Latinx Histories, Cultures, and Communities

Appendix On Implementing District Standards

My district follows the Delaware World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages, which are aligned with the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages. The standards identified below represent specific subcategories within those frameworks.[32] Students will be able to:

1. Interpret and analyze key vocabulary concepts and sentence structures by understanding their cultural background, identity and community. ACTFL Communications 1.3 Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. ACTFL Communities 5.1 Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
2. Compare what identity looks like among different cultures to represent and express meaning. ACTFL Communications 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. ACTFL Communications 1.3 Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. ACTFL Cultures 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. ACTFL Connections 3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
3. Organize and compose identity meaning and information by deriving meaning from written context of origin, cultural background and sense of place. ACTFL Communications 1.3 Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. ACTFL Cultures 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. ACTFL Cultures 2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied. ACTFL Comparisons 4.2 Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through the comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
4. Interpret and analyze key vocabulary concepts and sentence structures by comparing identity in the target culture to those of the US. ACTFL Communications 1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. ACTFL Cultures 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. ACTFL Cultures 2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied. ACTFL Connections 3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language. ACTFL Comparisons 4.2 Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through the comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.