Mohammed CHIHABLycee-College: Louis BertrandAcademic Year: 2013/2014

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World Language Standards from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

All world language courses at HPSHS use the 5 "C's" as the basis for their classroom practice.

1. Communication: Interactional Communication:Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.Interpretive Communication:Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.Presentational Communication: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

2. Cultures:Cultural Practices:Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.Cultural Products: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied.

3. Connections:- Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.- Students acquire information and recognize the distinctiveviewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and itscultures.

4. Comparisons: - Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own - Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

5. Communities: - Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting. - Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.