World Languages Power Skills

Power Skills are those required/mandatory/vital abilities/competencies/expertise that the student should be able to demonstrate PRIOR to the course.

World Language Skills

1. An open mind:

• Know that you are not going to understand everything and that’s OKAY.

• Know that Google Translate won’t help you consistently/reliably, and that it is NOT the best resource.

• Be willing to make mistakes and accept corrections because that’s the only way to learn a language.

• Be satisfied with what you can say rather than what you want to say.

• Understand that languages are changing and there are exceptions to rules.

• Accept that every language has variations, dialects, different versions, and that there may be more than one answer.

• Know that there will be new sounds to learn and new rules for those sounds.

• Know that other cultures and languages do things differently, and be open to new ways to view the World.

• Be willing to collaborate with classmates and teachers.

• Know that you don’t have to know everything in a language to be able to speak it.

2. Intellectual curiosity

• Be a consumer of resources in the language outside of class: news, music, movies, books, graphic novels, official social media accounts, recommended YouTube channels and language vlogs, language apps (Duolingo), etc.

• Be an active participant in class discussions. and take responsibility for your own learning.

3. Basic English skills: basic grammar (how to find subjects and verbs, recognizing objects, what adjectives and adverbs do, etc.), conjugation (changing the verb to fit the subject), functional literacy (being able to recognize the main idea and supporting details in a passage)

4. Time management skills: how to hold yourself to a schedule and (self-discipline) to a goal, how to study a little every night instead of just before the test, etc.

5. Study skills: how to take effective class notes, how to review notes each night to learn material, how to prioritize important information, etc.

6. Technology skills: how to use Schoology, Google Classroom, Google Suite, Zoom, email (including proper email etiquette for interacting with peers and faculty.)

French, German, Spanish

LEVEL 1: See world language skills.

LEVEL 2: World language skills AND the novice skills of level one:

1. Interpretive: I can identify the general topic and some basic information in both very familiar and everyday contexts by recognizing practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences in texts that are spoken, written, or signed.

2. Interpersonal: I can communicate in spontaneous spoken, written, or signed conversations on both very familiar and everyday topics, using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions.

3. Presentational: I can present information on both very familiar and everyday topics using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences through spoken, written, or signed language.

4. Intercultural: In my own and other cultures I can identify products and practices to help me understand perspectives, & I can interact at a survival level in some familiar everyday contexts.

LEVEL 3: World language skills AND the intermediate-low skills of level two:

1. Interpretive: I can understand the main idea and some pieces of information on familiar topics from sentences and series of connected sentences within texts that are spoken, written, or signed.

2. Interpersonal: I can participate in spontaneous spoken, written, or signed conversations on familiar topics, creating sentences and series of sentences to ask and answer a variety of questions.

3. Presentational: I can communicate information, make presentations, and express my thoughts about familiar topics, using sentences and series of connected sentences through spoken, written, or signed language.

4. Intercultural: In my own and other cultures I can make comparisons between products and practices to help me understand perspectives, & I can interact at a functional level in some familiar contexts.

LEVEL AP: World language skills AND the intermediate-high skills of level three:

1. Interpretive: I can understand the main message and supporting details on a wide variety of familiar and general interest topics across various time frames from longer or more complex, organized texts that are spoken, written, or signed.

2. Interpersonal: I can participate in spontaneous spoken, written, or signed conversations on familiar and unfamiliar topics, creating sentences and series of sentences to ask and answer a variety of questions.

3. Presentational: I can communicate information, make presentations, and express my thoughts about familiar and unfamiliar topics, using sentences and paragraphs through spoken, written, or signed language.

4. Intercultural: I can explain some diversity among products and practices and how it relates to perspectives, & I can interact at a competent level in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts.

Latin

LEVEL 1: See world language skills.

LEVEL 2: World language skills and novice skills of level one:

1. Communication: I can respond appropriately to simple questions, statements, commands, or non-verbal stimuli; read and understand appropriate Latin vocabulary, inflectional systems, and syntax in the translation of Latin passages; use correct pronunciation to read Latin sentences and phrases aloud; produce Latin sentences on familiar topics or topics studied.

2. Cultures: I can investigate and describe elements of Roman daily life; the most important Greco-Roman deities, including their characteristics, duties, and associated myths, elements of Roman material culture.

3. Connections: I can locate historically important cities and major geographical features of Italy and Western Europe, and describe their ancient and modern significance; identify Latin influences on other disciplines; identify evidence of contributions of Roman civilization and language to diverse cultures; recognize plots and themes of Greco-Roman myths and their influence in literature, art, and music.

4. Comparisons: I can recognize Latin derivatives, cognates, and language patterns in English and other languages; identify similarities of my own culture to that of the Greco-Roman world.

5. Communities: I can identify modern languages and communities connected by their common origin in Latin language and Greco-Roman culture and also identify professional fields that employ Latin terminology.

LEVEL 3: World language skills and intermediate-low skills of level two:

1. Communication: I can ask and answer highly predictable and formulaic questions in Latin; read, understand, and translate passages of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to the level and answer appropriate questions based on those passages; produce Latin messages on familiar topics.

2. Cultures: I can explain the significance of people, events, social structures, and political terms in Roman history and compare the actions of Roman heroes and historical figures and explain the differences.

3. Connections: I can locate historically significant cities, countries, and geographical features of the ancient Mediterranean world, and describe their relationship to their modern counterparts; investigate and describe Latin influences on modern academic disciplines, world languages such as English and the Romance languages, history, and philosophy; describe Roman influences on contemporary arts and culture.

4. Comparisons: I can compare language patterns of Latin and my own language; use Latin prefixes, suffixes, and roots to expand English vocabulary; compare the geography and social, political, legal, military, and economic systems of the Roman world to systems of the modern world.

5. Communities: I can identify ways the study of Latin is beneficial to the study of other languages.and connect with personal interests using knowledge of Latin and the Greco-Roman world.

LEVEL AP: World language skills and intermediate-high skills of level three:

1. Communication: I can communicate and exchange information about familiar topics using Latin phrases and simple sentences; read, understand, and translate passages of adapted or unadapted Latin prose authors appropriate to the level and answer questions based on those passages; write briefly and present information using a series of properly phrased simple sentences using vocabulary, grammar, and syntax.

2. Cultures: I can investigate and describe values and perspectives in Roman prose authors; contrast the ideals of Roman political factions in the first century B.C.E.

3. Connections: I can investigate the connections between Latin and other disciplines; access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives that originate from Latin and Roman culture.

4. Comparisons: I can investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons between Latin and my own language and on the concept of culture through comparisons of the culture of the Greco-Roman world and my own.

5. Communities: I can use knowledge of Latin and Greco-Roman culture in a multilingual world of diverse cultures; Identify and correctly use English derivatives of Latin words commonly used in Latin prose; set goals and reflect on the progress made in using Latin for enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement.