• STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

    COMMUNICATION

    Communicate in Languages Other Than English  

    Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange

    opinions. 

    Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.  

    Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

     

    CULTURES

    Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures 

    Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the

    relationship between the practices and perspectives of the

    culture studied. 

    Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the

    relationship between the products and perspectives of the

    culture studied.  

         

    CONNECTIONS

    Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information 

    Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of

    other disciplines through the foreign language. 

    Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the

    distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures. 

     

    COMPARISONS 

    Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture 

    Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied

    and their own. 

    Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the

    concept of culture through comparisons of the culture studied

    and their own.

     

    COMMUNITIES 

    Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home and Around the World 

    Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond

    the school setting. 

    Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long

    learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
Last Modified on August 16, 2011