WL17.WL.L3.6

World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - World Languages

Students know:

a variety of the target language specific vocabulary.
verb conjugations in a variety of time frames.
to incorporate background knowledge of target language countries, influential figures and topics from other disciplines studied in earlier levels.

Intermediate Low Level
Students are able to:

interpret simple statistics on daily life activities of their peers in the target language culture, such as schooling, freetime activities, and social media usage.
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.

Intermediate Mid Level
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 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.