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

ELA21.12.26

Locate and acquire audible information to answer a question, solve a problem, or defend a position, utilizing active listening to assess its usefulness, relevance, and credibility.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • Strategies to locate and acquire audible information.
  • Criteria to determine the usefulness, relevance, and credibility of an audible research source.
  • Credible information is accurate and reliable.
  • Information learned through listening can be used to answer a question, solve a problem, or defend a position.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Locate and acquire useful, relevant, and credible audible information in the research process.
  • Determine the usefulness, relevance, and credibility of an audible research source.
  • Use research findings to answer a question, solve a problem, or defend a position.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Listening actively can help them determine if the speaker's ideas are useful and credible to the given occasion.
  • They can use the information they learn from listening to others speak for a variety of purposes.
  • It is necessary to determine the relevance and credibility of an audible research source before using it as evidence to answer a question, solve a problem, or defend a position.

Vocabulary

  • Audible information
  • Active listening
  • Usefulness
  • Relevance
  • Credibility
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