List and briefly describe the types of major nonverbal cues the audience provides to the speaker

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Answer: The types of major nonverbal cues the audience provides to the speaker are:
1. Eye contact – the best way to determine if listeners are maintaining an interest in a speaker’s speech, the more eye contact given, the more likely they are listening to the message. If they are looking elsewhere, it is reasonable to guess the audience has lost interest.
2. Facial expression – attentive facial expressions indicate audience interest. The “listener-stupor” look gives the appearance of interest through a slightly-tiled head, a faint frozen smile, and a hand holding up the chin, however this frozen, unresponsive fact often means the listener is thinking of something else other than a speaker’s topic.
3. Movement and posture – an attentive audience does not move much, and will have a slight forward lean indicating attention. General body movement indicates a lack of interest in the message by the audience.
4. Nonverbal responsiveness – frequent applause, nods of agreement, and response when encouraged or invited to do so are all indictors of audience interest. Looking at each other before only a few tentatively responding indicates a lack of interest and enthusiasm by audience members.