Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- a variety of the target language specific vocabulary.
- verb conjugations in a variety of time frames.
- to incorporate background knowledge of cultural events studied in earlier levels.
Skills
Intermediate Low Level
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
Students are able to:
- address others in a culturally appropriate manner.
- identify and explain practices associated with specific target language culture events, celebrations, and holidays.
- identify and explain practices associated with the student's own events, celebrations, and holidays.
- investigate the relationship between cultural practices and perspectives.
Students are able to:
- identify how a culture's beliefs and ideas are demonstrated by how they interact with one another.
- communicate with one another in culturally appropriate ways in a variety of familiar contexts.
- investigate, analyze and reflect on the relationship of cultural products to perspectives.
- investigate, analyze and reflect on the relationship of cultural practices to perspectives.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- language and culture are inextricably linked together.
- a culture's perspectives will be reflected in their practices and products.
- an ability to communicate in another language fosters a better.
- understanding of my own language and culture.
- custom and tradition vary within a culture, as well as between cultures.
- other understandings will vary according to theme being taught.
