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 Competency Goals:: 2. Interpretive Communication: The learner will understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics in the target language.
Objectives:
2.01: Demonstrate understanding of a wide range of oral and written idiomatic expressions, phrases, sentences and passages. 2.02: Demonstrate understanding of oral and written questions relating to familiar and less familiar topics. 2.03: Understand and follow oral and written directions, commands, and requests originating from a variety of cultural settings. 2.04: Identify main ideas and significant details from longer authentic spoken passages from the target cultures (e.g., live and recorded discussions, presentations, lectures) or from materials being studied in another class. 2.05: Read and interpret authentic materials (e.g., selected short stories, poetry and other literary works, articles, personal correspondence, and simple technical material). 2.06: Predict outcomes, draw inferences, analyze, and make judgments from oral and written materials. 2.07: Recognize intonation patterns and their effect on meaning.