The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the listening competence of early childhood
teachers on their teacher-parent communication difficulties and teacher-child interaction in an attempt to
provide some information on the development of the listening competence of early childhood teachers.
Three hundred and twenty two early childhood teachers participated in the study and descriptive,
correlation, multiple regression analysis were conducted. The results are as follows: First, listening
competence had a statistically significant negative correlation with teacher-parent communication
difficulties. Second, among the sub-factors of listening competence, comprehending and interpreting, and
responding exerted a statistically significant negative influence on teacher-parent communication
difficulties. Third, listening competence had a statistically significant positive correlation with
teacher-child interaction. Fourth, among the sub-factors of listening competence, responding,
comprehending and interpreting, analyzing and evaluating exerted a statistically significant positive
influence on teacher-child interaction.