Learning Standards for Languages Other Than English at Three Levels

 

 

 

Standard 1: Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.

 

Standard 2: Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings.

 

Standard 1 ¾ Communication Skills

Checkpoint A

Modern Languages

1. Listening and speaking are primary communicative goals in modern language learning. These skills are used or the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

 

2. Reading and writing are used in languages other than English for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.

 

Latin

1. Reading is the most important skill that students acquire in learning Latin for it is the vehicle through which communication with the ancient world is possible, and it is also the tool, along with writing, through which students become more aware of their own and other languages.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

2. Listening and speaking support the reading skills in Latin.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

Standard 1 ¾ Communication Skills

Checkpoint A

American Sign Language

1. Visual-gestural skills provide a means of communication with Deaf people in the context of the Deaf culture.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.

 

Native American Languages

1. Communication in Native languages takes place primarily to share expression of ideas, thoughts, and feelings to preserve Native cultural ideology.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

 

2. Writing systems, and therefore reading, are recent introductions to Native languages and are used primarily to encourage functional communication in the listening and speaking skills.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

Standard 1 ¾ Communication Skills

Checkpoint B

Modern Languages

1. Listening and speaking are primary communicative goals in modern language learning. These skills are used for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

 

2. Reading and writing are used in languages other than English for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

 

Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.

 

Latin

1. Reading is the most important skill that students acquire in learning Latin for it is the vehicle through which communication with the ancient world is possible, and it is also the tool, along with writing, through which students become more aware of their own and other languages.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

 

2. Listening and speaking support the reading skills in Latin.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

Standard 1 ¾ Communication Skills

Checkpoint B

American Sign Language

1. Visual-gestural skills provide a means of communication with Deaf people in the context of the Deaf culture.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.

 

Native American Languages

1. Communication in Native languages takes place primarily to share expression of ideas, thoughts, and

feelings to preserve Native cultural ideology.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

 

2. Writing systems, and therefore reading, are recent introductions to Native languages and are used primarily to encourage functional communication in the listening and speaking skills.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

Standard 1 ¾ Communication Skills

Checkpoint C

Modern Languages

1. Listening and speaking are primary communicative goals in modern language learning. These skills are used for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

 

2. Reading and writing are used in languages other than English for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.

 

Latin

1. Reading is the most important skill that students acquire in learning Latin for it is the vehicle through which communication with the ancient world is possible, and it is also the tool, along with writing, through which students become more aware of their own and other languages.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

 

2. Listening and speaking support the reading skills in

Latin.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

Standard 1 ¾ Communication Skills

Checkpoint C

American Sign Language

1. Visual-gestural skills provide a means of communication with Deaf people in the context of the Deaf culture.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

 

2. Interactive communication is possible with Deaf people through the use of signs.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.

 

Native American Languages

1. Communication in Native languages takes place primarily to share expression of ideas, thoughts, and

feelings to preserve Native cultural ideology.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

 

2. Writing systems, and therefore reading, are recent introductions to Native languages and are used primarily to encourage functional communication in the listening and speaking skills.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

Standard 2 ¾ Cultural Understanding

Checkpoint A

Modern Languages Latin

1. Effective communication involves meanings that go beyond words and require an understanding of perceptions, gestures, folklore, and family and community dynamics. All of these elements can affect whether and how well a message is received.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

1. Latin acquisition provides the cultural context for learning about the ancient world and its people. From this basis students can compare and contrast antiquity and the present and thoughtfully contemplate the future.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings.

 

American Sign Language Native American Languages

1. Key cultural traits exist within the Deaf culture, and cultural patterns are learned through the use of American Sign Language.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

1. Culture is transmitted and preserved through knowledge about the lives of Native American people and the sharing of their cultural ideology.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

Standard 2 ¾ Cultural Understanding

Checkpoint B

Modern Languages Latin

1. Effective communication involves meanings that go beyond words and require an understanding of perceptions, gestures, folklore, and family and community dynamics. All of these elements can affect whether and how well a message is received.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

1. Latin acquisition provides the cultural context for learning about the ancient world and its people. From this basis students can compare and contrast antiquity and the present and thoughtfully contemplate the future.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings.

 

American Sign Language Native American Languages

1. Key cultural traits exist within the Deaf culture, and cultural patterns are learned through the use of

American Sign Language.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

 

1. Culture is transmitted and preserved through knowledge about the lives of Native American people

and the sharing of their cultural ideology.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

Standard 2 ¾ Cultural Understanding

Checkpoint C

Modern Languages Latin

1. Effective communication involves meanings that go beyond words and require an understanding of perceptions, gestures, folklore, and family and community dynamics. All of these elements can affect whether and how well a message is received.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

 

1. Latin acquisition provides the cultural context for learning about the ancient world and its people. From this basis students can compare and contrast antiquity and the present and thoughtfully contemplate the future.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings.

 

American Sign Language Native American Language

1. Key cultural traits exist within the Deaf culture, and cultural patterns are learned through the use of American Sign Language.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students:

 

1. Culture is transmitted and preserved through knowledge about the lives of Native American people

and the sharing of their cultural ideology.

 

Students can:

 

This is evident, for example, when students: