While the Colorado and BVSD standards do not require that all students meet the foreign language standards, Peak to Peak will require this of every student.
Students comprehend the target language from a variety of listening sources.
By the end of French, German, or Spanish II, students will verbally summarize and rephrase in their own words information obtained from authentic sources, such as watching and listening to a current event report and explaining it or comparing and contrasting it with another. By the end of French, German, or Spanish II, students will identify, respond to, and use the who, what, when, where, and why of a listening selection by interpreting and discussing it in detail both orally and in writing. Students communicate by speaking the target language for a variety of purposes and diverse audiences. By the end of French, German, or Spanish II, students will speak the target language clearly and accurately enough to be understood by a native speaker by speaking with ever decreasing English interference. They will also demonstrate mastery of rules of pronunciation when speaking and reading aloud.