I can usually follow the main message in various time frames in straightforward, and sometimes descriptive, paragraph length informational texts. I can understand the main idea and key information in short straightforward fictional texts. I can usually understand the main idea and flow of events expressed in various time frames in conversations and discussions. I can exchange information in conversations and some discussions on a variety of familiar and some concrete topics that I have researched, using connected sentences that may combine to form paragraphs and asking a variety of questions, often across various time frames. I can interact with others to meet my needs in a variety of familiar situations,
creating sentences and series of sentences and asking a variety of followup questions. I can exchange preferences, feelings, or opinions and provide basic advice on a variety of familiar topics, creating
sentences and series of sentences and asking a variety of follow-up questions. I can present personal information about my life, activities and events, using simple sentences. I can express my preferences on familiar and everyday topics of interest and explain why I feel that way, using simple sentences. I can present on familiar and everyday topics, using simple sentences. In my own and other cultures I can
compare products related to everyday life and personal interests or studies. I can converse with peers from the target culture in familiar situations at school, work, or play, and show interest in basic cultural similarities and differences. I can identify the topic and related information from simple sentences in
short informational texts. I can identify the topic and related information from simple sentences in short fictional texts. I can identify the main idea and key information in short straightforward conversations. I can request and provide information in conversations on familiar topics by creating simple sentences and asking appropriate follow-up questions. I can interact with others to meet my basic needs in familiar situations by creating simple sentences and asking appropriate follow-up questions. I can express, ask about, and react with some details to preferences, feelings, or opinions on familiar topics, by creating simple sentences and asking appropriate follow-up questions. I can present personal information
about my life, activities and events, using simple sentences. I can express my preferences on familiar
and everyday topics of interest and explain why I feel that way, using simple sentences. I can give detailed presentations on a variety of familiar topics and some concrete topics I have researched, using
a few short paragraphs, often across various time frames. In my own and other cultures I can compare products related to everyday life and personal interests or studies. I can converse with peers from the target culture in familiar situations at school, work, or play, and show interest in basic cultural similarities and differences. In my own and other cultures I can compare products related to everyday life and personal interests or studies. I can recognize that significant differences in behaviors exist among cultures, use appropriate learned behaviors and avoid major social blunders.