Standards for Foreign Language Learning

Taken from American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL)

http://www.actfl.org/index.cfm?weburl=/public/articles/details.cfm?id=33

COMMUNICATION

Communicate in Languages Other Than English

 

Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions

 

Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics

 

Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

 

CULTURES

Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures

 

Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied

 

Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied

 

CONNECTIONS

Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information

 

Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language

 

 Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures

 

COMPARISONS

Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture

 

Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own

 

Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

 

COMMUNITIES

Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home & Around the World

 

 Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.

 

Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.