Course emphasis is on listening speaking, writing, and reading. This is the second half of a one-year course. The language functions develop competencies to carry on a basic conversation, to describe the immediate environment using learned phrases and expressions, and to answer and ask questions and to begin to create with language.
Students respond to frequently occurring situations in culturally appropriate ways.
The first stage of accuracy emphasized vocabulary plus pronunciation and spelling. The second stage of accuracy includes vocabulary, pronunciation and spelling, plus grammar. Competency reflects the ability to complete a real world task in a number of different situations consistently. Novice High to Intermediate Mid.