Which of the following is NOT one of the steps of active listening?

$1.$Pre$-$planning your own responses before you engage in conversation so you may more easily dismiss the speaker's concerns.

$2.$ Interpreting and assessing the meaning of the speaker's message.

$3.$ Responding to the speaker and perhaps paraphrasing what he$/$she said and clarifying anything you misunderstood.

$4.$ Receiving the speaker's message and attending to what he or she is saying, thereby making it meaningful to you.