1. The Speech Communication
Process
The Critical Components

2. The Objective
To demonstrate the process of
speech communication by
studying its critical components.

3. “Communicating is universal.”

4. The Components
 Speaker
 Listener
 Message
 Channel
 Context
 Interference
 Feedback

5. The Speaker
 The speaker is simply the
person who is delivering, or
presenting the speech.

6. The Listener
 The listener is the person
or persons who have
assembled to hear the oral
message.

7. The Message
 The message is what the
speaker is discussing or
the ideas that s/he is
presenting to you as s/he
covers a particular topic.

8. The Context
 The background of
speech communication. It
depends on the physical
location or the occasion of
the presentation.

9. The Channel
 The channel is simply the
means by which the
message is sent or
transmitted.

10. The Interference
 The obstacle that gets in
the way of the message and
interferes with the listener’s
ability to hear what’s being
said.
 It could be mental,
physical, or physiological.

11. The Feedback
 The state wherein the
audience are sending a
message of their own.
 It could be verbal or non-
verbal.

12. Question
 What the process would
look like if we used a
diagram to illustrate it? Is it
a straight line or circular?