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LANGUAGE ARTS can be described as the ability to understand and use language to communicate

effectively.

Listening and Speaking

Listening and speaking skills include, but are not limited to the skills necessary in formal presentations,
but include a range of skills that are useful for oral communication and the development of
interpersonal skills.

Listening and speaking standards require students to listen to and express ideas clearly, incorporate
information received from various sources, critically assess what has been heard, adapt speech to suit
context and use visual tools and media to support the communicative process.

Target 1: Listening with a high degree of understanding to instructions, descriptions,
explanations and narration in Caribbean Standard English, in a familiar accent
in the vocabulary and sentence structure appropriate to the age of the
student.

1. Listen to identify main ideas, cause and effect and sequential order of
points presented.

2. Discriminate between Creole and Standard English usage according to
place and circumstance.

3. Actively seek to understand other perspectives and cultures through
listening.

4. Listen to critically and constructively evaluate other points of view.

5. Listen carefully to ideas and integrate information from oral, visual and
quantitative and media sources.

6. Listen to critically evaluate what you hear though asking and answering
questions.

7. Demonstrate/confirm understanding of a piece read aloud or
information presented orally by asking and answering questions about
key details in the piece heard.

Target 2: Speaking by using words exactly and precisely for his/her age to
communicate thoughts and feelings; demonstrating spontaneity in speaking
in a variety of situations.

1. Use knowledge of language and language conventions when speaking
and listening.

2. Choose words and phrases for effect and to convey ideas precisely.

3. Compare and contrast different varieties of English (such as dialects)
used in stories, plays or poems.

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