The National Standards

1. The National Standards Dr. Cherice Montgomery

2. Culture Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures • Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied • Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied

3. United States Perspectives: Why? Practices: How? Products: What?

4. Middle East Perspectives: Why? Practices: How? Products: What?

5. Clothing

6. Hear/Circle

7. Culturally Authentic Realia Mixer

8. ¿Adónde vas?

9. ¿Adónde vas? Dibuja un símbolo que represente el objeto de tu compañero/a. ¿Cómo te llamas? ¿Adónde vas?

10. Cultural Circumlocution A: Explain the concepts from the first column to your partner in Arabic. In the second column, write in English (or draw) the words that your partner explains to you. وبعبارة أنا خمنت كلمات وصفتها في العربية

11. Cultural Circumlocution B: Explain the concepts from the first column to your partner in Arabic. In the second column, write in English (or draw) the words that your partner explains to you. وبعبارة أنا خمنت كلمات وصفتها في العربية

12. Let’s Talk About It!

13. Connections • Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information • Standard 3.1: Students reinforce • and further their knowledge of • other disciplines through the • foreign language • Standard 3.2: Students acquire • information and recognize the • distinctive viewpoints that are • only available through the • foreign language and its cultures

14. Simulation Idea from ACTFL 2003

15. Comparisons • Develop Insight into the Nature • of Language and Culture • Standard 4.1: Students • demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own • Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

16. Cultural Comparisons

17. Communities The student participates in multilingual communities at home and around the world. • 5.1 Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting. • 5.2 Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

18. Let’s Talk About It!

19. The Power of Understanding “In the absence of our clear intention, our willingness to consciously change the settings of the world we are creating, the default culture is decisive” (Block, 2003, p. 143).