Grade 8 LOTE Alabama Standards

Explain cultural practices of a target culture.

Expressing opinions and feelings in the target language.

Utilizing idiomatic expressions of the target language.

Identify the main idea of nonfiction texts, including target language newspaper and magazine advertisements.

Communication

Connections

Create presentations about the target culture for various audiences.

Use formal and informal expressions to communicate in the target language.

Comparisons

Cultures

Modern Languages

Use spoken and written language to reflect knowledge of grammatical differences between English and the target language.

Identify major historic, scientific, and artistic target culture contributions or events.

Describing personality traits and physical characteristics in the target language.

Create presentations in the target language.

Identify critical sound distinctions of the target language and of English that must be mastered to communicate meaning.

Identify trends found in various aspects of a target language culture.

Relate vocabulary of the target language to vocabulary of other subject areas.

Giving oral and written instructions in the target language

Interpret target language gestures, intonation, and visual clues.

Compare verbal and nonverbal behavior of the target culture to the culture of the United States.

Communities