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Performance Indicators: A. Ask and respond to questions about familiar topics based on their own lives and interests. B. Express and elicit feelings and emotions in the target language. C. Comprehend and produce vocabulary in appropriate context when engaged in conversations or correspondence. D. Provide and exchange detailed information on familiar topics in formal and informal social situations.
Performance Indicators: A. Identify main ideas, topics and specific information in a variety of authentic auditory, written, or signed materials. B. Apply comprehension strategies to interpret text.
Performance Indicators: A. Read authentic passages aloud with appropriate pronunciation, phrasing and intonation. B. Narrate stories about experiences or events familiar to them orally. C. Write narrative and expository/informational compositions in the target language. D. Deliver oral presentations related to the culture in which the target language is spoken.
A. Compare the target language with English to better understand language systems. B. Describe practices and perspectives of target culture(s). C. Explain how perspectives are related to cultural practices of target culture(s). D. Explain how political, literary, and material products reflect the perspectives of target culture(s). E. Explain how target culture(s) contribute(s) to culture where student lives.
Performance Indicators: A. Identify connections between target language and another content area using either English or the target language. B. Use their knowledge of the target language to identify and make connections with specialized vocabulary used in various fields of study. C. Explain the importance of culture and language acquisition in a 21st century global economy. D. Use language within and beyond the school setting.