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ACTFL Performance Descriptors for Language Learners
A roadmap for what learners should be able to do as they learn a language

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The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 are a description of what individuals can do with language in terms of speaking, writing, listening, and reading in real-world situations in a spontaneous and non-rehearsed context.

The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines are descriptions of what individuals can do with language in terms
of speaking, writing, listening, and reading in real-world situations in a spontaneous and non-rehearsed
context. For each skill, these guidelines identify five major levels of proficiency: Distinguished, Superior,
Advanced, Intermediate, and Novice. The major levels Advanced, Intermediate, and Novice are subdivided
into High, Mid, and Low sublevels. The levels of the ACTFL Guidelines describe the continuum of
proficiency from that of the highly articulate, well-educated language user to a level of little or no
functional ability.

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This "multimedia song" will help students practice important Spanish vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar. This song is especially good at practicing the Spanish "rr" sound. Images and animations appear as the lyrics are sung.

We will explore images that pertain to the emergence of Japan as a modern state. We will focus on images that depict Japan as it comes into contact with the rest of the world after its long and deep isolation during the feudal period. We will also cover city planning of Tokyo that took place after WWII, and such topics as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

This lesson will engage students in investigating and learning about how to speak in Spanish about things they do in the city. Image found in Unsplash.com

This is the lesson plan for 4th grade Chinese DLI - Culture emmersion. All the contents are designed by my own teaching experience. The students need to be intermediate to advanced low level to learn with this lesson plan.

In order to become fluent in a language, it is necesary to make mistakes and learn from them.  Learning to recognize your mistakes yourself is the beginning of mastery.Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay

This is a final lesson in a unit teaching German food and drink vocabulary and restaurant customs and vocabulary. Students will review the target vocabulary and create a story to present to the class and demonstrate their knowledge of the vocabulary and understanding of German restaurant customs.Utah World Languages Core Standards for ProficiencyLearning Indicator NH.IC.5I can interact with others in everyday situations.  c. I can order a meal.Learning Indicator NM.PS.2I can express my likes and dislikes using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.  c. I can state my favorite foods and drinks and those I don't like.Learning Indicator NM.PS.5I can present simple information about something I learned using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.  c. I can talk about animals, colors, foods, historical figures, or sports based on pictures or photos.Thumbnail photo "Woman buys fruits at a German food market in Munich Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt" by verchmarco is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

This is a project for Spanish 2 that is the culmination of a unit on reflexive verbs/daily routines. To show their understanding of reflexive verbs and speaking about routines, students will use iMovie to create a "day in the life" video describing their routines. This lesson is intended to be used with iPads, specifically with the applications Pages and iMovie. Creative Commons image credit: "film" by popturfdotcom is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

In partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the LAII developed a curriculum guide to provide hands-on art activities and literacy exercises to bring Día de los Muertos to the classroom. This is the Spanish version of the guide.

This lesson plan utilizes the use of mobile devices for digital photography to enhance student learning. Students will be learning about Ecoturism, comparing and contrasting geographical  landscapes in different parts of Latin America. This lesson is meant to be taught in Spanish, but can be adapted to other languages. (Thumbnail image: Cenote Santa Cruz, Homun, Yucatan, Mexico, Abril 2021, by Sharon Hahn Darlin: CC-BY-2.0 CC, from Wikimedia Commons)

This guide to the story Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras by Duncan Tonatiuh provides educators with synopsis, reviews, and lesson activities for teaching and discussing the story in the classroom, complete with a list of related core standards.

"El Alfabeto" is an interactive software program that presents the letters of the Spanish alphabet that are different from the English letters. It includes the following letters or letter groups: a, d, e, g, h, i, j, ll, ñ, o, q, rr, u, v, and z. The viewer will see examples of words that use those letters, and can click a button to hear those words pronounced. This program runs on Windows computers only.

In celebration of Day of the Dead, listen to 2020 New Mexico Poet Laureate, Levi Romero, explore the meaning of remembrance in his poem “El día 29 de Agosto.” This video is one of the 2021 Dead Poets Open Mic Series created by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino in collaboration with Mouthfeel Press.