GLE-FLK12
COLORADO MODEL CONTENT STANDARDS FOR
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Instructional Level Expectations
Standard 1:
Students communicate in a foreign language while demonstrating literacy in all four essential skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
1.1 LISTENING
Students listen to and derive meaning from a variety of foreign language resources.
BEGINNING LEVEL or Grades K-4 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students demonstrate comprehension of common memorized words, expressions, cognates and everyday conversations (including familiar situations and simple instructions), when hearing the language spoken from a variety of sources.
Proficient
Most of the time students demonstrate comprehension of common memorized words, expressions, cognates and everyday conversations (including familiar situations and simple instructions), when hearing the language spoken from a variety of sources.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students demonstrate comprehension of common memorized words, expressions, cognates and everyday conversations (including familiar situations and simple instructions), when hearing the language spoken from a variety of sources.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL or Grades 5-8 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students identify the main ideas from simple instructions, conversations, basic survival situations, and familiar topics, obtain meaning from conversations at a normal rate of speech, and identify the main idea and/or specific information from a listening source.
Proficient
Most of the time students identify the main ideas from simple instructions,
conversations, basic survival situations, and familiar topics, obtain meaning from conversations at a normal rate of speech, and identify the main idea and/or specific information from a listening situation.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students identify the main ideas from simple instructions, conversations, basic survival situations, and familiar topics, obtain meaning from conversations at a normal rate of speech, and identify the main idea and/or specific information from a listening situation.
ADVANCED LEVEL or Grades 9-12 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students derive meaning through context, intonation, and situations from listening sources, and obtain and process information by selecting, categorizing, and analyzing from these sources.
Proficient
Most of the time students derive meaning through context, intonation, and
situations from listening sources, and obtain and process information by selecting, categorizing, and analyzing from these sources.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students derive meaning through context, intonation, and situations from listening sources, and obtain and process information by selecting, categorizing, and analyzing from these sources.
1.2 SPEAKING
Students speak in the foreign language for a variety of purposes and for diverse audiences.
BEGINNING LEVEL or Grades K-4 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students use learned pronunciation and intonation patterns and learned vocabulary and phrases while speaking in predictable, familiar situations to express personal opinions and desires, to describe everyday topics, and to ask and answer simple questions, with appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Proficient
Most of the time students use learned pronunciation and intonation patterns and learned vocabulary and phrases while speaking in predictable, familiar situations to express personal opinions and desires, to describe everyday topics, and to ask and
answer simple questions, with appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students use learned pronunciation and intonation patterns and learned vocabulary and phrases while speaking in predictable, familiar situations to express personal opinions and desires, to describe everyday topics, and to ask and answer simple questions, with appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL or Grades 5-8 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students apply pronunciation and intonation patterns while describing and narrating with learned vocabulary, expressing and justifying simple opinions, maintaining brief conversations on familiar topics, and asking and answering complex questions.
Proficient
Most of the time students apply pronunciation and intonation patterns while
describing and narrating with learned vocabulary, expressing and justifying simple opinions, maintaining brief conversations on familiar topics, and asking and answering complex questions.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students apply pronunciation and intonation patterns while describing and narrating with learned vocabulary, expressing and justifying simple opinions, maintaining brief conversations on familiar topics, and asking and answering complex questions.
ADVANCED LEVEL or Grades 9-12 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students apply pronunciation and intonation patterns at a normal rate of speech, make predictions, analyze, draw conclusions, express facts and opinions, define points of view, and summarize and paraphrase.
Proficient
Most of the time students apply pronunciation and intonation patterns at a normal rate of speech, make predictions, analyze, draw conclusions, express facts and opinions, define points of view, and summarize and paraphrase.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students apply pronunciation and intonation patterns at a normal rate of speech, make predictions, analyze, draw conclusions, express facts and opinions, define points of view, and summarize and paraphrase.
1.3 READING
Students read and derive meaning from a variety of materials written in the foreign
language.
BEGINNING LEVEL or Grades K-4 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students recognize cognates and common expressions, infer meaning to unfamiliar words from context, show comprehension of reading materials, and identify cultural elements.
Proficient
Most of the time students recognize cognates and common expressions, infer meaning to unfamiliar words from context, show comprehension of reading materials, and identify cultural elements.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students recognize cognates and common expressions, infer meaning to unfamiliar words from context, show comprehension of reading materials, and identify cultural elements.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL or Grades 5-8 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students comprehend main ideas of reading selections based on familiar vocabulary, respond to a reading selection, and analyze cultural elements found in the reading materials.
Proficient
Most of the time students comprehend main ideas of reading selections based on familiar vocabulary, respond to a reading selection, and analyze cultural elements found in the reading materials.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students comprehend main ideas of reading selections based on familiar vocabulary, respond to a reading selection, and analyze cultural elements found in the reading materials.
