Students use language processes and strategies for continuous learning. Students use personal experience, the printed word, and information gained from observation as a basis for constructing meaning. Students use language to clarify thought. Students synthesize information from a variety of sources. Students critically analyze and evaluate language.
Descriptors a. Listen and respond appropriately to oral information.
Use oral and written language to acquire new information and to reflect on and clarify one's own learning. Apply language skills to solve real-world problems individually and with others. Select, access, and use information from a variety of print and non-print sources across the curriculum. Use writing processes to aid comprehension, summarize research, and share information with others. Students demonstrate competence in standard English.