A survey of the status of oral communication in the K-12 public educational system in the United States

Communication Education

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-148

  Hall, Barbara I ^a   Morreale, Sherywn P ^b   Gaudino, James L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b National Communication Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication education; Competencies; Language arts curriculum; Oral communication instruction; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039525103     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634529909379161     Document Type: Article

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