Decoding process by learners – UGC NET Question

Decoding is the receiver’s process of interpreting symbols and constructing meaning. Students interpreting the teacher’s words and gestures are decoding.

Option A:
Encoding is done by the sender (teacher), not by students who receive and interpret messages.

Option B:
Decoding is students’ meaning-making from the teacher’s verbal and non-verbal cues, exactly as described.

Option C:
Channeling refers to the medium/path of the message, not the interpretive process.

Option D:
Filtering is selective attention/alteration, not the basic act of understanding the message.