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National Academic and Common Core Standards How Creative Connections’ Rainforest ArtLink Program Addresses National Academic Standards
World Readiness Standards for Foreign Language Learning *
As stated by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language,( ACTFL)* [ which ] continues to play a leadership role in the development of national content standards for foreign language education.
Communication
• Interpersonal: Learners interact and negotiate meaning in spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, feelings and opinions.
• Interpretive: Learners understand, interpret and analyze what is heard, read or viewed on a variety of topics.
• Presentational: Learners present information, concepts and ideas to inform, explain, persuade and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers.
Cultures
• Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives: Learners use the language to investigate, explain and reflect on the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.
• Relating Cultural Products to Perspectives: Learners use the language to investigate, explain and reflect on the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied.
Connections
• Making Connections: Learners build, reinforce and expand their knowledge of other disciplines while using the language to develop critical thinking and to solve problems creatively.
• Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives: Learners access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives that are available through the language and its cultures.
Comparisons
• Language Comparisons: Learners use the language to investigate, explain and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
• Cultural Comparisons: Learners use the language to investigate, explain and reflect on the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
* Found at: http:// www. actfl. org / publications / all / national-standards-foreign-language- education
Communities
• School and Global Communities: Learners use the language both within and beyond the classroom to interact and collaborate in their community and the globalized world.
• Lifelong Learning: Learners set goals and reflect on their progress in using languages for enjoyment, enrichment and advancement.
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