Explain the seven elements of the speech communication process. How do these elements interact to determine the success or failure of a speech?

The seven elements of the speech communication process are:

• speaker
• message
• channel
• listener
• feedback
• interference
• situation

Situation is the time and place in which speech communication occurs. Interference is anything that impedes the communication of a message. Feedback is the messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker. Listner is the person who receives the speaker's message. Channel is the means by which a message is communicated. Message is whatever a speaker communicates to someone else. Speaker is the person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.