• NYS Deptarment of Education Standards

    Students will be able to communicate effectively in the target language in order to function in a variety of contexts and for multiple purposes. 

    Students will be able to interpret information that is heard, received, viewed from a variety of texts including authentic resources.

    Students will be able to interact and negotiate meaning in spontaneous, spoken, visual, or written communication and express feelings, preferences, and opinions.

    Students will be able to present information and ideas for various audiences to describe, inform, narrate, explain, or persuade.

    Students will be able to identify, describe, compare, and explain the practices, products, and perspectives of the cultures studied.

    Students will use the language to identify, describe, and explain the products, practices and perspectives.

    Students will be able to compare and contrast the products and practices of other cultures and their own.

                 
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  • ACTFL STANDARDS

    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 cultures studied and their own.

    COMMUNITIES
    Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home & 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.
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