POWER STANDARDS

Spanish     Levels I and II

GOAL:  COMMUNICATION.  COMMUNICATE IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH

STANDARD 1:

Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.

·         Ask and answer simple questions about familiar topics orally and in writing.

STANDARD 2:

Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.

·         Understand brief written and oral materials on familiar topics.

STANDARD 3:

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

·         Demonstrate some accuracy in pronunciation and intonation when presenting well-rehearsed material on familiar topics.

GOAL: CULTURES. GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER CULTURES

STANDARD 4:

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

·         Identify similarities and differences of everyday life in the US and a Spanish-speaking country.

STANDARD 5:

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

·         Experience, discuss, and analyze expressive products of the culture, including selections from various literary genres and the visual arts.

GOAL: CONNECTIONS. CONNECT WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES AND ACQUIRE INFORMATION

STANDARD 6:

Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.

·         Identify and/or use information and skills from other disciplines in the foreign language classroom.

STANDARD 7:

Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are available only through the foreign language and its culture.

·       Use a variety of sources to prepare reports on topics of personal interest, and compare these to information obtained on the same topics written in English.

GOAL:  COMPARISONS.  DEVELOP INSIGHT INTO OWN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

STANDARD 8:

Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.

·         Identify basic grammatical structures of Spanish and compare them to English.

STANDARD 9:

Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

·         Hypothesize about the origins of idioms as reflections of culture, citing examples from Spanish and English.

GOAL: COMMUNITIES. PARTICIPATE IN MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITIES AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD

STANDARD 10:

Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.

·         Students communicate orally or in writing with Spanish-speaking students regarding topics of personal interest or community or world concern.

STANDARD 11:

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

·         Play sports or games from Spanish-speaking cultures.

STANDARD 12:

Students engage in the activities which prepare them to use the target language to achieve career goals.

Experience samples of art, literature, music, etc., representative of a Spanish-speaking culture.