Foreign Language Rationale
Foreign Language Standard 1
Foreign Language Standard 2

Foreign Language Standard 3

Foreign Language Standard 4

Foreign Language Standard 5

Foreign Language Standard 6
Foreign Language Standard 7
Arizona Standards

Foreign Language Standards
(Adopted 4/27/98)

Standard 5: Connections

Students use the target language and authentic sources to reinforce and/or learn other content from the other subject areas.

Students know and are able to do the following:

READINESS (Kindergarten)

  • Explore topics related to other school subjects in the target language including weather terms, math facts, measurements, animals or geographical concepts
  • Read or listen to and talk about age-appropriate folk tales, short stories, poems and songs that are written for native speakers

FOUNDATIONS (Grades 1-3)

  • Discuss topics in other school subjects in the target language including geographical terms, historical facts, mathematical terms and problems, and scientific information
  • Comprehend articles or short videos in the target language on topics being studied in other classes

ESSENTIALS (Grades 4-8)

  • Present reports in the target language orally and/or in writing on topics being studied in other classes
  • Generate reports for other content areas using information acquired through sources in the target language

PROFICIENCY (Grades 9-12)

  • Discuss topics from other school subjects or the workplace in the target language including political and historical concepts, world-wide health issues and environmental concerns
  • Acquire information from a variety of sources written in the target language about a topic being studied in other subjects
  • Use a variety of authentic sources in the target language to prepare reports for other content subject areas

DISTINCTION (Honors)

  • Study successfully one or more content areas in the target language