Non-Native Language Grade Expectations – Grades 1-2

NNL1-2:1

Students show skill development in interpersonal communication

by...

· Using standard social conventions (e.g., greetings-hellogoodbye;

thank you, please; titles).

· Responding with an expanded repertoire of oral questions

with memorized vocabulary (e.g., How are you? What’s

your name? What is your age?).

NNL1-2:2

Students show skill development in presentational communication

by...

· Reciting (e.g., songs, poems).

· Recognizing and saying the names of familiar objects and

people in immediate environment and in a meaningful

context (e.g., classroom items, body parts, foods, family).

· Repeating, identifying and saying independently alphabet

letters or characters.

· Copying words in meaningful context .

NNL1-2:3

Students show skill development in interpretive communication

by…

· Responding to verbal prompts independently (e.g., stand

up, show me…).

· Recognizing more sound/symbol relationships.

· Responding to yes-no, either-or, etc. questions about presented

material.

NNL1-2:4

Students demonstrate understanding of the customs, beliefs,

cultural differences, and traditions by…

· Identifying social and ritual cultural practices as different

from their own. (e.g., shaking hands, greetings; celebrations,

traditions, eating).

· Recognizing some famous landmarks, monuments, people

from target cultures. (e.g., Napoleon, Cortez, Eiffel

Tower, Mayan ruins).

NNL1-2:5

Students demonstrate skills representative of the customs,

beliefs, and traditions of another culture by…

· Using gestures spontaneously (e.g., greetings and farewells;

counting).

· Using independently authentic words and gestures in cultural

games, songs, nursery rhymes.

· Demonstrating how to use authentic cultural objects (e.g.,

tortilla, sombrero, baguette, chopsticks).

NNL1-2:6

Students access new information through the language and

culture by…

· Participating in interdisciplinary activities (e.g., singing,

dancing, painting, counting).

· Discussing where a non-native language might be heard.

· Using target language for learning another academic discipline

(e.g., in science, describing animals; in math, practicing

math facts).

NNL1-2:7

Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language

through comparisons of the language studied and

their own by…

· Identifying borrowed words (e.g., pizza, tortilla, piñata,

café, ballet, karaoke).

NNL1-2:8

Students show understanding of how knowing another language

and culture influences lifelong choices by…

· Participating in authentic games and activities to foster

enjoyment of learning the language.

· Responding creatively to learning challenges (e.g., art,

music, re-enactments, etc.)

· Applying problem solving skills (e.g., using words that are

familiar, accessing prior knowledge).

NNL1-2:9

Students employ appropriate social strategies in language

learning by---

· Using peers to practice and validate language use.

· Cooperating in a group or partnership to maintain an environment

of safety, confidence, mutual esteem, and support.

· Responding constructively as members of a partnership,

group and audience.