In addition, students must include in the reaction paper examples of cultural values or practices within the target culture of their current study that might lead to intercultural miscommunication. Class discussion will also allow for evaluation of learning. Students will develop insight into the nature of language and culture through comparisons of their own with those of target language communities. Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the target language with their native language. T hrough the study of the foreign language in contrast to their own, students become more aware of grammar concepts, sentence structure, word order, intonation to convey meaning, cognates and idioms.
Translations occur in daily class activities as well as on chapter and final exams.
Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of culture through comparisons of target cultures with their own. Students will connect their foreign language skills with other disciplines and use them to reinforce or acquire additional information. Exercises at both the chapter and final exam level will require students to utilize realia from magazines, current newspapers, brochures or duplicated such materials in the textbook to obtain specific information assigned by the instructor. In addition, class assignments will require the use of the above materials or the internet or internet chat rooms with other language students in the target language, to seek out answers to questions selected by the instructor. Students will participate in multilingual communities through use of the foreign language both within and beyond the school setting.