listening by encouraging back-and-forth question-and-answer interactions?

• A. Listening to a lecture
• B. Call and response fosters question-and-answer interactions
• C. Silent reading
• D. Free play

Answer: (B)

Interactive listening rests on students actively attending, processing, and responding in a dialogue with the teacher. Call-and-response specifically creates a back-and-forth loop where the teacher prompts and students answer, often with a quick chorus or shared phrase. This structure keeps students listening for cues, helps them formulate words in real time, and provides immediate feedback that builds understanding and language skills through turn-taking. In early childhood, this approach supports oral language development, memory for information, and social communication as students practice listening, thinking, and speaking in a collaborative way. Listening to a lecture tends to be one-way, silent reading is individual, and free play, while interactive, isn’t centered on a guided question-and-answer exchange with the teacher, which is what drives interactive listening in this context.