DOCUMENT RESUME ED 423 560 CS 509 904 TITLE Competent Communicators: K-12 Speaking, Listening, and Media Literacy Standards and Competency Statements. INSTITUTION National Communication Association, Annandale, VA. ISBN ISBN-0-944811-26-4 PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 71p. PUB TYPE Guides - Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Standards; Audience Awareness; *Communication Skills; Elementary Secondary Education; *Listening Skills; Mass Media Use; *Speech Communication IDENTIFIERS Communication Behavior; *Media Literacy ABSTRACT In response to the need for intentional, organized education in speaking, listening, and media literacy, the National Communication Association provides the Standards and Competency Statements in this document. The Standards and Competency Statements are not designed to be used as a curriculum; rather, they are designed to enhance and support curriculum. The Competency Statements under each of the 20 Standards are categorized according to three dimensions of communication competence: knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes. Within each of those three dimensions, the Competency Statements are grouped according to content and, when appropriate, increasing levels of difficulty. Some of the 20 Standards are: competent communicators demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the relationships among the components of the communication process and the influence of the individual, relationship, and situation on communication; competent communicators demonstrate the ability to demonstrate sensitivity to diversity when communicating; competent speakers demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the speaking process, and the ability to adapt communication strategies appropriately and effectively according to the needs of the situation and setting; competent listeners demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the listening process, and the ability to use appropriate and effective listening skills for a given communication situation and setting; and media literate communicators demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the ways people use media in their personal and public lives, and the ability to use media to communicate to specific audiences. Supplemental information includes the process for developing the standards and competency statements. (RS) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************************************
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DOCUMENT RESUME
ED 423 560 CS 509 904
TITLE Competent Communicators: K-12 Speaking, Listening, and MediaLiteracy Standards and Competency Statements.
INSTITUTION National Communication Association, Annandale, VA.ISBN ISBN-0-944811-26-4PUB DATE 1998-00-00NOTE 71p.
PUB TYPE Guides - Non-Classroom (055)EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS Academic Standards; Audience Awareness; *Communication
Skills; Elementary Secondary Education; *Listening Skills;Mass Media Use; *Speech Communication
IDENTIFIERS Communication Behavior; *Media Literacy
ABSTRACTIn response to the need for intentional, organized education
in speaking, listening, and media literacy, the National CommunicationAssociation provides the Standards and Competency Statements in thisdocument. The Standards and Competency Statements are not designed to be usedas a curriculum; rather, they are designed to enhance and support curriculum.The Competency Statements under each of the 20 Standards are categorizedaccording to three dimensions of communication competence: knowledge,behaviors, and attitudes. Within each of those three dimensions, theCompetency Statements are grouped according to content and, when appropriate,increasing levels of difficulty. Some of the 20 Standards are: competentcommunicators demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the relationshipsamong the components of the communication process and the influence of theindividual, relationship, and situation on communication; competentcommunicators demonstrate the ability to demonstrate sensitivity to diversitywhen communicating; competent speakers demonstrate knowledge andunderstanding of the speaking process, and the ability to adapt communicationstrategies appropriately and effectively according to the needs of thesituation and setting; competent listeners demonstrate knowledge andunderstanding of the listening process, and the ability to use appropriateand effective listening skills for a given communication situation andsetting; and media literate communicators demonstrate knowledge andunderstanding of the ways people use media in their personal and publiclives, and the ability to use media to communicate to specific audiences.Supplemental information includes the process for developing the standardsand competency statements. (RS)
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