New York

1 Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.

• 1.ML Modern Languages

  • 1.ML.1 Listening and Speaking are primary communicative goals in modern language learning. These skills are used for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.

    • 1.ML.1.1 comprehend language consisting of simple vocabulary and structures in face-to-face conversation with peers and familiar adults

      • Greeting people and saying goodbye (S-1.M)
      • How are you doing? (S-1.N)
      • Introductions (S-1.O)
      • 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)
      • 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)

    • 1.ML.1.2 comprehend the main idea of more extended conversations with some unfamiliar vocabulary and structures as well as cognates of English words

      • Listen to people describe themselves and others (S-2.P)
      • Listen to people talk about the school day (S-3.R)
      • Listen to people talk about their school and everything in it (S-4.O)
      • Listen to people talk about their families (S-5.S)
      • Listen to people talk about their favorite foods and drinks (S-6.S)
      • Listen to people talk about sports, hobbies, and free time (S-7.S)

    • 1.ML.1.3 call upon repetition, rephrasing, and nonverbal cues to derive or convey meaning from a language other than English

    • 1.ML.1.4 use appropriate strategies to initiate and engage in simple conversations with more fluent or native speakers of the same age group, familiar adults, and providers of common public services.

      • 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)

  • 1.ML.2 Reading and writing are used in languages other than English for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.

    • 1.ML.2.1 understand the main idea and some details of simple informative materials written for native speakers

      • Read materials related to school and student life (S-3.S)

    • 1.ML.2.2 compose short, informal notes and messages to exchange information with members of the target culture.

      • 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)

• 1.L Latin

  • 1.L.1 Reading is the most important skill that students acquire in learning Latin for it is the vehicle through which communication with the ancient world is possible, and it is also the tool, along with writing, through which students become more aware of their own and other languages.

    • 1.L.1.1 read and understand simple connected materials written in Latin

    • 1.L.1.2 write simple responses to oral, visual, or written stimuli

    • 1.L.1.3 demonstrate an awareness of the vocabulary, grammar, derivation, and word structure of English.

  • 1.L.2 Listening and Speaking support the reading skills in Latin.

    • 1.L.2.1 recognize and comprehend simple spoken Latin statements and questions based on classroom situations

    • 1.L.2.2 articulate simple Latin phrases and convey meaning in controlled situations.

• 1.ASL American Sign language

  • 1.ASL.1 Visual-Gestural skills provide a means of communication with Deaf people in the context of the Deaf culture.

    • 1.ASL.1.1 use receptive skills to comprehend simple statements and questions in standard dialect

    • 1.ASL.1.2 express basic needs and compose statements, questions and short messages to signers of the same age group and to familiar adults

    • 1.ASL.1.3 initiate and engage in simple face-to-face conversations.

• 1.NAL Native American languages

  • 1.NAL.1 Communication in Native languages takes place primarily to share expression of ideas, thoughts, and feelings to preserve Native cultural ideology.

    • 1.NAL.1.1 comprehend simple statements and questions in the context of the classroom and the main ideas of more extended messages and conversations

    • 1.NAL.1.2 initiate and respond to simple face-to-face conversations.

  • 1.NAL.2 Writing systems, and therefore reading, are recent introductions to Native languages and are used primarily to encourage functional communication in the listening and speaking skills.

    • 1.NAL.2.1 comprehend the main ideas of materials containing simple structure and syntax

    • 1.NAL.2.2 compose short messages on familiar topics or to express basic personal needs.

2 Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings.

• 2.ML Modern Languages

  • 2.ML.1 Effective communication involves meanings that go beyond words and require an understanding of perceptions, gestures, folklore, and family and community dynamics. All of these elements can affect whether and how well a message is received.

    • 2.ML.1.1 use some key cultural traits of the societies in which the target language is spoken.

      • Informal and formal language: tú and usted (S-2.H)
      • Read about schools and education in the Spanish‑speaking world (S-4.P)
      • 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)

• 2.L Latin

  • 2.L.1 Latin aquisition provides the cultural context for learning about the ancient world and its people. From this basis students can compare and contrast antiquity and the present and thoughtfully contemplate the future.

    • 2.L.1.1 demonstrate knowledge of some aspects of Greco-Roman culture and selected facts of daily life, myths, history, and architecture

    • 2.L.1.2 recognize manifestations of antiquity in the modern world.

• 2.ASL American Sign Language

  • 2.ASL.1 Key cultural traits exist within the deaf culture, and cultural patterns are learned through the use of American Sign Language.

    • 2.ASL.1.1 use key cultural traits that exist in settings where American Sign Language is used

    • 2.ASL.1.2 become aware of cultural patterns, learned through the use of American Sign Language, that characterize the Deaf culture.

• 2.NAL Native American Languages

  • 2.NAL.1 Culture is transmitted and preserved through knowledge about the lives of Native American People and the sharing of their cultural ideology.

    • 2.NAL.1.1 demonstrate an awareness of Native culture

    • 2.NAL.1.2 recognize the names of cultural items and their uses

    • 2.NAL.1.3 understand the history and cultural symbols of the people

    • 2.NAL.1.4 demonstrate knowledge about the clan system.