High School Level I

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1、OneStopShopForEducatorsModernLanguagesLevelICourseDescriptionTheLevelIlanguagecoursefocusesonthedevelopmentofcommunicativecompetenceinthetargetlanguageandunderstandingoftheculture(s)ofthepeoplewhospeakthelanguage.Itassumesthatthestudentshaveminimalornopriorknowledgeo

2、fthelanguageandculture.Thiscoursemaybetaughtovertwoyears(e.g.,middleschoolprograms),overoneyear(e.g.,traditionalhighschoolprograms),orduringonesemester(e.g.,4x4blockschedule).Themajormeansofcommunicationbetweenstudentsandinstructorswillbeinthetargetlanguage.Becausest

3、udentsmaybeginformallanguagelearningatvariousstagesoftheircognitivedevelopment,teachersmustadjustvocabularyandcontenttoreflectdevelopmentallyappropriateinterests.Animportantcomponentoflanguageclassesistheuseofthelanguagebeyondtheclassroomintherealworld.Theintegration

4、oftechnologyisanimportanttoolinaccessingauthenticinformationinthetargetlanguageandinprovidingstudentstheopportunitytointeractwithnativespeakers.BytheendofLevelI,studentswillexhibitNovice-MidlevelproficiencyinspeakingandwritingandNovice-Highlevelproficiencyinlistening

5、,andreading(ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines,1999).StudentProfile(LevelI)ACTFLListeningProficiencyGuidelines(Novice-High)ListenersattheNovice-Highlevelareabletounderstandshort,learnedutterancesandsomesentence-lengthutterances,particularlywherecontextstronglysupportsunderst

6、andingandspeechisclearlyaudible.Theycancomprehendwordsandphrasesfromsimplequestions,statements,high-frequencycommandsandcourtesyformulae.Atthislevel,studentsmayrequirerepetition,rephrasingand/oraslowedrateofspeechforcomprehension.ACTFLSpeakingProficiencyGuidelines(No

7、vice-Mid)SpeakersattheNovice-Midlevelcommunicateminimallyandwithdifficultybyusinganumberofisolatedwordsandmemorizedphraseslimitedbytheparticularcontextinwhichthelanguagehasbeenlearned.Whenrespondingtodirectquestions,theymayutteronlytwoorthreewordsatatimeoranoccasiona

8、lstockvocabularyorattempttorecycletheirownandtheirinterlocutor’swords.Becauseofhesitations,lackofvocabulary,inaccuracy,orfailuretor