SPEAKING AND LISTENING
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Speaking and listening are critical skills required for an ever-changing and complex world. Employers expect students to graduate from high school and college with the skills needed to communicate effectively and appropriately with colleagues and other stakeholders. Additionally, students need to acquire active and empathetic listening ability to succeed in the world. Interpersonal skills are part of what colleges and employers refer to as “soft skills.” Students will develop these skills in middle school and high school in a variety of contexts, including collaborative learning, oral presentations, group discussion, and speech and debate elective offerings.
This infographic provides convincing evidence why media literacy is the single most important skill to understand and succeed in our current mediated environments.
What often blocks us from seriously listening to those who are speaking?
"What Great Listeners Actually Do?" by Jack Zenger, Joseph Folkman
You can't get your teenager off of the phone even if the 11th plague is occurring outside; it's also quite possible that your kid's mobile phone, and not you, is the recipient of adoration in your home. Take refuge: you are not alone.
This infographic provides a deeper look into and effects of media and technology on children in the U.S.
Kids can have an impact, too. Learn all about public speaking for kids with this Public Speaking for Kids Infographic. Get tips and insights and see some public speaking examples.
"Cicero Denounces Caitlin" by Cesare Maccari, 1889, Public Domain
"Freedom of Speech" by Norman Rockwell, 1940, Public Domain
"Luther Posting his 95 Theses in 1517" by Ferdinand Pauwels, 1872, Public Domain
"Cicero Denounces Caitlin" by Cesare Maccari, 1889, Public Domain