ADVANCED LEVEL or Grades 9-12 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students analyze and synthesize reading materials, recognize author's point of view and purpose, express personal reactions to reading materials, and interpret cultural elements found in the reading materials.
Proficient
Most of the time students analyze and synthesize reading materials, recognize author's point of view and purpose, express personal reactions to reading materials, and interpret cultural elements found in the reading materials.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students analyze and synthesize reading materials, recognize author's point of view and purpose, express personal reactions to reading materials, and interpret cultural elements found in the reading materials.
1.4 WRITING
Students write in a foreign language for a variety of purposes and for diverse audiences.
BEGINNING LEVEL or Grades K-4 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students use legible handwriting and/or word processing, appropriate grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation, with proofreading and rewriting, to write about everyday topics and express personal opinions and desires, using learned vocabulary phrases and grammatical structures, and obtain and report information for a variety of audiences.
Proficient
Most of the time students use legible handwriting and/or word processing,
appropriate grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation, with proofreading and rewriting, to write about everyday topics and express personal opinions and desires, using learned vocabulary phrases and grammatical structures, and obtain and report information for a variety of audiences.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students legible handwriting and/or word processing,
appropriate grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation, with proofreading and rewriting, to write about everyday topics and express personal opinions and desires, using learned vocabulary phrases and grammatical structures, and obtain and report information for a variety of audiences.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL or Grades 5-8 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students write descriptions and narrations, express and justify opinions, obtain and report factual information, develop and organize ideas with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and editing their own work and that of other students, using expanded vocabulary and complex grammatical structures.
Proficient
Most of the time students write descriptions and narrations, express and justify opinions, obtain and report factual information, develop and organize ideas with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and editing their own work and that of other students, using expanded vocabulary and complex grammatical structures.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students write descriptions and narrations, express and justify opinions, obtain and report factual information, develop and organize ideas with
planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and editing their own work and that of other students, using expanded vocabulary and complex grammatical structures.
ADVANCED LEVEL or Grades 9-12 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students analyze and draw conclusions, incorporate information from foreign language resource materials in their writing, select and express ideas and opinions on topics from various content areas, and use specialized vocabulary and more advanced grammatical structures.
Proficient
Most of the time students analyze and draw conclusions, incorporate information from foreign language resource materials in their writing, select and express ideas and opinions on topics from various content areas, and use specialized vocabulary and more advanced grammatical structures.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students analyze and draw conclusions, incorporate
information from foreign language resource materials in their writing, select and express ideas and opinions on topics from various content areas, and use specialized vocabulary and more advanced grammatical structures.
Standard 2:
Students acquire and use knowledge of cultures while developing foreign language skills.
BEGINNING LEVEL or Grades K-4 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students observe and identify everyday cultural practices, use culturally appropriate gestures and oral expressions for common or familiar classroom interactions, and listen to or read materials from the cultures being studied.
Proficient
Most of the time students observe and identify everyday cultural practices, use culturally appropriate gestures and oral expressions for common or familiar classroom interactions, and listen to or read materials from the cultures being studied.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students observe and identify everyday cultural practices, use culturally appropriate gestures and oral expressions for common or familiar
classroom interactions, and listen to or read materials from the cultures being studied.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL or Grades 5-8 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students discuss components of the social patterns of the cultures being studied, use culturally appropriate language and gestures to interact with peers and adults, and express themselves in writing in a culturally appropriate manner.
Proficient
Most of the time students discuss components of the social patterns of the cultures being studied, use culturally appropriate language and gestures to interact with peers and adults, and express themselves in writing in a culturally appropriate manner.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students discuss components of the social patterns of the cultures being studied, use culturally appropriate language and gestures to interact with peers and adults, and express themselves in writing in a culturally appropriate manner.
ADVANCED LEVEL or Grades 9-12 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
Partially Proficient
To a limited extent students analyze aspects of the cultures being studied, function in a culturally appropriate manner, through speaking and writing, in complex social and/or work situations, and research topics of interest using sources from the cultures being studied.
Proficient
Most of the time students analyze aspects of the cultures being studied, function in a culturally appropriate manner, through speaking and writing, in complex social and/or work situations, and research topics of interest using sources from the cultures being studied.
Advanced
Almost all of the time students analyze aspects of the cultures being studied, function in a culturally appropriate manner, through speaking and writing, in complex social and/or work situations, and research topics of interest using sources from the cultures being studied.
BASIC FUNCTIONAL TOPIC GUIDELINES
BEGINNING LEVEL or Grades K-4 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
courtesy expressions
location of objects and people
family, home
food
school (classroom)
numbers, time, schedules
weather, seasons
activities
animals
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL or Grades 5-8 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
All of the above topics at a more advanced level, plus:
personal characteristics (descriptions)
occupations
travel, directions
shopping
entertainment and leisure activities
ADVANCED LEVEL or Grades 9-12 of a K-12 Foreign Language Program
All of the above topics at a more advanced level, plus:
relationships
history
life in future
environmental issues
personal health