New Colorado P-12 Academic Standards

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions (interpersonal mode)

Concepts and skills students master:

1. Initiate, sustain, and conclude conversations (written or oral) in a variety of situations based on familiar and unfamiliar vocabulary and learned grammatical structures (interpersonal mode)

Inquiry Questions:

1. How does the context (people, place, purpose) affect how people engage in conversations with those who speak another language?
2. How do particular words and phrases help to start, maintain, and end conversations more effectively?
3. How do misunderstandings occur and how can they be addressed?

Relevance & Application:

1. Communication via webinars and video conferences takes place in multiple languages.
2. Exchanging ideas and opinions with people from different cultures can provide new perspectives on local and international issues.

Nature Of:

1. Successful language learners find opportunities to communicate with other speakers of the target language.
2. Successful language learners recognize and correct their own errors and accept corrections from others.

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions (interpersonal mode)

Concepts and skills students master:

1. Initiate, sustain, and conclude conversations (written or oral) on a variety of familiar topics, using familiar vocabulary and learned grammatical structures (interpersonal mode)

Inquiry Questions:

1. What do people need to know, understand, and be able to do to conduct effective interpersonal communication with those who speak another language?
2. What communication strategies help maintain communication?
3. What can a person do when someone does not understand him/her?

Relevance & Application:

1. Communicating via email and on Internet blogs and career or personal networking websites takes place in multiple languages.
2. Exchanging ideas and information with people from different cultures can provide new perspectives on local and international issues.
3. Expressing basic needs is important for functioning in another culture.

Nature Of:

1. Language learners learn from their mistakes.
2. Language learners show interest in others.

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions (interpersonal mode)

Concepts and skills students master:

1. Participate in exchanges (written or oral) on a variety of familiar topics using familiar vocabulary and learned grammatical structures (interpersonal mode)

Inquiry Questions:

1. What do people need to know, understand, and be able to do to conduct effective interpersonal communication with those who speak another language?
2. What is the importance of accuracy in effective communication?
3. How do people communicate more effectively with a native speaker who is not accustomed to a language learner?

Relevance & Application:

1. Communicating via email and chat applications on websites takes place in multiple languages.
2. Exchanging information with people from different cultures can provide new perspectives on local and international issues.

Nature Of:

1. Language learners understand that grammatical accuracy contributes to meaning.
2. Language learners take risks.

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions (interpersonal mode)

Concepts and skills students master:

1. Participate in basic conversations (written or oral) on a variety of familiar and predictable topics using isolated words and learned phrases (interpersonal mode)

Inquiry Questions:

1. What do people need to know, understand, and be able to do to conduct effective interpersonal communication with those who speak another language?
2. How do people use body language and gestures to communicate more effectively?
3. What is the importance of the use of expressions of courtesy in communication with speakers of another language?

Relevance & Application:

1. Simple surveys and instructions in videos and on websites appear in multiple languages.
2. Exchanging basic information with people from different cultures creates positive personal connections around the world.

Nature Of:

1. Language learners practice and repeat what they hear in the target language.
2. Language learners practice social courtesies.

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions (interpersonal mode)

Concepts and skills students master:

1. Communicate about very familiar topics (written or oral) using isolated words and high-frequency phrases (interpersonal mode)

Inquiry Questions:

1. What do people need to know, understand, and be able to do to conduct effective interpersonal communication with those who speak another language?
2. How do people show that they do not understand?
3. How do one know they are understood?

Relevance & Application:

1. Simple surveys on websites appear in multiple languages.
2. Exchanging words, phrases, and short messages with people from different cultures creates positive personal connections around the world.

Nature Of:

1. Language learners start with words to make meaning.
2. Language learners acquire and retain.