World Languages
This course focuses on the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for World Languages. World Language (Spanish) is offered at LCS to students in grades K5-8.
Wisconsin Standards for World Language: An Overview
The Wisconsin Standards for World Languages strategically integrate the Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons and Communities Goal Areas of the World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages and prioritize the knowledge, skills, perspectives, and experiences required for communication across cultures and for engagement within local and global communities. Eighteen core learner practices, adapted from the NCSSFL/ACTFL Can-Do Statements and Asia Society Rubrics for Global Leadership, embed cultural products, practices and perspectives, linguistic and cultural comparison, connections to other disciplines and perspectives, and reflection on language and cultural learning within five standards. This is outlined below.
Goal Area: Communication
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Standard 1
Interpretive Communication
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Standard 2
Interpersonal Communication
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Standard 3
Presentational Communication
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| Students use the target language and cultural knowledge to interpret, analyze, and demonstrate understanding of authentic speech, texts, media, or signed language on topics relevant to their lives and broader communities. |
Students use the target language and cultural knowledge to negotiate meaning through the exchange of information, ideas, reactions, feelings, and opinions in spoken, written, or signed interactions relevant to their lives and broader communities. |
Students use the target language and cultural knowledge to present information, concepts, and ideas on topics of relevance to their lives and broader communities to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate for diverse audiences within and beyond the learning environment. |
Goal Area: Cultural and Global Competence
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Standard 4
Intercultural Communication
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Standard 5
Global Competence and Community Engagement
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| Students use the target language and cultural knowledge to investigate, compare, explain, interact, and reflect on the relationships between the products, practices, and perspectives of diverse and dynamic cultures within their local and global communities. |
Students use the target language and cultural knowledge to investigate the world, recognize diverse perspectives, interact and exchange ideas with people from diverse backgrounds, and engage with others to improve conditions within their local and global communities. |
1st-3rd Spanish
4th-8th Spanish
Updated 9/23/21
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