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=Colorado World Languages Assessment Task Force-formed 6/5/10=

Colorado World Languages Academic Standards

 * //“Knowing how, when, and why to say what to whom.”// **


 * World Languages :**
 * //“Knowing how, when, and why to say what to whom.”//**

(the 5th C (community) is integrated into the others)
===**1. Communication**: Communication in Languages Other Than English=== 1.1 **Interpersonal mode**: Engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions 1.2 **Interpretive mode**: Understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics 1.3 **Presentational mode**: Present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics

===**2. Cultures**: Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures=== 2.1 ** Cultural practices and perspectives: ** Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied 2.2 **Cultural products and perspectives:** Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied

===**3. Connections**: Connections with Other Disciplines and Information Acquisition=== 3.1 **Connections to other disciplines:** Reinforce and further knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language 3.2 **Acquiring new information:** Reinforce and further knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language

===**4. Comparisons**: Comparisons to Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture=== 4.1 **Language comparisons:** Demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own 4.2 **Cultural comparisons:** Demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own

**Prepared Graduate Competencies (PGC)**

 * Communication in Languages Other Than English**
 * 1) Engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. (Interpersonal mode)
 * 2) Understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. (Interpretive mode)
 * 3) Present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. (Presentational mode)


 * Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures**
 * 1) Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.
 * 2) Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied.


 * Connections with Other Disciplines and Information Acquisition**
 * 1) Reinforce and further knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
 * 2) Acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.


 * Comparisons to Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture**
 * 1) Demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
 * 2) Demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

Intermediate-Mid Intermediate-Low Novice-High Novice-Mid Novice-Low
 * Ranges-PreK-13 Ranges: What students are able to know, understand and be able to do?(Resources: ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines/ACTFL Performance Guidelines)**