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<h0 ref ="0" label="Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Languages Other Than English: Subchapter C. High School. Levels III and IV - Intermediate Progress Checkpoint Knowledge and Skills:">
<h1 ref ="1" label="(1) Communication. The student communicates in a language other than English using the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.">
<h2 ref ="2" label="(A) engage in oral and written exchanges to socialize, to provide and obtain information, to express preferences and feelings, and to satisfy basic needs;"></h2>
<h2 ref ="3" label="(B) interpret and demonstrate understanding of simple, straightforward, spoken and written language such as instructions, directions, announcements, reports, conversations, brief descriptions, and narrations; and"></h2>
<h2 ref ="4" label="(C) present information and convey short messages on everyday topics to listeners and readers."></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="5" label="(2) Cultures. The student gains knowledge and understanding of other cultures.">
<h2 ref ="6" label="(A) use the language at the intermediate proficiency level to demonstrate an understanding of the practices (what people do) and how they are related to the perspectives (how people perceive things) of the cultures studied; and"></h2>
<h2 ref ="7" label="(B) use the language at the intermediate proficiency level to demonstrate an understanding of the products (what people create) and how they are related to the perspectives (how people perceive things) of the cultures studied."></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="8" label="(3) Connections. The student uses the language to make connections with other subject areas and to acquire information.">
<h2 ref ="9" label="(A) use resources (that may include technology) in the language and cultures being studied at the intermediate proficiency level to gain access to information; and"></h2>
<h2 ref ="10" label="(B) use the language at the intermediate proficiency level to obtain, reinforce, or expand knowledge of other subject areas."></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="11" label="(4) Comparisons. The student develops insight into the nature of language and culture by comparing the student's own language and culture to another.">
<h2 ref ="12" label="(A) use the language at the intermediate proficiency level to demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the student's own language and the language studied;"></h2>
<h2 ref ="13" label="(B) use the language at the intermediate proficiency level to demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the student's own culture and the cultures studied; and"></h2>
<h2 ref ="14" label="(C) use the language at the intermediate proficiency level to demonstrate an understanding of the influence of one language and culture on another."></h2></h1>
<h1 ref ="15" label="(5) Communities. The student participates in communities at home and around the world by using languages other than English.">
<h2 ref ="16" label="(A) use the language at the intermediate proficiency level both within and beyond the school setting through activities such as participating in cultural events and using technology to communicate; and"></h2>
<h2 ref ="17" label="(B) show evidence of becoming a lifelong learner by using the language at the intermediate proficiency level for personal enrichment and career development."></h2></h1></h0></root>