Alaska

A A student should be able to communicate in two or more languages, one of which is English.

• A.1 understand written and oral communication in two or more languages;

  • Listen and fill in a form with personal information: letters and numbers (S-1.P)
  • Listen and choose the appropriate response to basic questions (S-1.Q)
  • What is the conversation about? (S-1.R)
  • Listen and identify the person from the description (S-2.O)
  • Listen to people describe themselves and others (S-2.P)
  • Read about famous people from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-2.Q)
  • Listen and recognize classes and school supplies (S-3.Q)
  • Listen to people talk about the school day (S-3.R)
  • Read materials related to school and student life (S-3.S)
  • Listen to questions about student life and choose the appropriate response (S-4.N)
  • Listen to people talk about their school and everything in it (S-4.O)
  • Read about schools and education in the Spanish‑speaking world (S-4.P)
  • Listen and match the statement to the image (S-5.R)
  • Listen to people talk about their families (S-5.S)
  • Read about families from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-5.T)
  • Time expressions to talk about frequency (S-6.M)
  • Listen to statements about actions and habits related to food (S-6.R)
  • Listen to people talk about their favorite foods and drinks (S-6.S)
  • Read about typical meals and foods from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-6.T)
  • Time expressions to talk about the present and the future (S-7.K)
  • Listen to conversations about making plans (S-7.R)
  • Listen to people talk about sports, hobbies, and free time (S-7.S)
  • Read street interviews about plans, habits, and free time (S-7.T)

• A.2 write and speak understandably in two or more languages;

  • Write sentences about yourself, your family, or people you know (S-5.V)
  • Write sentences that are true for you about sports, hobbies, and free time (S-7.V)

• A.3 use two or more languages effectively in real life situations; and

  • Greeting people and saying goodbye (S-1.M)
  • How are you doing? (S-1.N)
  • Introductions (S-1.O)
  • Listen and choose the appropriate response to basic questions (S-1.Q)
  • Listen to questions about student life and choose the appropriate response (S-4.N)
  • Ask questions related to plans and preferences (S-6.U)
  • Question words: review (S-7.I)
  • Respond to plans and invitations by giving reasons and excuses (S-7.U)

• A.4 use two or more languages to learn new information in academic subjects.

  • Read about famous people from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-2.Q)

B A student should expand the student's knowledge of peoples and cultures through language study.

• B.1 understand the relationship between language and culture;

  • Informal and formal language: tú and usted (S-2.H)

• B.2 learn about and experience surface characteristics of the culture, including art, cuisine, dance, dress, geography, history, music, and literature;

  • Recognize Spanish‑speaking countries: North and Central America, Europe, and Africa (S-1.I)
  • Name Spanish‑speaking countries: North and Central America, Europe, and Africa (S-1.J)
  • Recognize Spanish‑speaking countries: South America (S-1.K)
  • Name Spanish‑speaking countries: South America (S-1.L)
  • Read about famous people from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-2.Q)
  • Read about schools and education in the Spanish‑speaking world (S-4.P)
  • Read about typical meals and foods from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-6.T)

• B.3 learn about and experience deep characteristics of the culture, including folkways, mores, laws, traditions, customs, and patterns of behavior;

  • How are you doing? (S-1.N)
  • Subject pronouns (S-2.G)
  • Informal and formal language: tú and usted (S-2.H)

• B.4 improve the student's understanding of the student's language and culture through experiences with other languages and cultures;

  • Informal and formal language: tú and usted (S-2.H)
  • Read about famous people from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-2.Q)
  • Read materials related to school and student life (S-3.S)
  • Read about schools and education in the Spanish‑speaking world (S-4.P)
  • Cognates and parts of speech (S-5.J)
  • Read about families from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-5.T)
  • Read about typical meals and foods from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-6.T)
  • Read street interviews about plans, habits, and free time (S-7.T)

• B.5 apply knowledge of the functions and structure of one language to the study of another language; and

  • The Spanish alphabet (S-1.A)
  • Subject pronouns (S-2.G)
  • Basics of gender and noun‑adjective agreement: singular forms (S-2.L)
  • Basics of number and forming the plural (S-2.M)
  • Categorize words based on gender and number (S-2.N)
  • Definite and indefinite articles (S-3.L)
  • Gender and number agreement: articles, adjectives, and nouns (S-3.M)
  • Sentence structure in affirmative and negative sentences (S-3.P)
  • Choose the correct form to describe an image (S-3.T)
  • The prepositions a and de and the contractions al and del (S-4.M)
  • Cognates and parts of speech (S-5.J)
  • Select the correct possessive adjective (S-5.L)
  • Provide the correct possessive adjective (S-5.M)
  • Recognize the correct form of gustar + infinitive (S-7.L)
  • Provide the correct form of gustar + infinitive (S-7.M)
  • Select the use of tener or tener que (S-7.P)

• B.6 recognize through language study that all cultures contribute to the global society.

C A student should possess the language skills and cultural knowledge necessary to participate successfully in multilingual communities and the international marketplace.

• C.1 interact appropriately in multilingual communities through various means, including printed and electronic media, audio and visual sources, face-to-face conversations, penpals, and travel;

• C.2 use experiences with language and culture to explore the student's personal interests and career options;

• C.3 learn how language skills and cultural knowledge enhance a person's competitiveness in the international marketplace; and

• C.4 apply language skills and cultural knowledge to enhance the student's intellectual and social growth and to promote life-long learning.