Per NCF 2005, good listening includes valuing the speaker's:

1. NCF 2005 describes listening as a web of skills and values. 2. It covers the ability to pay attention and to value the other person's point of view. 3. It also covers staying in touch with the unfolding utterance. **Why not the others:** Accent, choice of words and rate of speech are surface features, not the listening values NCF names. _Source: NCERT, National Curriculum Framework 2005, section "3.1.4 Learning to Read and Write", PDF p. 60 (ncert.nic.in/pdf/nc-framework/nf2005-english.pdf)_