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Competency Goals:: 5. Comparisons: The learner will develop insight into the nature of language and culture by comparing his/her own language(s) and culture(s) to others.
Objectives:
5.01: Identify the sound patterns of the target language and compare them to his/her own language(s).
5.02: Develop an awareness of the structural patterns (e.g., gender agreement, adjective placement) in the target language and his/her own language(s).
5.03: Recognize similarities and differences in the ways languages are written (e.g., alphabet/characters, punctuation, capitalization) in the target language and his/her own language(s).
5.04: Develop an awareness of the use of idiomatic expressions in the target language.
5.05: Identify connections among languages by recognizing cognates and loan words.
5.06: Demonstrate an awareness that behaviors such as gestures and greetings may differ among cultures.
5.07: Identify similarities and differences of tangible products (e.g., toys, sport equipment, food) of the target cultures and his/her own culture(s).
5.08: Identify similarities and differences of intangible products (e.g., songs, rhymes, folktales) of the target cultures and his/her own culture(s).
5.09: Recognize some viewpoints and attitudes of people in both the target cultures and his/her own culture relating to family, home, school, work, and play.