Foreign Languages
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Oregon State Standards for Foreign Languages
Short Cuts: Discipline Definition, Proficiencies, Sources
DISCIPLINE DEFINITION:
"Second Languages include speaking, listening, reading, and writing in another language other than one’s native language. Communication competence is attained through mastery of linguistic functions, grammatical structures, and lexical items. An awareness of different formal and informal registers, proper pronunciation, structural precision, and socio-linguistic appropriateness is gained with practice. Cultural knowledge is an integral part of all second language study. Such knowledge allows linguistic and paralinguistic behaviors to be recognized and executed, enhances understanding of societal norms and institutions, and deepens appreciation of the culture’s artistic and intellectual achievements. Second language learning is a long-term and cumulative process providing a springboard for critical and analytical thinking, insight into and understanding of human diversity, and understanding of subject matter across disciplines." [Sources: PASS & PREP]
PROFICIENCIES (or Student Learning Outcomes)
PASS ~ A. Communicate and interact in a second language.
PREP ~ 1: Express and comprehend ideas in simple everyday contexts, in a language other than English.Listen
Extract basic key information from authentic sources such as paragraph-length explanations.
Comprehend the details of everyday conversations on topics such as society and future plans.
Recognize stylistic distinctions, such as those marked by intonation or vocabulary choice (e.g., "real nice" vs. "very nice").
Speak or sign
Communicate simple information, feelings and ideas using simple sentences.
Do the following sorts of things with language in simple social contexts: Identify objects such as common household items, ask questions, make statements, make requests, combine and vary memorized words and phrases in simple sentences, interact in a socially appropriate manner, initiate conversation, and use language for one’s own purposes in new situations.
Read
Extract key information from written texts such as essays or news items.
Comprehend the details of written texts such as simple letters or announcements.
Make interpretations and inferences regarding the purposes and motivations of the writer using knowledge of the culture and society.
Recognize stylistic differences between texts and why particular stylistic choices were made.
Write
Communicate information, feelings, and ideas grounded in personal experience through written texts such as letters or short essays.
Write in both narrative and expository styles.
Produce writing that is sufficiently accurate for a native speaker to comprehend the writer’s meaning.
PASS ~ B. Understand cultural contexts in which the language is used.
PREP ~ 2: Demonstrate cultural knowledge of the context in which the target language is being used.Understand Culture.
Use appropriate language that reflects understanding of fundamental social situations (e.g., formal and informal ways of addressing others.)
Apply Cultural Understanding.
Obtain and apply cultural information and patterns expressed in authentic situations such as speeches, announcements, and ceremonies.
Understand linguistic conventions (e.g., various forms of leave taking) and non-verbal behaviors (e.g., culture-specific hand gestures and facial expressions) that reflect more subtle cultural nuances.
Produce linguistic and non-verbal expressions which reflect more subtle cultural nuances.
Communicate and comprehend the content of other disciplines using a second language.
Use a second language to engage in activities related to the content of other disciplines.
Engage in math-related activities such as estimating food and lodging expenses in the local currency, calculating distances in kilometers, or reading simple graphs in foreign language newspapers.
Engage in science-related activities such as understanding and using the metric system for measuring temperature and distance and then using these to plan an outing.
Engage in social science-related activities such as expressing in simple terms the concept of freedom of speech or identifying key social groupings in another society.
Engage in humanities-related activities such as summarizing the plot of a film or identifying the cultural attainments of another culture.
Engage in visual and performance arts-related activities such as briefly describing what is happening in a dramatic performance or identifying major artists in another culture.
See also PASS "Process" [i.e. Skills] Proficiencies
for Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking Skills, Analytic Thinking,
Integrative Thinking, Problem Solving, Technology as a Learning Tool,
Teamwork, and Quality Work:
http://web.cocc.edu/humanities/standards/passprocess.htm
PASS: The Oregon University System (OUS) has adopted new admissions requirements for students to be admitted to Oregon's public universities, to be phased in beginning in Fall 2001. This new admissions system is known as PASS: Proficiency-based Admission Standards System.
PASS: Proficiency-based Admission Standards System:
http://www.ous.edu/pass/
Introduction to PASS:
http://www.ous.edu/pass/about/intro/index.html
ONE (Oregon Network for Education):
http://www.ous.edu/one/index.htmPREP: Oregon Community Colleges System has adopted PREP (PRoficiencies for Entry into Programs) to align OUS's PASS with the Oregon Board of Education's CIM (Certificate of Initial Mastery) and CAM (Certificate of Advanced Mastery) standards, and define "what it takes to succeed in [Oregon] community college programs.
PREP: PRoficiencies for Entry into Programs:
http://www.odccwd.state.or.us/comcol/prep/PREP.html
Oregon Community Colleges:
http://www.odccwd.state.or.us/comcol/ComCol.htm
ONE (Oregon Network for Education):
http://www.ous.edu/one/index.htm
Oregon State Standards &
Hum Course Competencies Index
http://web.cocc.edu/humanities/standards/index.htm
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Last updated: 08 July 2004
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