Katlyn Dasey
Spanish Teacher
kdasey@littletonschools.org
| World Language Course Offerings (See Program of Studies for course descriptions) | ||
| French I | Spanish I | French Culture: Comic Books |
| French II | Spanish II | French Culture Music & Dance |
| French III | Spanish III | Intro to La Liga |
| French IV | Spanish IV AP | Spanish Art |
| World Language Competencies |
Description of Competency
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| World Language | |
| Reading |
Read accurately and fluently in order to better comprehend the target language.
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| Reading Indicator 1 |
Interpret informational text, graphic text and a variety of literature, including dialogues, poems, instructions, and various media.
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| Reading Indicator 2 |
Navigate online resources to investigate topics or for language exploration.
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| Reading Indicator 3 |
Discern the cognates and visual cues for comprehension.
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| Reading Indicator 4 |
Expand knowledge of other subject areas and perspectives through reading in the target language.
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| Reading Indicator 5 |
Discern the style, context, cognates and visual cues for comprehension.
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| Reading Indicator 6 |
Paraphrase ideas appropriately.
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| Writing |
Write accurately and fluently in the target language, applying appropriate target language conventions.
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| Writing Indicator 1 |
Synthesize knowledge of grammar and punctuation, accent marks, vocabulary, and apply language-specific syntax to produce clear and coherent writing (avoid word-for-word translation)
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| Writing Indicator 2 |
Adapt writing to a variety of contexts and communication tasks, including the level of formality of dialogues and presentations.
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| Writing Indicator 3 |
Apply feedback to plan, organize, compose, revise, and rewrite.
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| Writing Indicator 4 |
Create discourse applying simple, compound, and complex sentences.
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| Writing Indicator 5 |
Discern appropriate use of idioms and cultural variance in context.
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| Speaking |
Speak accurately and fluently in target language, deciding purposefully, stylistically, and strategically on content and language structures.
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| Speaking Indicator 1 |
Apply appropriate conventions of the French language when speaking including grammar, vocabulary, word choice, and sentence structure.
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| Speaking Indicator 2 |
Employ proper pronunciation techniques
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| Speaking Indicator 3 |
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks
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| Speaking Indicator 4 |
Utilize gestures and other nonverbal expressions to enhance speech.
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| Speaking Indicator 5 |
Analyze errors and self-correct while speaking.
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| Listening |
Listen carefully in order to accurately interpret and evaluate target language.
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| Listening Indicator 1 |
Interpret meaning to create appropriate responses
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| Listening Indicator 2 |
Interpret gestures and nonverbal expressions to enhance listening comprehension.
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| Listening Indicator 3 |
Explore phonetic differences of the language dialects and accents.
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| Culture |
Compare, contrast, understand, communicate and apply target language culture.
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| Culture Indicator 1 |
Identify and analyze the products (the “what”), the practices (the “how”) and the perspectives (the “why”) of various targeted language cultures.
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| Culture Indicator 2 |
Analyze the cultural similarities and differences among various targeted language cultures as well as compared to the culture of the U.S.
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| Culture Indicator 3 |
Discern social norms and customs of targeted language cultures.
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| Culture Indicator 4 |
Explore connections to cultural customs and distinctive viewpoints that are available through the target language and its cultures.
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