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Frau Neumann strives to achieve high standards in her instructional practices by designing curriculum based on foreign language standards recognized at the national levels.

ACTFL NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION

The list below outlines some of the goals and objectives Frau Neumann's students will be expected to have mastered by the end of their 2012 - 2013 school year. Daily instruction will be aimed at achieving these goals. Various formative and summative assessments will be used to determine whether students are mastering these objectives. If Frau Neumann suspects that a student is struggling with a particular concept, she will not hesitate to offer that student additional instruction and guidance through tutorial remediation. Please feel free to contact her with any questions you might have!

COMMUNICATION GOALS

Students will be able to....

... use multiple greetings, farewells, and common courtesies correctly
... introduce themselves using simple terms (Name, age, original, physical attributes, etc.)
... express simple preferences including some of their likes and dislikes
... ask basic questions (Examples: How are you? Who is that? Do you have a pencil?)
... respond to basic commands spoken in German
... make educated guesses about the meaning of words that are used in a familiar context
... recognize the German alphabet and sounds that are commonly used in spoken German
... communicate using numbers to tell time, count money, and express the cost of items

CULTURE GOALS

Students will be able to....

...recognize when the formal and informal "you" are used
...describe at least two holidays celebrated in Germany
...identify some German products that are available for purchase in the USA
...describe the German school system and how it differs to the American school system.

CONNECTION GOALS

Students will be able to....

...express basic mathematical problems in German
...identify and locate German-speaking countries on a map
...be familiar with basic parts of speech such pronouns, verbs, definite and indefinite articles, adjectives, etc.
...use digital media and culturally authentic resources to build vocabulary

COMPARISON GOALS

Students will be able to...

...recognize and use cognates that are shared between German and English
...recognize simple language structure that is used in both languages
...identify some daily living patterns of other cultures and the learner’s own culture
...compare holidays celebrated in the United States and Germany-speaking countries
...compare the German school system with their own

COMMUNITY GOALS

Students will be able to...

...share experiences from our classroom within the school and/or community
...recognize students in our classroom who may know or are related to German-speaking individuals in the Bloomington area
...learn about opportunities and events in our community that promote German language and culture

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