World Languages

Second Year Performance Indicators

• Express needs and preferences

• Express feelings and emotions

• Request help and clarification

• Give simple directions

• Follow and give simple directions and instructions

• Ask simple questions and provide simple responses based on topics such as self, others, plans, and events and the intermediate environment

• Use gestures and body language to convey messages

• Demonstrate level-appropriate proficiency in oral and written exchanges involving pronunciation, intonation, and mechanics

• Identify (affirmative and negative) main ideas and essential details when listening, reading, and viewing

• Differentiate among statements, questions, and exclamations

• Interpret basic gestures, body language, and intonation

• Share main ideas and essential details from level-appropriate print and non-print materials

• Give brief, organized oral presentations, using visual and/or technological support, as appropriate

• Write short, organized narratives, using visual and/or technological support, as appropriate

• Demonstrate level-appropriate proficiency in oral and/or written presentations involving proper pronunciation, intonation, and mechanics

• Demonstrate level-appropriate proficiency in pronunciation and intonation when presenting material

• Participate in real or simulated cultural events, such as family activities and holiday celebrations

• Identify behaviors typically associated with target cultures, such as eating and shopping customs, leisure activities, and celebration of holidays

• Examine the influence of the geography of the countries studied on cultural elements such as food, clothing, dwellings, transportation, language, and art

• Give examples of the influence of the target language and culture(s) on other subjects, such as foreign words in the English language

• Share information acquired in other subjects that relates to the target language/culture (e.g., use of the metric system)

• Give information regarding major current events of the target culture(s)

• Understand the impact of major current events of the target culture(s)

• Compare and contrast traditions, such as holidays, foods, and celebrations

• Compare and contrast social conventions of the target culture(s) with the students' own cultures, such as handshaking and kissing on the cheek

• Compare and contrast the geography of countries of the target language and the students' own country and discuss its impact on culture

• Compare vocabulary usage and structural patterns of the target language with English

• Use level-appropriate idiomatic expressions in the target language

• Provide examples of the target language and culture(s) in media, entertainment, and technology

• Locate and use resources in the target language, such as individuals and organizations accessible through the community or the Internet, to reinforce basic cultural knowledge

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