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