World Language Standards

 

* communicate in German

 

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 spoken and written langage 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.

 

 

 

* gain knowledge and understanding of the German-speaking world

 

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

 

Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied.

 

 

 

* connect with other disciplines and acquire information

 

Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through German.

 

Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through German and the German-speaking world.

 

 

 

* develop insight into the nature of language and culture

 

Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons between German and their own languages.

 

Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons between the cultures in German-speaking countries and their own.

 

 

 

* participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world

 

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

 

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