UP:WL17.WL.L4.6
Knowledge
Students know:
- how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
- the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
- background knowledge of the target culture.
Skills
Intermediate Mid Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- identify and interpret basic information from authentic sources, such as news articles, event flyers, invitations, and advertisements.
- identify a few target language news sources and stores.
- use the target language to learn about other disciplines.
- use information learned in the target language in other disciplines.
- use the target language to make comparisons of similarities and differences in countries where target language is spoken.
- use the target language to converse and present on a variety of topics and other disciplines.
- use the target language to invesitgate and describe information learned in the target language.
Students are able to:
- identify and interpret basic information from authentic sources, such as news articles, event flyers, invitations, and advertisements.
- identify a few target language news sources and stores.
- use the target language to learn about other disciplines.
- use information learned in the target language in other disciplines.
- use the target language to make comparisons of similarities and differences in countries where target language is spoken.
- use the target language to investigate, explain, and present connections made with other disciplines.
- use the target language to present to and interact with others for a variety of purposes in a variety of time frames and moods.
- make oral or written presentations in the target language on topics being studied in other classes.
- describe and compare key characteristics of countries where the target language is spoken.
- research and compare how countries where the target language is spoken deal with current global issues (i.e., environment, economic crisis, migration, etc.).
- research and report on contributions of the cultures that use the target language to science, medicine, and government.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- proficiency in a foreign language is a vehicle to gaining knowledge that can only be acquired through that language and its culture.
- world language learning offers opportunities to uncover big ideas in and about other disciplines.
- strategies used to acquire a language are transferable to other areas of learning throughout life.
- a second language facilitates the acquisition of information about the world outside our experiences.