Although the contents and authority in listening education has increased, there remains a need to study further the true nature of listening education. The main purpose of this study is to investigate this issue from three perspectives. First, listening is closely related to the thinking processes in speech production that facilitate communication. Second, listening is a responsive behavior and an active reaction. Third, listening has different purposes that create distinct or distorted memories of a situation. Based on the nature of listening above, this research will suggest three kinds of orientation: (a) identify the different educational approaches, (b) find an appropriate educational method that encourage active response, and (c) differentiate the methods by three categories, namely, interpersonal communication, group communication, and mass communication.