Standard 1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. (Interpersonal)
1.1.1 Participate in brief guided conversations related to needs, interests, likes, and dislikes.
1.1.2 Understand and use appropriate forms of address in courtesy expressions.
Example: Greet and take leave of people appropriately, e.g., an elderly gentleman, a woman with her infant daughter, a doctor, a classmate.
Example: Respond with an appropriate wish or comment in interpersonal situations, e.g., someone sneezes, someone is celebrating a birthday, someone is leaving on an extended trip.
1.1.3 Make introductions, presenting classmates, family members, and friends.
1.1.4 Ask and answer simple questions
Example: Ask simple questions to solve problems, e.g., not understanding an assignment not hearing a direction.
1.1.5 Make routine requests in the classroom and in public places.
Example: Ask permission to go to the restroom, to sharpen a pencil, etc.
1.1.6 Describe state of being in simple phrases.
Example: Ask and respond appropriately to questions, such as, How are you? or How do you feel? and I’m fine., I’m happy., I’m hungry., I’m sleepy., I’m mad.
1.1.7 Express basic agreement and disagreement.
Example: Agree or disagree with others’ preferences with expressions such as yes, me too, and me neither.
Standard 2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. (Interpretive)
1.2.1 Read isolated words and phrases in situational contexts, e.g., menus, signs, schedules.
Example: Demonstrate comprehension of written signs through appropriate actions, e.g., push, pull, enter, exit.
1.2.2 Comprehend and respond to brief written directions and information.
Example: Demonstrate comprehension of directions to a specific place by drawing arrows on a map.
1.2.3 Read short narrative texts on simple topics.
Example: Read “books” written and illustrated by classmates on familiar topics, e.g., houses, families, favorite foods.
1.2.4 Respond to simple oral directions and commands.
Example: Perform the appropriate action in response to commands, e.g., Jump., Run., Walk., Go to the chalkboard., Return to your seat and sit down.
1.2.5 Respond to routine requests in the classroom and in public places.
Example: Respond appropriately through physical action to requests, e.g., Put your book on the desk., Go to the blackboard., Open your book to page 45., Take out paper and pencil.
1.2.6 Identify people and objects based on oral and written descriptions.
Example: Demonstrate comprehension of written vocabulary by appropriate physical response, e.g., pointing to a corresponding picture, object, etc.
Standard 3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. (Presentational)
1.3.1 Write familiar words and phrases.
1.3.2 Sing simple foreign culture songs.
1.3.3 Write a simple poem, e.g., haiku, cinquain, concrete poetry.
1.3.4 Give simple commands, directions, and instructions.
Example: Direct classmates to perform routine classroom tasks.
1.3.5 Provide simple descriptions of people, places, and objects.
1.3.6 Present short plays and skits.
1.3.7 Write short messages, e.g., postcards, personal notes.
1.3.8 Read aloud a familiar poem.
Standard 4: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture.
1.4.1 Demonstrate greeting and leave-taking behaviors in a variety of social situations.
Example: Respond appropriately to different forms of greeting and leave-taking.
1.4.2 Make and respond to introductions.
Example: Role-play introductions, employing appropriate social register.
1.4.3 Use appropriate courtesy expressions, e.g., please, thank you, excuse me, etc.
1.4.4 Make simple polite requests.
1.4.5 Recognize cultural differences, e.g., dress, foods, dwellings, gestures, concept of time, holiday celebrations.
Example: Interpret dates and times, e.g., 5/7/99 means July 5, 1999 and not May 7, 1999; 21.30 means 9:30 p.m.
Example: Identify major holidays and celebrations unique to the foreign culture.
Example: Identify similarities and differences in occupations in the foreign culture and students’ own culture.
Example: Describe what is occurring in a video of a cultural celebration.
Standard 5: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.
1.5.1 Identify the major products of the foreign culture.
Example: Create a map that illustrates products of the foreign country and their respective areas of production.
Example: Create a scrapbook of realia from the foreign culture and include personal reactions to each item, e.g., product labels, magazine ads, movie ads, newspaper articles.
Standard 6: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
1.6.1 Demonstrate knowledge of the major geographical features (e.g., mountains, rivers, major cities, etc.) of identified countries or regions where the foreign language is spoken.
1.6.2 Apply mathematical skills in the foreign language.
Example: Prepare food using appropriate units of measure, by following a recipe from the foreign culture.
Example: Convert Celsius temperatures on a foreign culture weather map to Fahrenheit.
Example: Role-play a shopping situation, employing mathematical skills to convert foreign currency.
1.6.3 Identify typical cuisine of the foreign culture.
1.6.4 Demonstrate an awareness of music and art in the foreign culture.
Example: Perform popular children’s songs from the foreign culture, e.g., singing, playing a musical instrument.
Standard 7: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its culture.
1.7.1 Read identified selections of children’s literature.
1.7.2 Extract identified information from selected authentic sources.
Example: Examine authentic movie ads and TV guides from the foreign culture to become familiar with current entertainment trends in contemporary society.
Example: Examine a collection of advertisements from the foreign culture media to determine popular items in the culture.
Standard 8: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
1.8.1 Recognize word borrowings among languages.
Example: Study a map of Indiana and identify the locations (e.g., cities, rivers, etc.) that have a name derived from the foreign language.
Example: Identify dictionary words that come from the foreign language.
1.8.2 Identify different titles of address used in the foreign country.
1.8.3 Recognize differences in the writing systems among languages.
1.8.4 Recognize that other languages and/or dialects may be spoken by large groups of people within the foreign culture.
Standard 9: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
1.9.1 Compare daily living patterns in the foreign culture with students’ own culture.
Example: Identify similarities and differences in school subjects and class schedules in the foreign culture.
Example: Describe similarities and differences of modern dress in the foreign culture.
Example: Describe shopping patterns in the foreign culture.
Example: Identify similarities and differences in verbal and non-verbal behavior between the foreign culture and students’ culture.
Example: Identify foods in students’ culture that are originally from the culture being studied, e.g., sushi from Japan, crepes from France, gyros from Greece, couscous from Morocco, etc.
1.9.2 Discuss cultural stereotyping.
Standard 10: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
1.10.1 Discover applications and uses of the foreign language within the local community.
Example: Identify occupations in want ads and Internet job searches for which the foreign language would be helpful.
1.10.2 Practice oral or written use of the foreign language with family, friends, or peers.
Example: “Try out” the language at home with parents or siblings, by sharing what was learned in class that day.
Example: Initiate a conversation or respond to questions from the teacher in the foreign language outside the classroom.
1.10.3 Write and illustrate paragraphs on familiar topics to present to school and community.
1.10.4 Recreate for the school or community an event or product from the foreign culture.
1.10.5 Participate in foreign language club activities which benefit the school or community.
Standard 11: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
1.11.1 Express interest in various aspects of the foreign culture.
Example: Identify examples representative of the foreign culture in the community, e.g., decorative arts, architecture, cuisine, products sold, etc.
Example: Identify countries and regions on a world map where the foreign language is spoken.
Example: Read about the foreign culture in a variety of media sources.
1.11.2 Appreciate samples of cuisine, art, literature, and music from the foreign culture.
Example: Visit a restaurant operated by speakers of the foreign language and order in the foreign language.
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