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Standards - Chinese as a Second Language

Standard 1:
Chinese for Information and Understanding
Students learning Chinese as a second language will use (oral and written) the Chinese language to acquire, interpret, apply and transmit information for content area learning and personal use. They will develop and use skills and strategies appropriate to their level of Chinese proficiency to collect data, facts, and ideas; discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and generalizations; and use knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced texts.
Standard 2:
Chinese for Literary Response, Enjoyment, and Expression
Students learning Chinese as a second language will use (oral and written) the Chinese language for self-expression, artistic creation, and participation in popular culture. They will develop and use skills and strategies appropriate to their level of Chinese proficiency to listen to, read, and respond to oral, written, and electronically produced texts and performances, relate texts and performances to their own lives and other works, and develop an understanding of the diverse social, historical, and cultural dimensions the texts and performances represent.
Standard 3:
Chinese for Critical Analysis and Evaluation
Students learning Chinese as a second language will use (oral and written) the Chinese language to express their opinions and judgments on experiences, messages, ideas, information, and issues from a variety of perspectives. They will develop and use skills and strategies appropriate to their level of Chinese proficiency to reflect on and analyze experiences, messages, ideas, information, and issues presented by others using a variety of established criteria.
Standard 4:
Chinese for Classroom and Social Interaction
Students learning Chinese as a second language will use (oral and written) the Chinese language to interact with others (with a wide variety of people) in social and classroom situations. (They will use the social communications of others to enrich their understanding of people and their views.) They will develop and use skills and strategies appropriate to their level of Chinese proficiency to communicate effectively with regard to audience, purpose, and setting.
Standard 5:
Cross-cultural Knowledge and Understanding
Students will demonstrate cross-cultural knowledge and sensitivity in communicating with others of varied social, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds. They will develop and use culturally appropriate behaviors and knowledge of local and U.S. cultures and practices, in their interactions with others in their new cultural environment.

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