LANGUAGE ARTS
:: 2004 :: INTRODUCTION :: OUTCOMES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STUDY
| Outcomes |
The outcomes of a successful English Language Arts curriculum are
that students can use language effectively. |
| Student Language Competencies |
Students who successfully complete a balanced and effective English
Language Arts program will be able to perform the following activities:
Use strategies and processes to improve their language use:
- by planning, adjusting, evaluating, and refining the language
they use for different purposes and audiences.
Use language to acquire, interpret, and apply information:
- by identifying, collecting, or selecting information and
ideas;
- by analyzing, synthesizing, and organizing information
to discover related ideas, concepts, or generalizations; and
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by applying, extending, and expanding on information and concepts.
Use language to critically analyze and evaluate information:
- by assessing the validity and accuracy of information and
ideas determining the value of information and ideas; and
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by developing criteria and evaluating the quality, relevance, and
importance of information and ideas.
Use language to express aesthetic and personal responses:
- by responding to personal situations and events in selections
and to personal situations and events;
- by responding to the
personal, social, cultural, and historical significance of selections
or personal experiences; and
- by responding critically and
creatively to selections or personal experience.
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