World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages Quiz

What is the goal of the five 'C' goal areas?

• To prepare learners for future careers and experiences

• To measure progress on each Standard

• To clarify what language learners should know and be able to do

• To influence assessment, curriculum, and instruction

Which goal area focuses on interacting and negotiating meaning in conversations?

• Interpersonal Communication

• Interpretive Communication

• Presentational Communication

• Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives

What do learners do in the goal area of Making Connections?

• Build knowledge of other disciplines and develop critical thinking

• Investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language

• Access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives

• Use the language to investigate cultural products and perspectives

What is the purpose of the goal area of Language Comparisons?

• To investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language

• To interact and negotiate meaning in conversations

• To present information, concepts, and ideas

• To communicate and interact with cultural competence

What do learners do in the goal area of School and Global Communities?

• Interact and collaborate in their community and the globalized world

• Investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between cultural practices and perspectives

• Access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives

• Use the language to investigate cultural products and perspectives

What is the purpose of the goal area of Presentational Communication?

• To present information, concepts, and ideas

• To interact and negotiate meaning in conversations

• To investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language

• To communicate and interact with cultural competence

What do learners do in the goal area of Relating Cultural Products to Perspectives?

• Use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between cultural products and perspectives

• Interact and negotiate meaning in conversations

• Present information, concepts, and ideas

• Communicate and interact with cultural competence

What is the purpose of the goal area of Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives?

• To access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives

• To investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language

• To interact and negotiate meaning in conversations

• To communicate and interact with cultural competence

What do learners do in the goal area of Cultural Comparisons?

• Use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the concept of culture through comparisons

• Interact and negotiate meaning in conversations

• Present information, concepts, and ideas

• Communicate and interact with cultural competence

What is the purpose of the goal area of Lifelong Learning?

• To set goals and reflect on progress in using languages for enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement

• To measure progress on each Standard

• To clarify what language learners should know and be able to do

• To influence assessment, curriculum, and instruction