WLC 1002: Elementary World Language and Culture II

• Identify the topic and some isolated facts from simple sentences in informational texts.
• Identify the topic and some isolated elements from simple sentences in short fictional texts.
• Understand familiar questions and statements from simple sentences in conversations.
• Discuss target-language literary works with a side-by-side translation.
• Request and provide information using simple sentences most of the time.
• Interact with others to meet my basic needs related to routine everyday activities, using simple sentences and questions most of the time.
• Express, ask about, and react to preferences, feelings, or opinions on familiar topics.
• Role-play interactions between target-language literary characters or creators.
• Present personal information about one’s life and activities, using simple sentences most of the time.
• Express preferences on familiar and everyday topics of interest, using simple sentences most of the time.
• Present on familiar and everyday topics, using simple sentences most of the time.
• Use target-language literary works as models for creative writing.
• Discuss target-language literary works as products that reveal cultural perspectives.
• Attend events about target culture.
• Participate in conversation tables or other student-led activities that explore and celebrate the target culture.
• Identify and interpret significant aspects of the target culture including ethical issues and their underlying rationales.
• Analyze a variety of authentic literary and cultural texts in the target language and/or in English translation.
• Compare aspects of the target language and culture to English/U.S. culture.
• Identify and describe appropriate cultural behavior.
• Analyze the underlying rationales of cultural differences and practices.
• Apply this knowledge to communicative tasks.