The goal of language arts instruction is
a. for students to develop communicative competence.
b. for students to develop the ability to use language appropriately in a variety of social contexts.
c. for students to effectively use the four language systems (phonological, semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic systems).
d. All of the above.
D
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What will be an ideal response?
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