World Languages Standards

STANDARD 1: COMMUNICATION
Students Communicate in Languages Other Than English

• Benchmark 1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
• Benchmark 2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on variety of topics.
• Benchmark 3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

STANDARD 2: CULTURES
Students Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures

• Benchmark 1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.
• Benchmark 2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied.

STANDARD 3: CONNECTIONS
Students Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information

• Benchmark 1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
• Benchmark 2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.

STANDARD 4: COMPARISONS
Students Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture

• Benchmark 1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
• Benchmark 2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and t heir own.

STANDARD 5: COMMUNITIES
Students Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home and Around the World

• Benchmark 1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.