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 Competency Goals:: 4. Cultures: The learner will gain knowledge and demonstrate understanding of the relationship among practices, products, and perspectives of cultures other than his/her own.
Objectives:
4.01: Recognize and use cultural practices and expressions in daily activities. 4.02: Identify and explain patterns of behavior or interaction among the target cultures. 4.03: Participate in activities and experience customs and traditions of the target cultures. 4.04: Identify major geographical features, cities, and regions of the target countries where the language is spoken and show their relationship to the culture. 4.05: Identify important people, events, and achievements of the target countries and show their contribution to their own and other cultures. 4.06: Investigate perspectives and practices of contemporary life in the target cultures through print, non-print, electronic materials, and cultural artifacts. 4.07: Identify differences in cultural products, practices, and perspectives which lead to generalizations or stereotyping among cultures with the same language.