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          According to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for language other than English or TEKS, students in Level II are expected to reach a proficiency level of Novice Hgh to Intermediate Low, as defined in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 and the ACTFL Performance Descriptors for Language Learners. 

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  • LANGUAGE SKILLS:

    m Speaking:

    Speakers at the Novice High sublevel are able to handle a variety of tasks pertaining to the Intermediate level, but are unable to sustain performance at that level. They are able to manage successfully a number of uncomplicated communicative tasks in straightforward social situations. Conversation is restricted to a few of the predictable topics necessary for survival in the target language culture, such as basic personal information, basic objects, and a limited number of activities, preferences, and immediate needs. Novice High speakers respond to simple, direct questions or requests for information. They are also able to ask a few formulaic questions. Novice High speakers are able to express personal meaning by relying heavily on learned phrases or recombinations of these and what they hear from their interlocutor. Their language consists primarily of short and sometimes incomplete sentences in the present, and may be hesitant or inaccurate. On the other hand, since their language often consists of expansions of learned material and stock phrases, they may sometimes sound surprisingly fluent and accurate.Pronunciation, vocabulary, and syntax may be strongly influenced by the first language. Frequent misunderstandings may arise but, with repetition or rephrasing, Novice High speakers can generally be understood by sympathetic interlocutors used to non-natives. When called on to handle a variety of topics and perform functions pertaining to the Intermediate level, a Novice High speaker can sometimes respond in intelligible sentences, but will not be able to sustain sentence-level discourse.

    o Writing:

    Writers at the Novice High sublevel are able to meet limited basic practical writing needs using lists, short messages, postcards, and simple notes. They are able to express themselves within the context in which the language was learned, relying mainly on practiced material. Their writing is focused on common elements of daily life. Novice High writers are able to recombine learned vocabulary and structures to create simple sentences on very familiar topics, but are not able to sustain sentence-level writing all the time. Due to inadequate vocabulary and/or grammar, writing at this level may only partially communicate the intentions of the writer. Novice High writing is often comprehensible to natives used to the writing of non-natives, but gaps in comprehension may occur.

    m Listening:

    At the Novice High sublevel, listeners are often but not always able to understand information from sentence-length speech, one utterance at a time, in basic personal and social contexts where there is contextual or extralinguistic support, though comprehension may often be very uneven. They are able to understand speech dealing with areas of practical need such as highly standardized messages, phrases, or instructions, if the vocabulary has been learned.

    m Reading:

    At the Novice High sublevel, readers can understand, fully and with relative ease, key words and cognates, as well as formulaic phrases across a range of highly contextualized texts. Where vocabulary has been learned, they can understand predictable language and messages such as those found on train schedules, roadmaps, and street signs. Readers at the Novice High sublevel are typically able to derive meaning from short, non-complex texts that convey basic information for which there is contextual or extralinguistic support.

  • The FBISD French 2 Curriculum is comprised of five units of up to three concepts each:

     SEMESTER 1:

    Unit 1: Leaders, heroes, or villains?

    • Concept #1: Heroes, villains & leaders 
    • Concept #2: Leaders from the Hispanic cultlure
    • Concept #3: My personal hero

    Unit 2: Everyday stories

    • Concept #1: Recent past events of others
    • Concept #2: Special events from the past

    SEMESTER 2:

    Unit 3: A balanced lifestyle

    • Concept #1: Components of a balanced lifestyle
    • Concept #2: Consequences of lifestyle choice
    • Concept #3: How to live a balanced lifestyle

    Unit 4: Where we live

    • Concept #1: Home life
    • Concept #2: Community

    Unit 5: Life as a traveler

    • Concept #1: Planning your trip
    • Concept #2: Surviving typical vacation situations
    • Concept #3: Cultural differences when traveling

     

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  • MODES OF COMMUNICATION:

    inter Interpersonal: Learners interact and negotiate meaning in spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.

    p Presentational: Learners present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers

    interpre Interpretive: Learners understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.