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Identify the main idea of information from authentic websites and materials to interpret topics.
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Compare characteristics of the target language and the native language.
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Knowledge
Students know:
- how to recognize similarities among root words in order to aid comprehension in the target language.
- which pronouns and verb forms to use in formal and informal situations.
- how to politely ask for assistance or information.
- how to greet and thank someone formally and informally.
- that word order varies across langauges and may differ from their native language.
- that some expressions (ex. idomatic expressions) may not translate literally from language to language.
Skills
Novice High Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- use the alphabet or writing system to express ideas.
- use diacritical markings to clarify meaning when writing.
- identify appropriate situations in which to use formal and informal structures.
- memorize common idomatic expressions.
- match words from the target language to similarly structured words in the native language.
Students are able to:
- identify which situations would require formal or informal forms of language.
- use correct word order when writing and speaking about dates and descriptions.
- recognize and use very common idomatic expressions.
- match words from the target language to similarly structured words in the native language.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- languages can show formality and informality in ways different from their native language.
- cognates and false cognates exist between languages.
- not every word or phrase has an equivalent translation in another language.
- word order often differs between languages.
- by learning another language one can better understand how the native language works.
- other understandings will depend on theme taught.
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Use formal and informal forms of language.
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Compare word order for dates and placement of descriptors.
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Use high-frequency idiomatic expressions.
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Use cognates.
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Compare products, practices, and perspectives of the target culture and the native culture.
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Knowledge
Students know:
- how people in the target culture tend to spend their days.
- what holidays are celebrated in the target culture and how they are celebrated.
- a few games, fairy tales, songs, and rhymes in the target culture.
Skills
Novice High Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- identify the products, practices, and perspectives that are unique to native culture.
- identify the products, practices, and perspectives that are unique to the target language culture including celebrations, music, games, and rhymes.
- compare and contrast native and target culture products, practices and perspectives.
Students are able to:
- compare and contrast daily life activities in the target and native cultures, such as schooling, working, freetime activities, and daily routines.
- compare and contrast holiday celebrations and traditions in the target and native cultures.
- identify games, fairy tales, songs, and rhymes from the target culture and compare them with those of the native culture.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- daily routines may differ between cultures as a result of several contributing factors.
- different cultures may celebrate holidays in diverse ways.
- different cultures may celebrate different holidays.
- different cultures have original games, stories, songs, and rhymes.
- custom and tradition vary within a culture, as well as between cultures.
- by studying another culture, one can better understand and appreciate their own.
- other understanding will depend on theme being taught.
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Compare daily routines in the target culture and the native culture.
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Compare celebrations in the target culture and the native culture.
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Compare games, stories, songs, and rhymes from the native culture and those from the target culture.
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Interact using the target language within the classroom and globally.
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Knowledge
Students know:
- how to greet someone and introduce themselves
- how to ask and answer questions about basic personal information and interests.
- when to use formal and informal forms of language.
Skills
Novice High Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- identify places around the world where the target language is spoken.
- identify places in the community where the target language is spoken.
- recognize their own proficiency level.
- set own learning goals.
Students are able to:
- identify places around the world where the target language is spoken.
- identify places around the community where the target language is spoken.
- engage a native speaker in conversation on familiar, daily life topics.
- ask and answer simpler questions in speech and writing on familiar topics.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- the target language is used around the world every day in many different contexts.
- the target language can help one better understand the world around them.
- the study of world languages expands one's opportunities.
- language is a tool to connect with the world.
- other understandings will depend on theme being taught.
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Interact with speakers of the target language in person or virtually.
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Describe opportunities to use the target language beyond the classroom environment.
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Knowledge
Students know:
- that there are opportunities to use the target language within our own community and abroad.
- that there are equivalent media forms in the target language and culture to those in their native language and culture.
- how to search and locate websites in the target language on a variety of topics.
Skills
Novice High Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- access important travel documents and safety information online.
- use online resources to evaluate hotels and attractions within target language countries.
- use physical and online resources to identify and participate in celebrations within the target language countries.
Students are able to:
- identify opportunities to connect with native speakers in the local community and through exchange, travel abroad, or online.
- search for, identify, and navigate websites in the target langauge to explore their interests, such as news, blogs, music, and social media.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- the target language is used around the world every day in many different contexts.
- the target language can help one better understand the world around them.
- the study of world languages expands one's opportunities.
- language is a tool to connect with the world.
- other understandings will depend on theme being taught.
- interacting directly with the target culture and native speakers of the target language speeds up the language learning process and makes people more culturally compentent, open-minded, and tolerant.
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Participate in student exchange opportunities locally, globally, or virtually.
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Explore the internet to find sites of personal interest where they can use the target language.
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Exchange information on familiar topics with a variety of words, phrases, and simple sentences in a variety of time frames.
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Knowledge
Students know:
- the target language vocab for specific purposes.
- how to use verbs in a variety of time frames (present, preterit, imperfect, future, conditional.
Skills
Intermediate Low Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- ask and answer questions related to school subjects
- have a simple conversation on a variety of concrete topics
- relate information using basic informal commands
- construct verbs using formations that indicate past actions
- interpret meaning of question words when used in conversation and respond appropriately participate in conversations on a number of familiar topics using simple sentence.
- handle short social interactions in everyday situations.
Students are able to:
- participate in a conversation on familiar topics using sentences and series of sentences.
- handle short social interactions in everyday situations by asking and answreing a variety of questions.
- usually say what they want to say about self and everyday life.
Understanding
Intermediate-Low Level Students understand that:
- effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
- the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
- other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
- effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
- the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
- other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
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Exchange basic information about self, others, and special interests.
