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<h0 ref ="0" label="Maine State Standards for World Languages">
<h1 ref ="1" label="A. Communication:  Students communicate in the target language.">
<h2 ref ="2" label="A1 Interpersonal. Students engage in simple conversations to provide and obtain information and to express feelings and emotions by creating simple sentences and/or strings of sentences. Students of modern languages use pronunciation and intonation patterns which are comprehensible to speakers accustomed to interacting with language learners."></h2>
<h2 ref ="3" label="A2 Interpretive. Students comprehend brief conversations, narratives, and recorded material in familiar contexts. "></h2>
<h2 ref ="4" label="A3 - Presentational. Students use simple sentences and strings of simple sentences to produce short oral/signed and written presentations based on familiar topics and including a level of accuracy in form and pronunciation that could be understood by speakers accustomed to interacting with language learners. "></h2>
<h2 ref ="5" label="A4 Language Comparisons. Students compare the target language with English in order to better understand language systems.  "></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="6" label="B. Cultures:  Students demonstrate an understanding of a culture(s) in which the target language is spoken.">
<h2 ref ="7" label="B1 Practices and Perspectives. Students describe practices of a culture(s) and perspectives of a culture(s) in which the target language is spoken."></h2>
<h2 ref ="8" label="B2 Products and Perspectives. Students identify and explain the significance of objects used in daily life, works of art, or historical artifacts that reflect the perspectives of a culture(s) in which the target language is spoken."></h2>
<h2 ref ="9" label="B3 Comparisons with Own Culture. Students recognize and compare perspectives related to products and practices of a culture(s) in which the target language is spoken to the cultural perspectives of the culture in which the student lives."></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="10" label="C. Connections:  Students expand their knowledge by connecting their study of a world language(s) with other content areas.">
<h2 ref ="11" label="C1 Knowledge of Other Learning Results Content Areas. Students apply information acquired in other Learning Results content areas to further their knowledge and skills in the target language."></h2>
<h2 ref ="12" label="C2 Distinctive Viewpoints. Students locate authentic resources, available only through sources in the target language, and identify ideas about a culture(s) in which the target language is spoken. "></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="13" label="D.  Communities:   Students encounter and use the target language both in and beyond the classroom for personal enjoyment and lifelong learning.  ">
<h2 ref ="14" label="D1 Communities. Students demonstrate an understanding and use their knowledge of the target language to communicate with target language speakers, obtain information on familiar topics, and gain understanding of another culture(s)."></h2></h1></h0></root>