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Responding to Spoken Text
Each day we interact with others, whether it is in writing, in a face-to-face conversation or in an electronic discussion (online meeting, telephone, and so on). While we communicate, it is natural to respond. In the next few pages, we will be looking at some of the...
Speaker Characteristics and How They Influence Audiences
Any speaker’s ultimate desire is to deliver a speech to an audience that is engaged, wants to listen to the speech, interact with the speaker, and gets the planned message across that he or she intended. The opposite of the aforementioned is any speaker’s nightmare –...
Techniques Speakers and Writers Use
Proficient speakers have many techniques at their disposal to use when conveying messages to audiences. They use these techniques to achieve certain goals with their intended message. In some cases, certain information has the potential to cause damage or are...
Values, Attitudes, and Assumptions
In all texts and communication, the communicator plays a big role in the creation of meaning and the ultimate presentation thereof. Their views are also strongly influenced by the following: Values make up our belief system. Values are beliefs that guide our...