Course emphasis is on receptive competencies, listening and reading, and productive competencies, speaking and writing, at an approximately equal level. Language functions include the ability to understand simple statements and questions and to participate in informal conversation by asking and answering questions. Students can supply personal information and simple descriptions both orally and in writing, and fulfill routine needs.
Accuracy consists mainly of sentences and strings of sentences, with ideas juxtaposed.
Writing may reflect oral language. A student can get into, through, and out of a routine social or uncomplicated survival situation. Listeners will understand main ideas and some details in straightforward authentic auditory and written texts produced for native speakers. Students can expect to produce short messages, notes, letters, and descriptions of self, family, personal, and routine school and work experiences. Statement on Competencies Stage 2.1-2.2 Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing.