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State of California Pedagogical Expectations
Ranges and Phases of Proficiency
The California Standards for World Languages are organized by Proficiency Ranges and Phases: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced and Superior Low, Mid or High.
Depending on the language being learned, students may require more than one year to progress from one proficiency range to the next and may spend a signifcant amount of time in two adjacent ranges. This means that each range may not always correspond to a year of study (i.e. year 1 Novice, year 2 Intermediate, etc,.)
The State of California includes the SUPERIOR range in the standards as reference, but it is highly unlikely that students will ever reach the superior range in K-12 courses without considerable schooling in the target language in a target culture country.
SUHSD World Languages Course Alignment
The Modes of Communication
Student procficiency is assessed across the three modes of communication:
Interpretive Communication (Print, audio and audio-visual)
Interpretive Communication (Print, audio and audio-visual)
Interpretation of what the author, speaker, or producer wants the receiver of the message to understand
One-way communication with no active negotiation of meaning with the writer, speaker, or producer
Interpretation differs from comprehension and translation: it implies the ability to read (or listen or view) “between the lines,” including understanding from within the cultural perspective
Reading (websites, stories, articles), listening (speeches, messages, songs), or viewing (video clips) of authentic materials
Interpersonal Communication (Spoken and Written )
Interpersonal Communication (Spoken and Written )
Active negotiation of meaning among individuals
Participants observe and monitor one another to see how their meanings and intentions are being communicated
Adjustments and clarifications are made accordingly
Speaking and listening (conversation); reading and writing (text messages or via social media)
Presentational Communication
Presentational Communication
( Spoken and Written)
( Spoken and Written)
Creation of messages
One-way communication with no direct opportunity for the active negotiation of meaning
The “presenter” needs knowledge of the target audience’s language and culture to ensure successful interpretation/ transmission of message.
Writing (messages, articles, reports), speaking (telling a story, giving a speech, describing a poster), or visually representing (video or PowerPoint)
World Languages Standards
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