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. Students discern the interaction of the target language with target culture. Students integrate the language system with the culture as the fabric that supports it. Students comprehend and acquire discourse protocols and rituals appropriate for written and oral exchanges.