Ohio's Academic Content Standards in English Language Arts

Communications: Oral and Visual Standard
Students learn to communicate effectively through exposure to good models and opportunities for practice. By speaking, listening and providing and interpreting visual images, they learn to apply their communication skills in increasingly sophisticated ways. Students learn to deliver presentations that effectively convey information and persuade or entertain audiences. Proficient speakers control language and deliberately choose vocabulary to clarify points and adjust presentations according to audience and purpose.

By the end of the K - 2 program:

A.  Use active listening strategies to identify the main idea and to gain information from oral presentations. (ORC Resources) B.  Connect prior experiences, insights and ideas to those of a speaker. (ORC Resources) C.  Follow multi-step directions. (ORC Resources) D.  Speak clearly and at an appropriate pace and volume. (ORC Resources) E.  Deliver a variety of presentations that include relevant information and a clear sense of purpose. (ORC Resources)

By the end of the 3 - 4 program:

A.  Demonstrate active listening strategies by asking clarifying questions and responding to questions with appropriate elaboration. (ORC Resources) B.  Respond to presentations and media messages by stating the purpose and summarizing main ideas. (ORC Resources) C.  Use clear and specific vocabulary to communicate ideas and to establish tone appropriate to the topic, audience and purpose. (ORC Resources) D.  Identify examples of facts and opinions and explain their differences. (ORC Resources) E.  Organize presentations to provide a beginning, middle and ending and include concrete details. (ORC Resources) F.  Clarify information in presentations through the use of important details from a variety of sources, effective organization and a clear focus. (ORC Resources) G.  Deliver a variety of presentations, using visual materials as appropriate. (ORC Resources)

By the end of the 5 - 7 program:

A.  Use effective listening strategies, summarize major ideas and draw logical inferences from presentations and visual media. (ORC Resources) B.  Explain a speaker's point of view and use of persuasive techniques in presentations and visual media. (ORC Resources) C.  Vary language choice and use effective presentation techniques, including voice modulation and enunciation. (ORC Resources) D.  Select an organizational structure appropriate to the topic, audience, setting and purpose. (ORC Resources) E.  Present ideas in a logical sequence and use effective introductions and conclusions that guide and inform a listener's understanding of key ideas. (ORC Resources) F.  Give presentations using a variety of delivery methods, visual materials and technology. (ORC Resources)

By the end of the 8 - 10 program:

A.  Use a variety of strategies to enhance listening comprehension. (ORC Resources) B.  Analyze the techniques used by speakers and media to influence an audience, and evaluate the effect this has on the credibility of a speaker or media message. (ORC Resources) C.  Evaluate the content and purpose of a presentation by analyzing the language and delivery choices made by a speaker. (ORC Resources) D.  Demonstrate an understanding of effective speaking strategies by selecting appropriate language and adjusting presentation techniques. (ORC Resources) E.  Give informational presentations that present ideas in a logical sequence, include relevant facts and details from multiple sources and use a consistent organizational structure. (ORC Resources) F.  Provide persuasive presentations that use varied speaking techniques and strategies and include a clear controlling idea or thesis. (ORC Resources) G.  Give presentations using a variety of delivery methods, visual displays and technology. (ORC Resources)

By the end of the 11 - 12 program:

A.  Use a variety of strategies to enhance listening comprehension. (ORC Resources) B.  Evaluate the clarity, quality, effectiveness and overall coherence of a speaker's key points, arguments, evidence, organization of ideas, delivery, diction and syntax. (ORC Resources) C.  Select and use effective speaking strategies for a variety of audiences, situations and purposes. (ORC Resources) D.  Give persuasive presentations that structure ideas and arguments in a logical fashion, clarify and defend positions with relevant evidence and anticipate and address the audience's concerns. (ORC Resources) E.  Give informational presentations that contain a clear perspective, present ideas from multiple sources in logical sequence and include a consistent organizational structure. (ORC Resources) F.  Give presentations using a variety of delivery methods, visual displays and technology. (ORC Resources)