Students discuss attributes of the target language culture. Use of English may be necessary depending on what is being assessed, particularly in understanding of literature and history. Students understand their own role in the process of language learning. Students see a connection between the study of a target language and opportunities in life. Students plan for and set realistic short and long term goals.
Students make critical assessments of their own progress on a regular basis.
Students understand that learning is an individual responsibility and continue to learn outside the classroom. Students seek and use outside content resources. Students use own learning style to maximize opportunities to learn. Students generalize about patterns in the target language beyond taught materials. Students predict syntactic and phonological patterns from their understanding of the target language system.