Comprehension requires and enhances critical thinking and is constructed through the intentional interaction between reader and text.

Listening provides the opportunity to learn, reflect, and respond.

Effective speaking and listening are essential for productive communication.

Listening provides the opportunity to learn, reflect, and respond.

Information to gain or expand knowledge can be acquired through a variety of sources.

Writing is a means of documenting thinking.

Writing is a recursive process that conveys ideas, thoughts and feelings.

Purpose, topic and audience guide types of writing.

Language is used to communicate and to deepen understanding.

Spoken language can be represented in print.

Effective use of vocabulary builds social and academic knowledge.

Language is used to communicate and to deepen understanding.