Every language has listening noises, the small sounds a listener makes to show "I am here, go on". Your variety uses "mm-hm", "uh-huh", "right", "yeah", "I see". Indian English has its own set, "hmm", "haan", "achha", "okay okay", "yes yes", "correct", "tell me", and uses them more often and more audibly than you may expect. What you will learn: • What A backchannel is • The main backchannels and their tunes • Following is not agreeing • The head wobble in words • Producing backchannels yourself • Responding to backchannels • Practice: decode the scene • Listening strategies • Self-check questions to test your ear Level: B1–B2. Self-study: listen, then take the quizzes. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.