In accordance with district policy as mandated by the New Jersey Administrative Code and the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, the following are proficiencies required for the successful completion of the above named course.

The student will:

1. exchange greetings and farewells appropriate to the time of day.
2. introduce themselves and others.
3. through oral and/or written communication, ask and respond to questions of well-being.
4. respond to teacher’s commands.
5. identify classroom objects and places in the school.
6. count numbers and ordinal numbers as appropriate for the class level.
7. identify and use vocabulary associated with a calendar.
8. tell and ask what time it is.
9. say what subjects they enjoy.
10. through oral and/or written communication, identify family members.
11. through oral and/or written communication, describe themselves and others.
12. state their age and the age of others.
13. through oral and/or written communication, express likes and dislikes.
14. say where people are from and state how they’re related to self.
15. through oral and/or written communication, identify and talk about professions.
16. say what they and others are wearing.
17. say what color objects are.
18. say what they want to purchase and ask how much it costs.
19. talk about seasons and weather.
20. through oral and/or written communication, identify and talk about foods and drinks.
21. talk about various culturally appropriate foods, such as fruits and vegetables.
22. express hunger and thirst, other emotions and feelings.
23. order and ask for the check.
24. through oral and/or written communication, identify sports and talk about how the sport is played.
25. through oral and/or written communication, identify and discuss likes and dislikes regarding different hobbies and interests.
26. compare and contrast the holidays of target culture to those of the United States.
27. through oral and/or written communication, identify and describe the leisure activities they are involved in such as clubs, vacations, music, art or other extra-curricular activities.
28. through oral and/or written communication, describe sequence of events or actions.
29. identify and describe where they spend their leisure time.
30. identify rooms and objects in the house.
31. through oral and/or written communication, identify and describe items in the house.
32. identify and recognize chores performed in different rooms of the house and state what activity takes place in each room.
33. through oral and/or written communication, identify and describe items used to do the chores.
34. identify and use vocabulary related to variety of categories (nouns, verbs, adjectives, alphabet sounds, etc.).
35. through oral and/or written communication, understand and use correct grammatical forms in sentences.
36. through oral and/or written communication, ask and respond to a variety of wh-question forms.
37. through oral and/or written communication, identify and describe locations and buildings in their town.
38. give and follow directions.
39. identify states of India and locations where target language is practiced.
40. ask for help, clarification or repetition as required.
41. through reading, identify letters of the alphabet and corresponding sounds in target language.
42. through speaking and/or writing, use letters of the alphabet to form words.
43. through oral and/or written communication, understand and use figurative language (idioms, proverbs, etc.).
44. through oral and/or written communication , translate from target language to English.
45. through oral and/or written communication , translate from English to target language.