Redefining literacy and basics

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The development of functional communication competence in children must center on more than reading and writing; children must develop competencies related to a broad array of communication situations involving speaking and listening as well. Five functions of communication—controlling, sharing feelings, informing, ritualizing, and imagining—are offered as the communication focus of a language arts program. An effective instrumental program should enable children to expand their repertoire of communication acts, to sharpen their criteria for selection from among communication acts, to perfect their skills in implementing strategic choices, and to increase their accuracy in assessing the effects of their communication attempts.

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