Continue to use the target language for a variety of extended spoken activities. Students ask for information about availability and cost of various modes of transportation to reach desired destinations. Continue to improve comprehension of extended discourse including discourse produced by native speakers. Students watch a video of a target language weather report and summarize the weather conditions in various regions of a target country. Write and speak with increasing grammatical and structural accuracy.
Students refine a rough draft of a paragraph.
Formulate questions related to specific topics. Students write a penpal or keypal to ask about driving customs in the target country. Students ask prices and information about various objects in a store. Write longer texts on topics of personal interest. Students write paragraphs concerning favorite hobbies or after school activities.