Introduction to Speech Terminology Review

Person who has a message to communicate & begins the communication process

• receiver

• sender

• topic

• encoding

Receiver's response to the sender, includes messages sent in response to other messages

• topic

• sender

• feedback

• noise

the process of turning thoughts into communication

• encoding

• feedback

• sender

• receiver

the process of turning communication into thoughts

• encoding

• feedback

• sender

• decoding

a sensory route on which a message travels to the receiver for decoding

• medium

• noise

• receiver

• encoding

anything that interferes with a message being sent between participants in a communication encounter

• receiver

• sender

• feedback

• noise

a series of actions on the part of the sender and the receiver of a message and the path the message follows

• noise

• Communication Process

• nonverbal communication

• sender

communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech

• communication process

• listening

• receiver

• nonverbal communication

transfer of information through either the literal spoken or written word

• listening

• verbal communication

• receiver

• nonverbal communication

Understanding and interpreting sound in a meaningful way.

• listening

• nonverbal communication

• feedback

• noise