When the classroom communication is circular, the teacher-encoder will be a/an:

CONCEPT: In a circular communication model, communication is not one-way. Each participant both encodes messages and decodes feedback, so the sender also interprets the receiver’s response.

The key idea is role reciprocity: feedback turns the encoder into a decoder before the next message is framed.

APPLICATION: Apply that rule to the classroom situation.

1. The teacher first encodes an idea, instruction, or question for students.

2. Students respond through answers, questions, facial expressions, or other feedback cues.

3. Because the communication is circular, the teacher must decode those responses before continuing.

4. So the teacher-encoder functions as an active decoder in the same communication cycle.

CONTRAST: Check the offered roles by their meanings.

• Active decoder: this role actively interprets feedback and keeps the interaction moving.

• Passive observer: this role watches without active interpretation or response.

• Negative receiver: this describes an unfavourable receiving attitude, not the model role.

• Restive coder: this suggests restless or uncontrolled sending, not cyclical feedback handling.

RESULT: The teacher-encoder will be an active decoder.