State of New Jersey Department of Education

STANDARD 3.4 (LISTENING) Grade Twelve

Strands with Cumulative Progress Indicators

A. Active Listening

  1. Explore and reflect on ideas while hearing and focusing attentively.
  2. Listen skillfully to distinguish emotive and persuasive rhetoric.
  3. Demonstrate appropriate listener response to ideas in a persuasive speech, oral interpretation of a literary selection, or scientific or educational presentation.

B. Listening Comprehension

  1. Listen to summarize, make judgments, and evaluate.
  2. Evaluate the credibility of a speaker.
  3. Determine when propaganda and argument are used in oral forms.
  4. Listen and respond appropriately to a debate.