Speech and the Speech Communication Process:

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Speech

a God-given faculty which sets apart human beings from animals

major medium of communication of daily experiences

reflects men’s countless aspirations and frustrations, their proudest achievements and ignoble failures

vehicle for personality development a way of self-expression without brush or

pen

Speech Communication

the process of sharing meaning through audible and visual codes as voice, facial expression, gestures, movement, posture and the like.

a process that includes participants, context, messages, channels, noise and feedback.

Steps in the Communication Process

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Elements of Speech Communication

ParticipantsContextMessagesChannelsNoiseFeedback

Participants

The communicators who are both senders and receivers.

Senders (speaker)– encode or transform their thoughts and feelings into messages through verbal symbols and non-verbal behaviour.

Receivers (listener)– encode or process the received messages and behaviour and react to them.

Context – refers to the interrelated conditions of communication

Physical Milieu Social MilieuPsychological MilieuCultural MilieuHistorical Milieu

Messages

are meanings or ideas and feelings that are encoded and sent by means of verbal and non-verbal symbols then received and decoded into one’s own ideas and feelings

Content Structure Style

Channels – are means of accessing the messages

Aural ChannelVisual ChannelTactile ChannelOlfactory ChannelGustatory Channel

Noise

distraction that interfere with the accurate transmission and reception of a message

External Noise Internal Noise Semantic Noise

Feedback

Signifies verbal and/or nonverbal responses to messages like murmurings or asides, nods, facial expressions

Activity