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Ask for and provide information on familiar topics.
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Use language to handle tasks related to personal needs.
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Interpret what is heard, read, or viewed on familiar topics in a variety of time frames.
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Knowledge
Students know:
- the target language vocabulary for specific purposes including:
- question words.
- dates, times.
- schedules.
- travel (airport).
- accepting/rejecting an invitaiton.
- likes & dislikes.
- compliments.
- descriptive words.
- messages for greeting cards.
- services being offered on a variety of sitionations.
- interests and daily routines.
- sports.
- jobs.
- weather.
- vocabulary related to travel, (customs forms, hotel registrations, information on ID.
- and can use verbs in a variety of time frames.
Skills
Intermediate Low Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- understand and determine types of listening sources
- understand location and time of an event.
- understand announcements (arrival/departure info, due dates, time and date of messages).
- understand questions and statements about daily routines, interests, scheudles)
- understand what is asked for on a form or application.
- understand basic information in a variety of contexts (weather forcasts, job postings, biographical data).
Students are able to:
- understand the main idea and details of advertisements and announcements and messages.
- understand the main idea and details of literary and non-literary texts.
- understand questions asked for surveys questionaires and forms across a variety of contexts.
- understand basic information given in ads, labels, brochures, erc across a variety of contexts
- understand the who, what, where, when, why & how of literary & non-literary texts.
Understanding
Intermediate-Low Level Students understand that:
- effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
- the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
- other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
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Describe main ideas, identify characters, and state details found in a variety of informational and literary texts.
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Use background knowledge to understand spoken and written information in the target language.
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Present information on familiar topics in a variety of time frames using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure.
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Knowledge
Students know:
- the target language Vocab for specific purposes.
- verbs in a variety of time frames.
Skills
Intermediate Low Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- write about and describe verbally appearance and personality traits, school workplace, famous place visted, holidays, vacations, typical celebrations, something learned and plans for future in a variety of time frames.
- express needs and wants for school, work, or daily life in a variety of time frames.
- give explanations.
- give multi-step instructions.
- describe plans for weekend, summer, holidays or vacations, and future.
- describe what is needed for holiday or celebration.
- write notes, outlines and drafts of presentations to be presented orally.
- write about movies, television, influential figures, proverbs and simple poems.
- create questions for discussion or reflection.
- develop os simple questionnaire or survey.
Students are able to:
- make presentations on something learned and/or future plans.
- make a report on a social event attended.
- describe childhood or past experiences.
- write a short article and give a short presentaiton on a current event.
- write about and present on a topic from an academic subject.
- describe how to plan an event.
- give short presentation on influential figures, cultural event or landmarks.
- write and present about a favorite movie, song, play, book, etc and tell why I like it.
- give presentation on historical figures or famous people and tell why they are important.
- create a flyer.
- compose a letter.
Understanding
Intermediate-Low Level
Students understand that:
Students understand that:
- effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
- the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
- other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
- effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
- the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
- other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
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Express needs, wants, and preferences.
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Present information based on topics of interest or personal experiences.
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Give oral presentations using a variety of formats.
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Investigate perspectives through practices of the target cultures.
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Knowledge
Students know:
- a variety of the target language specific vocabulary.
- verb conjugations in a variety of time frames.
- to incorporate background knowledge of cultural events studied in earlier levels.
Skills
Intermediate Low Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- address others in a culturally appropriate manner.
- identify and explain practices associated with specific target language culture events, celebrations, and holidays.
- identify and explain practices associated with the student's own events, celebrations, and holidays.
- investigate the relationship between cultural practices and perspectives.
Students are able to:
- identify how a culture's beliefs and ideas are demonstrated by how they interact with one another.
- communicate with one another in culturally appropriate ways in a variety of familiar contexts.
- investigate, analyze and reflect on the relationship of cultural products to perspectives.
- investigate, analyze and reflect on the relationship of cultural practices to perspectives.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- language and culture are inextricably linked together.
- a culture's perspectives will be reflected in their practices and products.
- an ability to communicate in another language fosters a better.
- understanding of my own language and culture.
- custom and tradition vary within a culture, as well as between cultures.
- other understandings will vary according to theme being taught.
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Examine how behaviors in the target culture relate to and reflect different types of relationships.
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Interact through role-play in a variety of familiar environments.
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Participate in hands-on activities related to cultural practices.
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Investigate perspectives through products of the target cultures.
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Knowledge
Students know:
- a variety of the target language specific vocabulary.
- verb conjugations in a variety of time frames.
- to incorporate background knowledge of cultural products studied in earlier levels.
Skills
Intermediate Low Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- utilize common target language cultural vocabulary to discuss paintings, songs, foods, etc.
- investigate and explain the relationship bewtween cultural products and perspectives.
- investigate and explain the realtion between cultural practices and perspectives.
Students are able to:
- identify how a culture's beliefes and ideas are reflected in their products by describing the target culture's art, crafts, music, dance, etc..
- analyze and clarify the purpose of the products from a target culture.
- investigate and explain the relationship bewtween cultural products and perspectives.
- investigate and explain the realtion between cultural practices and perspectives.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- language and culture are inextricably linked together.
- a culture's perspectives will be reflected in their pracitces and products.
- an ability to communicate in another language fosters a better.
- understanding of my own language and culture.
- custom and tradition vary within a culture, as well as between cultures.
- other understandings will vary according to theme being taught.
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Explain the importance of products of the target culture.
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Explain arts, crafts, or graphic representations of the target culture.
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Explain the cultural elements of music and short video clips.
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Listen to, read, and explain the purpose of products from a target culture.
