ACTFL+Standards

The American Council for Teachers of Foreign Languages has the following standards.

**STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING** **COMMUNICATION**  **Communicate in Languages Other Than English** **CULTURES**  **Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures** **CONNECTIONS**  **Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information** **COMPARISONS**  **Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture** **COMMUNITIES**  **Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home & Around the World**
 * **Standard 1.1:** Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions
 * **Standard 1.2:** Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics
 * **Standard 1.3:** Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
 * **Standard 2.1:** Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied
 * **Standard 2.2:** Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Helvetica;">**Standard 3.1:** Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Helvetica;">**Standard 3.2:** Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Helvetica;">**Standard 4.1:** Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Helvetica;">**Standard 4.2:** Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Helvetica;">**Standard 5.1:** Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Helvetica;">**Standard 5.2:** Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

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