In the context of response strategies, verbal feedback should be given:

a. by interrupting a speaker during a speech.
b. whenever a speaker rambles without focusing a point.
c. after a speaker has ended his or her speech.
d. while a speaker is pausing in the middle.


c. after a speaker has ended his or her speech.
We can provide appropriate nonverbal feedback cues while a speaker is talking and verbal feedback only after the speaker has finished. Sometimes the appropriate response is to reassure, encourage, soothe, console, or cheer up.

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