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<h0 ref ="0" label="Maryland State Standards for World Languages">
<h1 ref ="1" label="Standard 1 COMMUNICATION">
<h2 ref ="2" label="1. INTERPERSONAL: Students exchange information orally and in writing in the target language in a culturally appropriate manner to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.">
<h3 ref ="3" label="BEGINNING INDICATOR (RECEPTIVE-IMITATIVE). A. Students engage in brief exchanges about personal interests in the target language."></h3></h2>
<h2 ref ="4" label="2. INTERPRETIVE: Students understand and interpret the target language in its spoken and written form on a variety of topics.">
<h3 ref ="5" label="BEGINNING INDICATOR (RECEPTIVE-IMITATIVE). A. Students understand spoken and written language on very familiar topics in the target language that promote the learning of basic linguistic structures"></h3></h2>
<h2 ref ="6" label="3. PRESENTATIONAL: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of wide variety of topics in the target language.">
<h3 ref ="7" label="BEGINNING INDICATOR (RECEPTIVE-IMITATIVE). A. Students engage in brief exchanges about personal interests in the target language."></h3></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="8" label="Standard 2 CULTURE">
<h2 ref ="9" label="1. PRACTICES AND PERSPECTIVES: Students demonstrate knowledge and understanding of another people's way of life, and the relationship between their patterns of behavior, and the underlying beliefs and values that guide and shape their lives.">
<h3 ref ="10" label="BEGINNING INDICATOR (RECEPTIVE-IMITATIVE). A. Students identify and describe practices and perspectives of the cultures studied."></h3></h2>
<h2 ref ="11" label="2. PRODUCTS AND PERSPECTIVES: Students demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the relationship between the products, symbols, beliefs, and values of the target culture.">
<h3 ref ="12" label="BEGINNING INDICATOR (RECEPTIVE-IMITATIVE). A. Students identify and describe the products within the cultures studied."></h3></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="13" label="Standard 3 CONNECTIONS">
<h2 ref ="14" label="1. ACROSS DISCIPLINES: Students reinforce and further knowledge of other content areas through a language other than English.">
<h3 ref ="15" label="BEGINNING INDICATOR (RECEPTIVE-IMITATIVE). A. Students access new information and reinforce existing knowledge of other content areas through the target language."></h3></h2>
<h2 ref ="16" label="2. ADDED PERSPECTIVES: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are available only through a language and its cultures.">
<h3 ref ="17" label="BEGINNING INDICATOR (RECEPTIVE-IMITATIVE). A. Students examine various topics from the perspectives of cultures where the language is spoken."></h3></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="18" label="Standard 4 COMPARISONS">
<h2 ref ="19" label="1. LANGUAGE: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and English.">
<h3 ref ="20" label="BEGINNING INDICATOR (RECEPTIVE-IMITATIVE). A. Students gain insight into the nature of English by comparing how a different language system expresses meaning and reflects culture"></h3></h2>
<h2 ref ="21" label="2. CULTURE: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.">
<h3 ref ="22" label="BEGINNING INDICATOR (RECEPTIVE-IMITATIVE). A. Students identify and compare the products, practices, and perspectives from the target cultures to their own."></h3></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="23" label="Standard 5 COMMUNITIES">
<h2 ref ="24" label="1. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.">
<h3 ref ="25" label="BEGINNING INDICATOR (RECEPTIVE-IMITATIVE). A. Students use and extend their language proficiency and cultural knowledge through face-to-face encounters and/or the use of technology both within and beyond the school setting."></h3></h2>
<h2 ref ="26" label="2. PERSONAL ENRICHMENT: Students use the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.">
<h3 ref ="27" label="BEGINNING INDICATOR (RECEPTIVE-IMITATIVE). A. Students explore opportunities to use the target language both at home and abroad while accessing a wide variety of resources where students can pursue topics of personal interest."></h3></h2></h1></h0></root>