World Languages

Fourth Year Standards

Standard 1: 
Exchange a variety of oral and written information and ideas in the target language on topics related to contemporary events and issues, utilizing cultural  references where appropriate.(MLIV.1)

Standard 2: 
Initiate, sustain, and close oral and written exchanges in the target language, applying familiar vocabulary and structures to new situations. (MLIV.2)

Standard 3: 
Interpret verbal and non-verbal messages in the target language (MLI.4)

Standard 4: 
Present (individually and/or in groups) information orally and/or in writing using familiar and new vocabulary, phrases, patterns, sentences (paragraph length discourse). (MLIV.5)

Standard 5:
Present student-created, as well as culturally-authentic, stories, poems, and/or skits in the target language.  (MLIV.5)

Standard 6:
Understand, describe, and discuss perspectives, practices, and products of the cultures where the target language is spoken and how they are interrelated. (MLIV.6)

Standard 7:
Reinforce and broaden knowledge of connections between the target language and other subject areas. (MLIV.7)

Standard 8:
Investigate the similarities and differences that exist within and among the cultures studied. (MLIV.8)

Standard 9:
Reinforce knowledge of the English language through the study and analysis of the target language. (MLIV.9)

Standard 10:
Apply language skills and expand cultural understanding by accessing information for recreational, educational, and occupational purposes, outside the classroom. (MLIV.10)

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