ELA21.12.10

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 12

ELA21.12.10
Determine through active listening the purpose, credibility, and effectiveness of a speaker or multiple sources of information by evaluating tone, organization, content, and verbal and non-verbal cues and identifying any fallacious reasoning or distorted evidence.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

Active listening skills.
Criteria to assess the purpose, credibility, and effectiveness of a speaker.
Strategies to evaluate the tone, organization, and content of spoken language.
Methods to identify verbal and nonverbal cues of a speaker.
Fallacious reasoning is illogical and invalid, and distorted evidence is evidence that is not presented accurately.

Skills

Students are able to:

Listen actively to a speaker to determine the purpose, credibility, and effectiveness of the presentation.
Listen actively to a speaker to evaluate the tone, organization, and content of spoken language.
Evaluate a speaker's verbal and non-verbal cues.
Identify fallacious reasoning or distorted evidence.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Spoken language can be analyzed similarly to the way one analyzes a text and an author.
Spoken language should be closely analyzed for any instances of illogical reasoning or inaccurate evidence.

Vocabulary

Active listening
Purpose
Credibility
Effectiveness
Tone
Organization
Content
Verbal cues
Non-verbal cues
Fallacious reasoning
Distorted evidence

Aligned Learning Resources

Persuasive Techniques in Advertising

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