Teaching Speaking and Listening in the K-12 Classroom: Current Status, Rationale, and Resources

Authors

Pamela Cooper, University of South CarolinaFollow
Mary Bozik, University of Northern IowaFollow
Sherwyn P. Morreale, National Communication AssociationFollow

Abstract

This article reviews the growing awareness of the need for communication competence for high school students, both those entering the workplace and those enrolling in college. The National Communication Association (NCA) and its members have worked diligently to help students achieve these communication competencies by providing National Standards and resource material for K-12 language arts teachers and administrators. Evidence is offered to support the claim of growing recognition and the process of developing these materials is described, implications for the development and use of these materials to the communication discipline are explored and four challenges are outlined. The Standards and a sample lesson are included.

Journal Title

Iowa Journal of Communication

Volume

36

Issue

2

First Page

113

Last Page

124

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Cooper, Pamela; Bozik, Mary; and Morreale, Sherwyn P. (2004) "Teaching Speaking and Listening in the K-12 Classroom: Current Status, Rationale, and Resources," Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 36: No. 2, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol36/iss2/3

Copyright

©2004 Iowa Communication Association