World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages SAG MAL blends the underlying principles of ACTFL’s World-Readiness Standards with features and strategies tailored specifically to build students’ language and cultural competencies. THE FIVE C’S OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING COMMUNICATION Students: 1. Interact and negotiate meaning in spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions. (Interpersonal mode) 2. Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics. (Interpretive mode) 3. Present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers. (Presentational mode) CULTURES Students use German to investigate, explain, and reflect on: 1. The relationship of the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. 2. The relationship of the products and perspectives of the culture studied. CONNECTIONS Students: 1. Build, reinforce, and expand their knowledge of other disciplines while using German to develop critical thinking and to solve problems creatively. 2. Access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives that are available through German and its cultures. COMPARISONS Students use German to investigate, explain, and reflect on: 1. The nature of language through comparisons of the German language and their own. 2. The concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own. COMMUNITIES Students: 1. Use German both within and beyond the school to interact and collaborate in their community and the globalized world. 2. Set goals and reflect on their progress in using languages for enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement. Adapted from ACTFL’s Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century Instructor’s Annotated Edition • ACTFL Standards IAE-37 ACTFL Standards S33 Instructor’s Annotated Edition • ACTFL Standards ACTFL Standards
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