Language Acquisition

Objectives and Assessment Criteria

A. Comprehending spoken and visual text

1. listen for specific purposes and respond to show understanding

2. interpret visual text that is presented with spoken text

3. engage with the text by supporting opinion and personal response with evidence and examples from the text.

B. Comprehending written and visual text

1. read for specific purposes and respond to show understanding

2. interpret visual text that is presented with written text

3. engage with the text by supporting opinion and personal response with evidence and examples from the text.

C. Communicating in response to spoken and/or written and/or visual text

1. interact and communicate in various situations

2. express thoughts, feelings, ideas, opinions and information in spoken and written form

3. speak and write for specific purposes.

D. Using language in spoken and/or written form

1. organize thoughts, feelings, ideas, opinions and information in spoken and written form

2. develop accuracy when speaking and writing in the target language.