4. Standard 4: LIFELONG LEARNERS.
4.1. Use of the language. Students use the target language for personal enrichment, enjoyment and to expand knowledge through independent work.
4.2. Real life context. Students apply their knowledge of the language to real life contexts and authentic situations.
Grade 6
4.1. Use of the language.
a.
Students use the target
b.
language for personal
Middle School
Grade 7
Grade 8
Express an independent motivation to learn
another language.
Demonstrate curiosity about language as a
means of communication.
a.
Queries those elements that shape the target
languages’ culture, both historical and current
Begins to recognize idiomatic, proverbial, and
colloquial phrases and unique to the target
language’s cultural context
a.
b.
Demonstrate growth and interest in the target
language
Demonstrate awareness of the process of language
acquisition.
enrichment, enjoyment and to
expand knowledge through
independent work.
4.2. Real life context. Students
apply their knowledge of the
language to real life contexts
a.
b.
b.
Recognizes elements that shape the target
languages’ culture, both historical and current
Explores idiomatic, proverbial, and colloquial
phrases and their cultural context
and authentic situations.
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SAS High School
Level I
Level II
HS Level III
HS Level IV
a. Formulates justification for
continued growth and interest in
the target language/culture
b. Generates opportunities for further
study of additional languages and
cultures based on perspectives
from target language
4.1. Use of the language.
Students use the target
language for personal
enrichment, enjoyment and to
HS Level V (exception)
a. Demonstrates complex thinking
in and sensitivity to target
languages’ culture (e.g., nuances
demonstrating analysis,
interpretation, and value
judgments)
Initiates conversations or
activities regarding impact of
diverse cultures (current or
historical events on the target
languages’’ culture
b.
expand knowledge through
independent work.
.
4.2. Real life context.
Students apply their
knowledge of the language to
real life contexts and authentic
situations
4.1. Use of the language.
a. Begins to recognize idiomatic
expressions
b. Queries those elements that
shape the target languages’
culture, both historical and
current
c. Interacts using culturally
appropriate language to
authentic situations (e.g.,
greetings, ordering in a
restaurant/cafe, buying items,
giving basic directions)
a. Recognizes and uses some
idiomatic expressions
b. Recognizes elements that shape
the target languages’ culture,
both historical and current
c. Interacts for a sustained period
using culturally appropriate
language to authentic situations
(e.g., asking for and giving
directions, interacting in a
professional setting, explaining
problems with merchandise)
ab initio 1 (Level I)
a. Demonstrate consideration of
ab initio 2
Students use the target
language for personal
enrichment, enjoyment and to
expand knowledge through
independent work.
b.
a. Identifies elements that shape
cultural identity in the target
language’s cultures and variances
by region, with own (e.g.,
colonization, geography, climate,
education, political climate, the
arts, economy)
b. Discerns connections between
idiomatic, proverbial, and
colloquial expressions in the
target language & culture as they
contrast with interactions from
other cultures
c. Interacts for a sustained period
using culturally appropriate
language to authentic situations
(e.g., exchanging information,
visiting the doctor, expressing
opinions, making suggestions,
hypothesizing in the past)
External Exam – High School
IB B SL/HL Year 1
and sensitivity to target
languages’ culture (e.g., lists
facts, gives information,
provides basic narration)
Responds to questions
regarding current or historical
events relating to the target
languages’ culture
a. Compares, in the target language,
elements that shape cultural
identity in the target language’s
cultures and variances by region,
with own (e.g., colonization,
geography, climate, education,
political climate, the arts,
economy)
b. Analyzes the use of idiomatic,
proverbial, and colloquial
expressions in the target language
based on interactions with
individuals from other cultures.
a.
b.
IB B SL/HL Year 2
c. Demonstrates complex thinking in and
a.
Compares, in the target
language, elements that shape
cultural identity in the target
language’s cultures and
variances by region, with own
(e.g., colonization, geography,
climate, education, political
climate, the arts, economy)
Analyzes the use of idiomatic,
proverbial, and colloquial
expressions in the target
language based on interactions
with individuals from other
cultures.
AP
sensitivity to target languages’ culture
(e.g., nuances demonstrating analysis,
interpretation, and value judgments)
Initiates conversations or activities
regarding impact of diverse cultures
(current or historical events on the target
languages’’ culture
.
4.2. Real life context.
a. Begins to recognize idiomatic
expressions
a. Recognizes and uses some
idiomatic expressions
a. Compares, in the target language,
elements that shape cultural
a. Compares, in the target language,
elements that shape cultural identity
a. Compares, in the target
language, elements that shape
Students apply their
knowledge of the language to
real life contexts and authentic
situations
b. Queries those elements that
shape the target languages’
culture, both historical and
current
c. Interacts using culturally
appropriate language to
authentic situations (e.g.,
greetings, ordering in a
restaurant/cafe, buying items,
giving basic directions)
b. Recognizes elements that shape
the target languages’ culture,
both historical and current
c. Interacts for a sustained period
using culturally appropriate
language to authentic situations
(e.g., asking for and giving
directions, interacting in a
professional setting, explaining
problems with merchandise)
identity in the target language’s
cultures and variances by region,
with own (e.g., colonization,
geography, climate, education,
political climate, the arts,
economy)
b. Analyzes the use of idiomatic,
proverbial, and colloquial
expressions in the target language
based on interactions with
individuals from other cultures.
in the target language’s cultures and
variances by region, with own (e.g.,
colonization, geography, climate,
education, political climate, the arts,
economy)
b. Analyzes the use of idiomatic,
proverbial, and colloquial expressions
in the target language based on
interactions with individuals from
other cultures.
cultural identity in the target
language’s cultures and
variances by region, with own
(e.g., colonization, geography,
climate, education, political
climate, the arts, economy)
b. Analyzes the use of idiomatic,
proverbial, and colloquial
expressions in the target
language based on interactions
with individuals from other
cultures.