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West, Judy Ferguson – 1983
Listening skills are the most used and least taught of the communication skills. However, in 1978 the United States federal government, through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, added listening and speaking to reading, writing, and arithmetic as determinants of literacy and needed basic competencies. Through the 1978 legislation, funds…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Guidelines
