ABE 90: English Language Arts Speaking and Listening I

Core topics for this course are detailed in the College & Career Readiness Standards for English Language Arts/Literacy Levels A and B. Successful students will achieve 80% competency in 80% of the core topics.

Speaking and Listening Standards:

S&L CCR Anchor 1: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

• Level A: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners in small and larger groups.
  • Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
  • Build on others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.
  • Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.
• Level B:  Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
  • Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
  • Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
  • Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.
  • Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.

S&L CCR Anchor 2:  Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

• Level A: Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
• Level B: Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

S&L CCR Anchor 3:  Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.

• Level A: Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
• Level B: Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.

S&L CCR Anchor 4:  Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

• Level A: Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
• Level B: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.

S&L CCR Anchor 5: (none for Levels A or B)

S&L CCR Anchor 6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

• Level A: Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly. Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation. (See Language standards 1 and 3, below)
• Level B: Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See Language standards 1 and 3, below)