Students write competently for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Students demonstrate competence in speaking and listening as tools for learning and communicating. Students locate, select, and synthesize information from a variety of texts, media, references, and technological sources to acquire and communicate knowledge. Students read, analyze, and respond to literature as a record of life experiences. Students apply reasoning and problem solving skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing. Consider how needs can be addressed in the general education environment.