WL17.WL.L4.7

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

Students know:

how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
how perspectives of a target culture are portrayed through media and advertising.

Intermediate Mid Level
Students are able to:

use the target language to find and analyze information on the diverse perspectives of the target culture and make comparisons with the diverse perspectives of their own culture.
use the target language to make comparison of current events and how they are reported.
use the target language to identify advertisements and compare them with target culture and students'own culture.

Intermediate High Level
Students are able to:

use the target language to investigate, compare, and contrast current events and advertisements from the target culture to a student's own culture.
identify and explain the diverse perspectives of the target culture through the lens of a culture's perspectives.
use the target language to make comparison of current events and how they are reported.
use the target language to identify advertisements and compare them with target culture and students'own culture.
research how a major figure from history, science, or the arts is described in the target language and use it to expand what they already know.
compare how products are marketed in the target culture versus the United States.
compare news articles on front pages of newspapers from countries where the target language is spoken.

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.