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<h1 ref ="1" label="PreK-12 STANDARD 1. Interpersonal Communication. Students of modern languages will converse in a language other than English to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. ">
<h2 ref ="2" label="Stage 1: Using selected words, phrases, and expressions with no major repeated patterns of error, students will:">
<h3 ref ="3" label="1.1   Greet and respond to greetings"></h3>
<h3 ref ="4" label="1.2   Introduce and respond to introductions"></h3>
<h3 ref ="5" label="1.3   Ask and answer questions"></h3>
<h3 ref ="6" label="1.4   Make and respond to requests"></h3>
<h3 ref ="7" label="1.5   Exchange information and knowledge"></h3>
<h3 ref ="8" label="1.6   Express likes and dislikes"></h3>
<h3 ref ="9" label="1.7   Express needs and emotions"></h3></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="10" label="PreK-12 STANDARD 2: Interpretive Communication. Students will understand and interpret ideas and information written or spoken in a language other than English. ">
<h2 ref ="11" label="Stage 1: Using selected words, phrases, and expressions with no major repeated patterns of error, students will:">
<h3 ref ="12" label="2.1  Follow directions"></h3>
<h3 ref ="13" label="2.2   Understand some ideas and familiar details"></h3>
<h3 ref ="14" label="2.3   Obtain information and knowledge"></h3>
<h3 ref ="15" label="2.4   Read or listen to and interpret signs, simple stories, poems, and informational texts"></h3></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="16" label="PreK-12 STANDARD 3: Presentational Communication. Students of modern languages will write and speak in a language other than English to present information, concepts, and ideas on a variety of topics. ">
<h2 ref ="17" label="Stage 1: Using selected words, phrases, and expressions with no major repeated patterns of error, students will:">
<h3 ref ="18" label="3.1 Express opinions and ideas"></h3>
<h3 ref ="19" label="3.2 Express needs and emotions"></h3>
<h3 ref ="20" label="3.3 Express agreement and disagreement"></h3>
<h3 ref ="21" label="3.4 Describe people, places, and things"></h3>
<h3 ref ="22" label="3.5 Write lists and short notes"></h3>
<h3 ref ="23" label="3.6 Present information in a brief report"></h3></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="24" label="PreK-12 STANDARD 4: Cultures. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the traditions, perspectives, practices, and products of the culture studied, including human commonalities as reflected in history, literature, and the visual and performing arts. ">
<h2 ref ="25" label="Stage 1: Using selected words, phrases, and expressions with no major repeated patterns of error in the target language, and using English when necessary, students will:">
<h3 ref ="26" label="4.1   Use appropriate words, phrases, expressions, and gestures in interactions such as greetings, farewells, school routines, and other daily activities."></h3>
<h3 ref ="27" label="4.2   Interact appropriately in group cultural activities such as games, storytelling, celebrations, and dramatizations"></h3>
<h3 ref ="28" label="4.3   Identify distinctive cultural aspects of the target culture presented in stories, dramas, films, and photographs"></h3>
<h3 ref ="29" label="4.4   Identify distinctive cultural products from the target culture such as toys, clothes, foods, currencies, games, traditional crafts, and musical instruments"></h3>
<h3 ref ="30" label="4.5  Identify distinctive contributions made by people in the target culture"></h3>
<h3 ref ="31" label="4.6   Demonstrate knowledge of artistic expression in the target culture by identifying, learning, and performing songs, dances, or memorizing poems; by identifying and making examples of crafts or visual arts using traditional techniques such as brush painting, paper folding, or mosaics"></h3>
<h3 ref ="32" label="4.7   Demonstrate knowledge of the target culture's geography by naming features such as rivers, mountains, cities, and climate on maps"></h3></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="33" label="PreK-12 STANDARD 5: Linguistic Comparisons. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparison of the language studied with their own. ">
<h2 ref ="34" label="Stage 1: Using selected words, phrases, and expressions with no major repeated patterns of error in the target language, and using English when necessary, students will:">
<h3 ref ="35" label="5.1  Ask and answer questions regarding similar/different phonetic/writing systems used in the target language"></h3>
<h3 ref ="36" label="5.2   Give examples of ways in which the target language differs from/ is similar to English"></h3>
<h3 ref ="37" label="5.3   Give examples of borrowed and loan words"></h3>
<h3 ref ="38" label="5.4   Identify linguistic characteristics of the target language and compare and contrast them with English linguistic characteristics"></h3></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="39" label="PreK-12 STANDARD 6: Cultural Comparisons. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparison of the target culture with their own.">
<h2 ref ="40" label="Stage 1: Using selected words, phrases, and expressions with no major repeated patterns of error in the target language, and using English when necessary, students will:">
<h3 ref ="41" label="6.1   Ask and answer questions regarding different forms of communication in the target culture and their own such as signs, symbols, displays, and inscriptions"></h3>
<h3 ref ="42" label="6.2   Describe patterns of behavior of the target culture, such as celebrations, and compare/contrast them with those of their own culture"></h3>
<h3 ref ="43" label="6.3   Describe some cultural beliefs and perspectives relating to family, school, and play in both target culture and their own"></h3>
<h3 ref ="44" label="6.4   Identify and discuss cultural characteristics of the target culture and compare and contrast them to cultural characteristics of their own culture"></h3></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="45" label="PreK-12 STANDARD 7: Connections. Students of modern and classical languages will use the target language to reinforce and expand their knowledge of other disciplines and to acquire new information and knowledge. ">
<h2 ref ="46" label="Stage 1: Using selected words, phrases, and expressions with no major repeated patterns of error, students will:">
<h3 ref ="47" label="7.1   Obtain information and knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in the target language"></h3></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="48" label="PRE K-12 STANDARD 8: Communities. Students will use languages other than English within and beyond the school setting. ">
<h2 ref ="49" label="Stage 1: Using selected words, phrases, and expressions with no major repeated patterns of error, students will:">
<h3 ref ="50" label="8.1 Apply knowledge of the target language and culture beyond the classroom setting"></h3></h2></h1></h0></root>