STANDARD 7.2 (CULTURE) Pre-Advanced Learner Range
| According to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), students who have begun the study of a second language in kindergarten in a program that meets a minimum of 3 times a week for thirty minutes in the elementary school and 5 times a week for forty minutes in the middle school and high school should meet the following cumulative progress indicators by the end of Grade 12. |
Strands with Cumulative Progress Indicators
A. Interpretive Mode (understanding and interpretation of spoken or written communication)
- Analyze how the changing economic and political environment influences the development of new products and contemporary practices in the target culture.
- Compare and contrast how the target country(ies) and the U.S. deal with current environmental issues.
- Compare and contrast varying perspectives that exist in different target cultures as seen in television, film and other forms of the media.
- Compare and contrast tangible products of the target culture(s) to their own culture and formulate a rationale about why people produce and use them.
B. Interpersonal Mode (direct spoken and written communication)
- Interact in a wide range of social and professional contexts that reflect both peer-group and adult activities within the culture studied, using appropriate etiquette in verbal or non-verbal communication.
- Discuss culturally authentic selections listened to, read, or viewed to demonstrate insights gained into the products, practices and perspectives of the target culture(s).
- Compare and contrast for discussion common social practices in the U.S. and target culture(s) related to universal life events, such as birth, marriage, and death.
- Analyze for discussion observable patterns of behavior and social conventions of various age groups in the target culture(s) and compare them with the U.S.
- Analyze for discussion relationships among past and current economic and political structures and their impact on the perspectives of the culture(s) studied.
C. Presentational Mode (spoken and written communication for an audience)
- Develop a persuasive rationale showing how the study of the target language and its culture(s) influences attitudes and views on diversity.
- Simulate activities characteristic of the transition between high school and the workplace/university in the target culture.
