Explain how encoding and decoding operate in the public speaking context

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Answers should include:
Encode: A speaker, or source, translates the images in his or her mind into a message/code made up of verbal (speech) or nonverbal (gestures) symbols that an audience can recognize.
Decode: how a listener understands a speaker. Listeners receive a message through visual and auditory channels. The listener may not be able to decode the message if speakers have trouble finding words to convey ideas, or if they are sending contradictory nonverbal symbols.

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What will be an ideal response?

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